Thames Water backers urge rivals to join £1.5bn plan
The group of financial heavyweights offering Britain's biggest water supplier a £1.5bn lifeline is calling on the company's other backers...
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Retail giants face food price hikes dilemma after budget
Two of Britain's biggest food retailers will this week face pressure to publicly disclose whether they expect a fresh spike...
Bosses rail at business secretary over ‘avalanche of costs’
Business leaders expressed frustration with ministers on Monday amid a growing budget backlash that bosses said would trigger an "avalanche...
Former TSB boss Pester to chair wealth start-up Firenze
Paul Pester, the former boss of TSB, is to chair a recently launched fintech which offers customers loans secured against...
Apollo-owned ABC Technologies in £800m raid on London-listed auto supplier
A London-listed automotive components supplier has become the latest British-based company to draw overseas takeover interest after receiving a series...
Council tax hike on second homes triggers surge in sell-offs – and mixed emotions
The number of second homes being put up for sale in one part of Wales has increased by more than...
Babcock floats move for Titanic shipyard as owner teeters on brink
Babcock International, the London-listed defence contractor, is weighing a possible bid for some of the assets of Harland and Wolff,...
Legal & General to pick new home for £1.2bn housebuilder Cala this week
Legal & General, the FTSE-100 insurance and asset management giant, will this week pick a new home for Cala Group,...
Big US interest rate cut in the balance, with UK set to hold
Financial market participants are increasingly of the opinion the US central bank will impose a bigger than expected interest rate...