The number of businesses that failed in England and Wales last month was the largest since the Covid pandemic began. Company insolvencies in September totalled 1,446, increasing from 1,349 in August and 56% higher than the same month last year,...

Britain’s financial regulator has come under fresh controversy and has been accused of failing from “top to bottom” after a report revealed its staff were paid out £125mn in bonuses since 2016. Campaigners said the payouts at the Financial Conduct...

Bakery chain Greggs has warned that higher business rates risk making some of its stores unviable. The statement comes at a time when the ministers consider overhauling the tax. Chief executive, Roger Whiteside said it was “coming to London...

Sale of new cars in the UK took a deep plunge to the weakest September total for over two decades. However, the loss for petrol and diesel cars was a gain for electric vehicles. A total of 215,312 new cars were registered last month, the lowest...