British Airways has suspended ticket sales on short-haul flights out of Heathrow.This step was taken to comply with the passenger cap announced by the London airport three weeks ago. BA paused sales last weekend and has now extended that until...
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4th May 2026 | Updated at 11:24pm 4th May 2026
Former RAF pilot steers CAB through turbulent turnaround
A former Royal Air Force fighter pilot who once flew Tornado jets at supersonic speeds is now navigating a different kind of high-pressure environment: the financial markets.Neeraj Kapur, 60, chief executive of CAB Payments, is leading a turnaround...
Where is growth in the Budget?
Rachel Reeves and the government have missed a real opportunity to put our country on a growth trajectory in this Budget.
Around one in 12 businesses have defaulted on the Government-backed loans they took during the pandemic. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy revealed that £414 million has so far been paid out to cover loans that have...
Boosted by higher revenues from its oil and gas business, British Gas said its operating profits had increased to £1.3 billion in the first six months...
The first deportation flight to Rwanda was grounded in June after a series of legal challenges, and another attempt is yet to be scheduled. Officials for the east African nation’s government confirmed it has received the entire initial payment...
The Competition and Markets Authority has slapped US pharma giant Pfizer with a £63 million fine after it was accused of overcharging the NHS. The CMA said the company had charged unfairly high prices for phenytoin sodium, an epilepsy drug,...
The government's rushed negotiating strategy for getting a free trade agreement (FTA) with India risks a bad deal, a parliamentary committee has warned. The House of Lords International Agreements Committee said an "arbitrary" deadline to reach...
A study found that economic activity levels among the over-50s are at their highest since the pandemic began. Rest Less, which offers advice to older people, said its analysis of official statistics appears to show the first signs of a return...
UK company finance directors are bracing for a recession and a doubling of interest rates in their most pessimistic outlook since 2008, according to a survey conducted by Deloitte. The consulting firm’s quarterly survey of executives at leading...
HM Revenue and Customs has produced a revised estimate for fraud and error in its coronavirus support schemes that indicates the total will be between £3.2 bn and £6.4 bn – with the “most likely” figure being £4.5 bn. The figures, contained...
Metro Bank, Lloyds and NatWest are among six high street banks that have broken rules about the way they provide information to customers prompting action from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
