Watchdog moves to crack Apple and Google’s app store grip
The UK’s competition regulator is preparing to loosen Apple and Google’s hold over the mobile economy, proposing rules that would let app developers point customers...
Business confidence weakens as Middle East conflict drags on
Business confidence slipped over the past month as firms wrestled with stubborn inflationary and cost pressures, with the Middle East war now into its fifth...
Brompton sells stake to Decathlon and Chinese backer in £18m deal
The British folding bicycle maker Brompton has sold a significant stake to the French sporting goods retailer Decathlon and a Chinese venture capital firm, in...
Barclays buys its Canary Wharf home in £750m vote of confidence for London
Barclays has taken long-term control of its global headquarters at Canary Wharf in a £750m deal that the lender and its landlord have hailed as...
Emma Jones marks first year as commissioner with the G7’s toughest late payment regime in her sights
A year into the job, Britain’s Small Business Commissioner is about to be handed real teeth, and she intends to use them. Emma Jones CBE...
UKEF bets £50bn on British defence in biggest expansion of its 100-year history
UK Export Finance has fired the largest single shot in its century-long history, setting aside a fresh £50 billion to bankroll British defence exports at...