Business News

Hundreds of steelworkers are set to go on strike over the proposed closure of Port Talbot's blast furnaces.
A Greek energy and metals group has picked two of Wall Street's biggest banks to prepare it for a UK listing that could propel it into London's blue-chip share index.
Poundstretcher, one of Britain's biggest discount retail chains, is being sold to the owner of Majestic Wine and Punch Pubs.
Fake flights and caravans are the two most common items being sold by fraudsters in relation to travel, Lloyds Bank's research has found.
On today's show, Tesco has reported a sharp rise in annual profits. It posted an adjusted operating profit of £2.83bn for the year to the end of February - up 11% on the previous year.
For the last four months, one of the biggest talking points in the betting and gaming industry has been who will become the next chief executive of Entain, the FTSE-100 combine whose businesses include Ladbrokes, Coral, Gala Bingo, Bwin and BetMGM.
The investor trying to take control of Everton Football Club has pushed back its target date for completing the deal as it scrambles to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to fund it.
The founders of a business telecoms and IT services provider are on the brink of toasting a nine-figure windfall after entering advanced talks to sell it to one of Britain's leading private equity firms.
Ted Baker's American licensing partner is a leading contender to take control of the fashion brand's British operation weeks after it collapsed into administration.
China ramped up coal power capacity last year, according to new analysis, despite a pledge to "strictly control" the dirtiest fossil fuel.

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