Sky Business News

Subscribe to Sky Business News feed Sky Business News
Updated: 1 hour 18 min ago

Labour says it will not bail out bankrupt councils

Sun, 10/03/2024 - 12:12
Labour will not bail out bankrupt councils, the shadow chancellor has said.

Scrapping non-dom tax status 'an utter humiliation' for government, Labour says

Sun, 10/03/2024 - 10:44
Scrapping the non-dom tax status for wealthy foreign nationals is "an utter humiliation for this government", shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has said.

Joe Biden says he would sign bill banning TikTok

Sat, 09/03/2024 - 10:59
Joe Biden has said he would sign legislation banning popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States.

Premier League scrambles to secure £836m football New Deal

Sat, 09/03/2024 - 09:46
Premier League bosses are this weekend scrambling to finalise a landmark £836m financial settlement just days before the publication of legislation to establish English football's first statutory regulator.

Homes being swallowed up by the sea - as rate of coastal erosion accelerates

Sat, 09/03/2024 - 03:49
Simon Measures moved to Hemsby in Norfolk from Northamptonshire hoping for a quieter life by the sea.

Heat pump push to proceed as energy secretary bows to ministerial pressure

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 12:04
Plans to impose targets for electric heat pump sales on gas boiler manufacturers could be confirmed as early as next week, after fierce debate within government and intense lobbying from industry to abandon the policy.

Riviera Travel hires bankers to set sail with new owner

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 12:02
The owners of Riviera Travel, one of Britain's biggest providers of escorted foreign tours for the over-55s, have hired bankers to prepare a sale of the company.

Abolishing national insurance could take 'several parliaments', minister admits

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 08:16
A minister has admitted that the government's desire to scrap national insurance could take "several parliaments" to achieve as confusion over the policy mounts.

Manga creator Akira Toriyama, creator of comic Dragon Ball, dies

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 07:11
Japanese manga comic creator Akira Toriyama, best known for his work on popular titles like Dragon Ball and Dr Slump, has died aged 68, his publisher has said.

Testers answer the ultimate culinary question: Which is the UK's best caterpillar cake?

Fri, 08/03/2024 - 00:01
Any party you've been to over the last 10 years is likely to have featured a caterpillar cake.

Sexism and the City: Jobs should list salaries as 'shocking' misogyny and assault recorded

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 18:34
An influential committee of MPs has called on the government to legally mandate the inclusion of pay scales in job adverts and ban hirers from asking for employment history as efforts to tackle sexism in the City of London "are moving at a snail's pace".

Ashley's Frasers Group pulls plug on Matchesfashion

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 18:02
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group is putting Matchesfashion, the luxury online clothing platform, into administration less than three months after buying it.

Why are we still talking about the budget? Why read this article?

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 15:40
"Nothing that Jeremy Hunt did yesterday, nor anything the OBR said, changes anything very significantly" - so says the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson.

AJ Bell founder lambasts Hunt's British ISA "white elephant"

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 14:55
The founder of AJ Bell, one of Britain's biggest funds supermarkets, has criticised Jeremy Hunt's proposed British ISA as "a white elephant" that will fail to support UK-based companies.

Budget, AstraZeneca and Beazley

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 13:22
Sandra Horsfield from Investec talks to Ian King about reaction to the Chancellor's budget.

Takeover of Virgin Money shatters hopes of challengers taking on the big banks

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 12:37
There are two ways of looking at Nationwide's blockbuster £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money.

Budget pledge to support renewable energy 'unlikely to achieve offshore wind target'

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 09:57
Plans to support renewable energy announced in yesterday's budget are unlikely to get the UK's offshore wind back on track, the industry has warned.

Hunt admits plan to end national insurance 'won't happen any time soon'

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 07:12
Jeremy Hunt has outlined his desire to abolish "unfair" national insurance tax - but admitted it "won't happen any time soon".

Nationwide agrees terms for £2.9bn takeover of Virgin Money

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 07:07
Nationwide Building Society has agreed terms for a takeover of Virgin Money in a £2.9bn deal that would create a larger rival to the UK's major lenders.

M&S reveals 'leadership evolution' as co-CEO Bickerstaffe to leave

Thu, 07/03/2024 - 06:36
Marks and Spencer (M&S) co-chief executive Katie Bickerstaffe is to leave the business after just two years in the role, the company has announced.

Pages

100% Local Radio for Sittingbourne