Dame Carolyn Fairbairn has joined the race to head Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster, two years after leaving the CBI after a period of fractious ties between Britain's biggest employers’ group and Boris Johnson's administration.

The FTSE 100 has joined a global markets sell-off as it followed Wall Street into the red amid jitters over rate rises and the outlook for tech stocks.

The owner of restaurant chains Wagamama and Frankie & Benny's has warned that consumer confidence may take a while to bounce back even after Plan B restrictions are lifted.

People should "get back to work" after Plan B rules were eased, the business secretary has said.

The owner of the UK's oldest cinema says the pandemic has created "the biggest existential crisis" ever faced by the industry.

Retail sales suffered their worst December slump on record last month as the Omicron variant was blamed for keeping shoppers away.

Netflix suffered a horror show as its shares lost a fifth of their value after latest subscriber numbers disappointed Wall Street.

Plans for a new British-owned battery gigaplant in Northumberland have been boosted by the commitment of around £100m of government funds to the £3.8bn scheme.

The long-term underpayment of state pensioners, an unknown number of whom will have died without receiving what they were owed, is a "shameful shambles", according to a committee of MPs.

There is no winter sport resort quite like Chamonix. Nestled in the shadow of Mont Blanc, it has a glittering history and a reputation for challenging even the best skiers.