Business

The cost of having staff is going up this Sunday as the increase in employers' national insurance kicks in.

​​​​​​​The last blast furnaces left operating in Britain could see their fate sealed within days, after their Chinese owners took the decision to cut off the crucial supply of ingredients keeping them running.

Macquarie, the Australian financial giant, has struck its latest British takeover deal with a swoop on Metcor Group, a provider of drainage and maintenance services to commercial customers.

Worldwide stock markets have plummeted for the second day running as the fallout from Donald Trump's global tariffs continues.

If there is a word that has dominated Donald Trump's second term, it's tariffs. 

Global financial markets gave a clear vote of no-confidence in President Trump's economic policy.

Donald Trump flourished his list of tariffs like a gameshow host in the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday – but there were no winners from the president's made-for-TV show of economic strength.

Donald Trump's trade war escalation has sparked a global sell-off, with US stock markets seeing the biggest declines in a hit to values estimated above $2trn.

British companies and business groups have expressed alarm over President Donald Trump's 10% tariff on UK goods entering the US – but cautioned against retaliatory measures.

The accountancy firm MHA is struggling to hit a £125m fundraising target as part of plans that would see its shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.