The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee sounded a cautious tone in its decision to keep the UK base rate the same.

A new campaign is being launched to help more older people start their own businesses. Startup School for Seniors has funding from local authorities across the country to offer an online course aimed ...

JCB has posted a jump in profits for the past year but warned over “challenging” conditions in the UK construction market. The Staffordshire-based firm, well known for its yellow excavators and ...

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death toll in the disaster to at least 38, officials said. Another 14 miners are ...

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the headlines around free gifts for senior party figures mattered in the ‘short-term’.

Aldi has revealed the top 20 priority locations around the UK where it wants to set up new stores. In its annual trading update, Aldi said it plans to open 23 new locations before the end of the year ...

The Chancellor said all Government departments had communications budgets they could use to promote their activities.

Rachel Reeves’ first Labour conference speech as Chancellor comes against a backdrop of rows over cuts to winter fuel payment eligibility.

Pope Francis has cancelled his audiences on Monday because of a “slight flu-like state” just days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium and Luxembourg, the Vatican said. The move was described ...

REA, which is majority-owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, said it was ‘genuinely disappointed’ that Rightmove’s board has not yet engaged.

The fund is open to SMEs, charities and public sector organisations across England, including the NHS, focusing on apprentices aged 22 and older.

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.