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The owner of London Southend Airport has proposed a settlement agreement over demands to repay a £194m loan early. Shares in Esken slumped by over 40 per cent last month …

UK banks have provided bank accounts to holding companies linked to a state-backed Iranian petrochemicals company which has been under western sanctions since 2018, according to reports. The Financial Times …

Loss-making Naked Wines has named its new chief executive four months after its former boss Nick Devlin stepped down amid a challenging period for the company.  This morning, Rodrigo Maza, …

Artificial intelligence could be London’s next big industry, but only if we build the trust necessary to develop the tech, writes Michael Mainelli Despite AI already pervading so much of …

Companies are already using wasted heat from data centres in innovative ways, but we need government to get on board, writes Mark Bjornsgaard Google’s recent announcement that it has started …

The US giants Exxon and Chevron have reported their second-highest profits since David Cameron and Barack Obama were leading the free world. Across the pond, Shell also posted some rather …

Britain’s chip industry must get proactive about seeking investment opportunities and fostering skills, according to the UK’s tech minister, who co-chaired the fourth Semiconductor Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting last week. …

When we think of the winter transfer deadline day, minds hark back to Philippe Coutinho’s £142m move to Barcelona, Enzo Fernandez’s move to Chelsea and Virgil van Dijk’s shift from …

The UK government has been urged to do more to crack down on fraud after new data showed the number of high-value criminal cases reaching the courts has stayed flat despite a …

UK businesses are facing the second-highest level of “deepening” financial distress in Europe due to inflation and high interest rates. The Weil European Distress Index has shown failing profitability as …