Business

More families are setting up trusts to avoid paying inheritance tax, figures from HMRC suggest.

John Healey, the defence secretary, has held urgent talks with the boss of Leonardo, the Italian defence contractor, amid fears...

The housebuilder Barratt Redrow, Heathrow Airport and the outsourcing giant Mitie are among a group of businesses backing the launch...

The Bank of England's decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate...

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now "likely" later in...

NatWest will close more than 30 bank branches this year and next.

A wealth platform which targets professionals whose finances are becoming increasingly complex is raising nearly £8m from a syndicate of...

The London-listed company which wants to extract one of the world's largest tungsten deposits from a site in Devon is...

Barclays and NatWest will this week fire the next shots in the battle to acquire Evelyn Partners, one of the...

The FTSE-100 oil giant Shell is close to unveiling a revamped boardroom pay policy which would see its boss handed...