Business

Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England governor, will join Rachel Reeves on a visit to China next month aimed at strengthening financial services trade ties between the two countries.

Retail giants including Asda, Marks & Spencer, Primark and Tesco will mount a new year campaign to warn Rachel Reeves that plans to hike business rates on larger shops will put jobs and stores under threat.

The UK's retail sales recovery was smaller than expected in the key Christmas shopping month of November, official figures show.

It would be easy to dismiss tabletop gaming as a "geeky" hobby played by young boys in the basements of their homes.

Tesla has recalled almost 700,000 of its electric vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tyre pressure monitoring system.

British billionaire Mike Ashley has been denied a seat on the board of fast-fashion business Boohoo.

Government borrowing in November was the lowest for that month in three years, according to official figures.

The group which represents hundreds of European football teams including Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich has dismissed the latest bid to revive a European Super League project as a "disruptive" campaign led by "separatist self-interested clubs".

UK car manufacturing fell again in November, the ninth month of decline in a row, according to industry data.

The Bank of England has maintained its guidance for "gradual" interest rate cuts next year, following surprise support for a reduction this month.