COMPANIES

Since re-launching in 2014, the challenger bank has focused on lending to SMEs in the housebuilding sector.

Italian bank says it will ask retail investors holding bonds to swap them for new shares.

Murdoch's News Corp makes another bid for Sky, but it's costing a lot more after dollar gains and Brexit woes.

Ads from the betting giant will not feature on court during the first Grand Slam tournament of 2017.

Head of eurozone bailout fund says financial support for Italy was neither planned nor requested.

International lenders based in the UK want the government to extend the post-Brexit transitional phase to five years.

The move has been inspired by Thomas Piketty's work aimed at tackling inequality.

Paris, Dublin and Frankfurt would struggle to replace London's infrastructure for the world's major lenders.

Fast food giant will move most of its international operations from Luxembourg to Britain.

The next 12 months would be rocky but a 'bottom up' approach to stock selection will prove its worth yet again.

FTSE 100 company to return £4bn to shareholders through dividend payments and share buybacks.

Sterling's post-Brexit depreciation sees first-half profits fall 57% as retailer caps off turbulent year.

Alarm raised over plans to track employees via cameras, sensors and drones.

RMT chief Mick Cash says the Conservatives are 'mudslinging' from the front bench.

Energy and petrochemicals giant Ineos, founded by industrialist Jim Ratcliffe, moves commercial power base to London.

HSBC, Credit Agricole and JP Morgan fined following five-year investigation into Euribor rigging scandal.

Fine relates to the price of phenytoin sodium capsules going up dramatically in 2012.

It used as much energy as San Francisco last year – but is turning to wind and solar power.

CMC Markets and IG Group drag FTSE 250 lower as market factors in prospect of restrictions on spread-betting companies.

Thomas Cook to pay £55.8m to assume full control of the joint retail venture with Co-op

Shares in spread-betting firms plunge by about 30% after regulator unveils proposal to regulate CFDs market.

Recapitalisation of Italy's third largest bank is in jeopardy after PM Matteo Renzi's pledge to resign.

British Airways owner says it carried 7.25m passengers in November, 5.2% more than in the same month last year.

From Graham's Vintage 1970 Port to Maldonado ham, Fortnum & Mason's hamper has everything for someone with £6,000 to spare.

The FTSE 100-listed lender has reached an agreement with three of the five groups representing shareholders.

The luxury retail business sidestepped the effect of tough competition brought on by the supermarket price war.

Iceland Foods chief executive Malcolm Walker claims Icelandic authorities have 'no interest' in resolving the matter.

UK crisps producer was acquired by US-based Amplify Snack Brands for £300m in August this year.

Row over fees as Pension Protection Fund vetoes invoice from Duff & Phelps.