Telegraph Business The Government has begun the process of reversing the so-called ‘staircase tax’ in order to ease the burden on business owners. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid will today publish draft legislation to reverse the tax, which is expected to […]

Telegraph Business British companies need “unity, clarity and certainty” from politicians rather than the constantly changing policies of the past year if business is to thrive in 2018, according to the CBI. In a year-end letter to members which also […]

Telegraph Business British businesses are already suffering from a lack of workers as EU staff quit their jobs and leave the country, and continental sources of labour dry up. Hotels and hospitality firms fear they may have to close as […]

Telegraph Business In a year which saw Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley refer to himself as a “power drinker”, hummus maker Bakkavor hit the headlines and a union threaten to “smash [a company] to bits”, there’s certainly been a lot to […]

Telegraph Business Copper prices extended their longest winning streak to a 10th day to send London’s mega miners to the top of the FTSE 100 for a second straight day. The industrial metal is on course for its strongest year […]

Telegraph Business DFS has rescued eight stores from collapsed furniture retailer Multiyork in a £1.2m deal that will save 35 jobs. Two of the stores will be rebranded as DFS while the rest will come under the company’s high end […]

Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded embattled South African retailer Steinhoff over concerns about its looming debt pile and its liquidity. Moody’s has given three parts of the company a CAA1 rating, meaning it considers it a very high credit risk. […]

Mortgage lending hit a 15-month low in November figures from banking industry body, UK Finance have shown. In total, 39,507 house purchases were approved by banks in November, down from 40,417 in October as well as the six-month high of […]

Britain’s housing market has defied uncertainty to grow 3.5pc so far this year, despite a slowdown in London and the South East. The nation’s homes increased in value by an average of £9,652, or £28 per day, between Jan 1 […]

The Government’s bet on subsidising renewable energy power has already halved the carbon emissions from the power generation industry over the past five years. Fresh data from National Grid has revealed that tumbling clean energy records in the past year, […]