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The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have demanded a freeze in rail fares after months of travel chaos across the country. In a joint letter to the transport secretary, Chris Grayling, the mayors Andy...

Companies are suffering from a “supply shock” as fewer EU citizens come to the UK, and companies struggle to fill vacancies, according to a survey of 2,000 employers. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)...

Turkey’s central bank has acted to stem the lira’s crash, but the intervention was not enough to quell investors’ fears that the country’s financial crisis could spread to European markets. The lira pulled back from from...

The Confederation of British Industry has urged Theresa May to drop her “blunt target” on immigration numbers and introduce new freedom of movement rules for EU citizens post-Brexit to ensure firms, large and small, can stay in business...

A billion dollars is a steep price to pay for a whole lot of nothing – even if the nothing in question happens to be a prime piece of open land with commanding views over the...

Sports Direct, the sportswear chain controlled by Mike Ashley, has swooped on House of Fraser in a £90m rescue deal that secures 17,000 jobs for the time being. In a statement to the stock exchange, Sports Direct confirmed...

Almost 400 Ryanair flights scheduled for Friday have been grounded because of pilot strikes. Employees in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands are staging a 24-hour walkout over pay and conditions. The Irish airline, Europe’s largest by passenger...

Elon Musk’s announcement that he was considering taking Tesla off the stock market should not have been a total surprise. If Musk goes through with his plan he will join a long line of entrepreneurs who have...

British Gas is adding £44 to the typical fuel bill for 3.5 million customers in the second increase this year. Britain’s biggest energy supplier blamed rising wholesale energy prices for the 3.8% rise in its standard...

Companies are putting off hiring senior staff and potential job candidates are staying put because of uncertainty over Brexit, one of Britain’s leading recruitment companies has said. Page Group’s overall first-half pre-tax profit rose 18.1% to £67.2m....