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The Argentine restaurant group Gaucho is teetering on the brink of administration, putting 1,500 jobs at risk, as it races to secure a deal that will help it pay a £1m-plus tax bill. The company is...

Poor Mystic Marcus. The supposedly-prophetic pig who predicted that England would beat Croatia on Wednesday has been vilified on social media following England’s loss, with fans calling for him to be turned into bacon. While these are...

It doesn’t take long for Katherine Bennett’s frustration to boil over when the issue of Brexit is raised. “It’s not as easy as Jacob Rees-Mogg thinks,” said the boss of Airbus UK. “We don’t just export cheese or...

The government has finally given Rupert Murdoch clearance to take over Sky as the media mogul mulls a £26bn-plus bid to try to see off rival Comcast. The new culture secretary, Jeremy Wright, has given Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox the...

Trustees of the Presidents Club charity, which hosted a gala dinner where female staff were allegedly groped and propositioned for sex, gave little thought to the women’s welfare while they took “careful steps” to protect the identity of male...

Business leaders have said that the government’s Brexit white paper is a “massive step forward” for the UK and have called on the EU to be pragmatic in its response. However, the financial services industry attacked the government,...

Sir Martin Sorrell has bought Dutch firm MediaMonks for €300m (£266m) in a deal that marks his return to the forefront of the advertising industry and an escalation of hostilities with his former employer, WPP. Sorrell pursued the...

Britain’s retailers are benefiting from England’s continuing World Cup run and the warm weather boosting beer, barbecue and big-screen TV sales, despite the severe underlying challenges facing the high street. Suggesting deep problems remain for retailers as they...

The chief executive of Tesco’s UK and Ireland business, Charles Wilson, is stepping down following treatment for throat cancer. Wilson is the former boss of cash-and-carry group Booker and widely viewed as the likely successor to...

Plans to install hundreds of thousands of additional charging points for electric vehicles are to be announced by the transport secretary. Chris Grayling will unveil proposals aimed at making it easier to rechargeelectric vehicles than refuel those...