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High street landlords are gearing up for war with retailers, whom they accuse of railroading them into agreeing to rent cuts via increasingly controversial company voluntary arrangements (CVAs). Struggling businesses including the department store chain House of...

By Nils Pratley Chairmen, especially those embarrassed by the share price on their watch, feel obliged to examine any old merger or acquisition idea. But there are limits to what counts as credible and Barclays’ John McFarlane...

Sainsbury’s is pressing ahead with a plan to cut paid breaks, annual bonuses and premium pay for Sundays, leaving thousands of workers out of pocket despite pressure from unions and MPs. However, the supermarket has pledged extra...

Biggest sales jump in 18 months as shoppers return to the high street, but underlying trend still weak. Retailers enjoyed the biggest jump in sales in 18 months during April as shoppers, forced to stay home...

Professor Brian Scott-Quinn, director of Banking Programmes at Henley Business School, suggests Deutsche Bank is trapped in a ‘spiral of decline’. Scott-Quinn says that Deutsche should accept that the game is up. “We really no longer need Deutsche Bank. There are...

Programmers will gather in Sofia in June for the first Balkan Hackathon, aimed at developing digital solutions and software prototypes to boost progress in the region. They will spend a full 24 hours coding and prototyping...

Italian financial markets have been in turmoil as the country awaits news about whether an unknown law professor without any political experience will be named as the next prime minister. The country’s two populist parties –...

The Ryanair chief executive, Michael O’Leary, has said the airline may have to review its new luggage policy if large numbers of passengers continue to hand over their bags at the gate. Ryanair has introduced a stricter cabin...

A second select committee of MPs is expected to examine how Russian companies use the City of London after the foreign affairs committee singled out the corporate law firm Linklaters for its role in advising on...

The FTSE 100 soared to a new record on Monday after news of a truce in the contentious trade dispute between the US and China cheered investors and helped send the pound lower against the dollar. News that...