Business and Finance

Thomas Cook, one of the oldest names in the British travel industry, is being circled by potential bidders as lenders ‎to the company prepare for crunch talks over the state of its finances.

Debenhams has confirmed that its chief executive Sergio Bucher will step down this week, days after the troubled retailer entered into administration and was taken over by its lenders.

The chief executive of Terra Firma Capital Partners, the buyout firm best known for its ill-fated ownership of the EMI record label, has stepped down after falling out with its billionaire founder.

A record £785m was paid out by pet insurers in 2018 as increasingly sophisticated treatments pushed up costs.

The commercial property group which owns London's Brent Cross shopping centre is facing a bruising shareholder revolt this month over multi-million pound share awards to top executives.

British shops have benefited from a milder March in comparison with last year's "Beast from the East", according to new figures.

Social media website Pinterest ended its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange with shares up by almost a third , as it returned some much-needed faith in technology initial public offerings (IPOs) to Wall Street.

Amazon has announced that it is closing its online store in China after struggling to gain a foothold in the world's most populous nation.

The British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL) are among a number of far-right groups that have been banned by Facebook.

Hopes for Jet Airways are fading as its shares plunge and rivals rush to fill the supply gap.