Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding.

Recently released figures showed...

Schroders PLC on Tuesday said Chief Financial Officer Richard Oldfield will be promoted to chief executive officer from November.

The London-based asset and wealth manager said...

Essentra PLC on Tuesday announced that ‘highly experienced’ finance executive Rowan Baker will succeed CFO Jack Clarke, who is retiring to become a Catholic Church...

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC announced on Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of the US finished dosage form business. Denmark-based Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApS.

Xellia’s FDF business provides...

London’s FTSE 100 fell in early trading on Tuesday, underperforming European peers, pegged back by a sharp fall in AstraZeneca shares.

The FTSE 100 index...

Keir Starmer said he recognised that scaling back the winter fuel payment was a ‘really tough decision’ but said Labour must ‘secure the foundations’ of...

UK grocery price inflation resumed its slowdown, while Ocado delivered its quickest rate of growth since May 2021, figures on Tuesday showed.

Supermarket prices were 1.7%...

Centamin PLC has agreed to a cash and shares takeover offer from bigger peer AngloGold Ashanti PLC in a deal that values Centamin at about...

The UK unemployment rate edged lower in the three months to July, but wage growth abated, numbers on Tuesday showed.

According to the Office for...

Britain’s national debt is at risk of becoming ‘unsustainable’ unless the government chooses between tax rises and the state doing less and changes its fiscal...