A new campaign is being launched to help more older people start their own businesses. Startup School for Seniors has funding from local authorities across the country to offer an online course aimed ...

JCB has posted a jump in profits for the past year but warned over “challenging” conditions in the UK construction market. The Staffordshire-based firm, well known for its yellow excavators and ...

The Bank of England has said interest rates could be cut “gradually over time” if inflation stays low, after leaving borrowing costs unchanged at 5%. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sounded ...

Aldi has revealed the top 20 priority locations around the UK where it wants to set up new stores. In its annual trading update, Aldi said it plans to open 23 new locations before the end of the year ...

Trade minister Douglas Alexander said the headlines around free gifts for senior party figures mattered in the ‘short-term’.

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, bringing the death ...