There can’t be many boardrooms where last week’s Microsoft-linked outage won’t be high on the agenda in the coming weeks. Shocks that bring businesses to a...

Britain’s biggest student landlord is asking shareholders for an extra £450 million to buy and build more halls of accommodation. Unite Group , which lets...

Growing cloud computing sales and search engine advertising have powered a rise in second quarter profit at Alphabet , the parent company of Google. Alphabet...

The high street bank TSB has been knocked bya sharp reduction in profit as it faces lower margins on mortgages and paid out more to savers. The lender, which...

A drop-off in theme park visitors and fewer hit movies in the second quarter of the year reduced earnings at Comcast , the US-listed media and telecoms...

The number of homes being built in Britain will have to “more than double” to meet the government’s housebuilding targets, according to an industry body. The...

The world’s most-popular music streaming service, Spotify, brought in more paying subscribers than predicted in the second quarter, sending shares in up...

A privately owned British biotechnology company backed by celebrity and wealthy investors has struck a DNA manufacturing licence agreement with GSK....

Rents are rising rapidly throughout Britain, with a shortage of homes and strong demand pushing up costs to new records. The average advertised rent outside...

Vodafone has sold a further stake in Vantage Towers for €1.3 billion as it continues to cut its debts. The FTSE 100 telecoms group has been reducing its...