Despite this, AO World reported a 10% rise in pre-tax profits to £18 million for the six months to September 30 and said annual profits would be around the top end of recently upgraded guidance, for ...

B&Q owner Kingfisher has increased its profit target for the year despite pointing to weaker market conditions in the UK. Shares in the group, which runs more than 1,800 stores globally, moved higher ...

Sir James Cleverly has distanced himself from frontbench colleague Kevin Hollinrake’s jibe at Reform UK in which the Conservative chairman appeared to compare Nigel Farage’s party to the Nazis.

The Chancellor is due to deliver her second budget in the Commons on Wednesday, in which she is widely expected to pull the lever on tax hikes.