The EU is reportedly weighing plans for a €100bn (£90bn) fund that it hopes will fuel promising European technology companies and stave off competition from larger Chinese and US-based rivals such as Amazon and Alibaba. […]

Eddie Stobart, the logistics group known for its distinctively coloured lorries‎, will deliver a fresh blow to the embattled fund manager Neil Woodford on Friday when its chief executive quits in the wake of a multimillion pound accounting error. […]

Links of London, one of Britain's best-known jewellery chains, is racing to secure a buyer within days‎ as its crisis-hit owner seeks to offload the business. […]

It can't be much fun being Jay Powell right now. […]

British retail sales dropped this month at the fastest rate since 2008, according to a survey conducted by the business group CBI. […]

Ryanair said flights from British airports were departing without disruption on Thursday despite a strike by UK-based pilots. […]

Major Hong Kong banks including HSBC and Standard Chartered have published newspaper ads calling for the preservation of law and order and condemning violence, as pro-democracy protests showed no signs of stopping. […]

A fire at a major Ocado depot has caused disruption to its food deliveries just months after another of its sites was destroyed in a blaze. […]

Cuadrilla has suspended fracking at Britain's only shale gas exploration site after it recorded its biggest tremor yet. […]

Laura Ashley has plunged into the red after dwindling demand for its furniture and decorating products dragged sales lower - partly blamed on weak consumer confidence. […]