Business

The outgoing boss of the Post Office has said he does not need to clear his name following criticism of his leadership over the Horizon IT scandal.

Lenders holding £12bn of Thames Water's debt have held face-to-face talks with Ofwat this week to pitch a rescue deal that they believe would avert the nationalisation of Britain's biggest water utility.

US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google's "illegal monopoly" of internet searches.

Ratan Tata, the former chair of India's oldest conglomerate, and of Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover, has died aged 86.

Etihad's chief executive has denied the suggestion it may have paid too much for its sponsorship of Manchester City in order to help the team.

The City minister will on Thursday hold talks with some of Britain's most valuable technology start-ups as the government seeks to convince them to float in London.

Investors managing more than £9trn in assets have backed a more "competitive" approach to British boardroom pay amid a growing debate about London's attractiveness as a listing destination.

The culture secretary will hold talks with a group of Premier League clubs on Wednesday about the government's plans for a football watchdog, even as the sport's top flight teeters on the brink of civil war.

Water firms in England and Wales have been ordered to return £157.6m to customers due to their poor performance.

A former Treasury minister will on Wednesday urge more government support for "credible" university spinout ventures as a glut of new vehicles try to raise hundreds of millions of pounds to back academics.