Business

The proposed £1.6bn takeover of a big chunk of ITV by Sky would be the biggest consolidation in British broadcasting in more than 20 years, and reflects fundamental changes in viewing habits and commercial realities.

ITV has revealed talks with Sky, the owner of Sky News, over the possible sale of its media and entertainment (M&E) division in a deal worth £1.6bn.

The telecoms billionaire Sir Charles Dunstone is seeking new investors to take a big stake in Five Guys Europe, the casual dining brand he launched in Britain more than a decade ago.

Sir Alan Bates has told Sky News that the government's new Capture Redress Scheme is "half-baked".

Elon Musk could be on track for a $1trn (£761bn) pay package - if Tesla meets a series of extremely ambitious targets over the next 10 years.

Elon Musk could be on track for a $1trn pay packet.

It's a year since the US put Donald Trump back in the White House and I've spent this anniversary week in Florida and in Pennsylvania - two worlds in one country where I found two such contrasting snapshots of Trump's America.

Perhaps it's not surprising that, the day after Guy Fawkes night, the Bank of England held off from lighting any economic fireworks at Threadneedle Street on Thursday.

The Bank of England has voted to leave interest rates on hold at 4%, but a knife-edge split on its Monetary Policy Committee suggests a cut may be coming very soon.

Executives from some of Britain's most valuable technology start-ups have delivered a bombshell warning to Rachel Reeves that tax-raising measures in this month's budget could force them to cancel plans to list their companies on the London Stock Exchange.