HM Revenue & Customs is ramping up the pressure on tax avoidance by warning promoters of aggressive schemes that they will potentially face fines of up to £1m. It has written to several firms that ...

Terra Firma, the private equity firm owed by British financier Guy Hands, has appointed a new boss to run Odeon & UCI following a strategic overhaul of the cinema chain. Paul Donovan will take over ...

Gold rebounded on Monday after an early drop spurred buying from jewellers in Asia, but further gains could be limited by a rally in the U.S. dollar amid persistent euro zone debt concerns. Investors ...

Wood Mackenzie is preparing for a stock market listing in which the UK energy research consultancy would seek a valuation of as much as £2bn, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...

When Steve Easterbrook becomes chief executive of McDonald's in March, the former Watford Grammar schoolboy will take over a company facing one of the biggest challenges in its 60-year history. Mr ...

THIRD QUARTER 2020 TRADING UPDATE STRONGLY IMPROVED TRADING IN Q3 Coca-Cola HBC AG, a growth-focused Consumer Packaged Goods business and strategic bottling partner of The Coca-Co ...

Britain's top banking watchdog has raised questions about whether an independent Scotland could easily share a financial supervisor with the rest of the UK. Andrew Bailey, the head of the Bank of ...

Sweden's cluster of state pension funds face political pressure to divest from all of their fossil fuel holdings. The Swedish Centre party has called for all of the country's national pension funds to ...

Apollo Global Management, the US private equity fund manager, has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Portuguese insurer Tranquilidade from the remnant of Banco Espirito Santo, the lender that ...

Yahoo faced renewed pressure from an activist shareholder on Thursday when Starboard Value sought to deter the internet company from making any large acquisitions. Jeffrey Smith, managing member of ...

Three decades later, the UK's political parties are still importing tactics from America. But this time round, the methods are digital and the battlegrounds are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. "This ...

Call it moderation or stagnation, but the near future appears set to remain much like the present arrangement of modest economic growth and scarce investment income. So the right question to ask may ...