Companies have told chancellor that scaling back tax breaks on savings accounts could boost UK financial services

LVMH’s Arnault contrasts US ‘wind of optimism’ with ‘cold shower’ of France

Chief warns country could be vulnerable to Chinese and Russian influence if it is forced to abandon operations there

Amsterdam likely to be one location for spin-off of ice cream division, with London and New York also under consideration

Levies against America’s three biggest trading partners will be implemented on February 1

The release of DeepSeek’s new model has shaken assumptions about who has the upper hand in developing the technology

Former finance minster says Ottawa must target US president’s ‘billionaire buddies’

Fiscal constraints put Starmer and Reeves in an unenviable situation, but Trump has changed the terms of the debate

Jason Sippel to leave US bank after more than two decades for UK-based macro firm

Sale to Armenian investment fund comes almost three years after US investment bank pledged to leave

Danwatch had revealed Ingosstrakh’s role in insuring tankers carrying oil from Russia’s Baltic ports

Meeting had been arranged before news about advances in artificial intelligence by China’s DeepSeek

Mike Wainwright found guilty by Swiss court of paying more than €5mn in bribes to secure oil trading contracts in Angola

We can no longer squander our strengths with self-imposed handicaps. There is too much at stake

Decision is a blow to Starmer’s government after setting out pro-growth pitch to investors

Eric Schmidt helped Washington reimagine the west coast tech titans as shields against the world’s second-largest economy

Mutual group that owns Waitrose and department store blames subdued pre-Christmas consumer confidence

London court gives Mohammed Zina three months to pay the amount that is available from current assets

Benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 rises more than 6% as tariff fears subside and investors flee US tech stocks

Mortgage lender Nationwide says affordability ‘remains stretched’

Ørsted says Mads Nipper will be replaced by deputy chief Rasmus Errboe

Shares in London-listed conglomerate jump after it announced plans to sell or demerge two of its four core divisions

Foreign minister Mélanie Joly holds meetings in Washington in attempt to avert trade war

The New York Stock Exchange is looking to trade for 22 hours a day — raising thorny questions about how equity markets function