All news by author: Lawrence Matheson

The US chicken chain will open more than 30 new sites across the UK in the next 12 months, including locations such as Birmingham, Aberdeen and Swansea.

The number of firms on the brink of collapse jumped by more than a quarter at the end of 2023 as fears grow over a "debt storm" caused by the recent barrage of interest rate rises, a report has warned

The deal will bring around 10,000 employees into Compass Group

Estate agent Hamptons looked at householders selling in 2023 who had bought their homes in the past 20 years

The UK is set to have 6.3 million electric cars on the road by 2030

One in seven people search social media websites for breaks, the research for Nationwide Building Society found

The company is expected to announce another quarter of growth at Primark over the key Christmas period

The UK now has 4.29 million households experiencing fuel poverty, up from 3.83 million, the research found

The direct-to-consumer wine retailer reported that total revenues increased by 2% to £34.3 million over the six months to December 29, compared with the same period last year

The Building Societies Act 1986 (Amendment) Bill aims to modernise societies by expanding their lending capacity

More than 3,000 workers at oil refineries and the Sellafield nuclear facility had voted in favour of industrial action

Chris O'Shea, who runs Centrica, told BBC Breakfast that "you can't justify a salary of that size"

The arts, crafts and stationery company is taking to reduce costs

A survey by Credit Karma found that 56% of those who will run out of money during the month will have spent their entire monthly income by January 20

The company revealed it thinks its yearly profit will be slightly higher than previous expectations

The company said it had managed to reduce costs

The amount of goods sold by British retailers dropped last month at its fastest rate in three years as under-pressure families shifted part of their Christmas shop to earlier in the year

The tech giant said it had started building the facility on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, with aims for construction to be completed by 2025

The luxury car maker said it delivered 13,560 cars in 2023, compared with 15,174 during the previous 12 months

Octopus Energy, Ecotricity and E (Gas & Electricity) achieved the highest customer scores in the annual Which? survey

Speaking at the World Economic Forum event at Davos, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said there was a need for some "guard-rails" around generative AI.

The troubled music royalty fund, which was co-founded by former Beyonce manager Merck Mercuriadis and Nile Rodgers of Chic, has faced questions over its future in recent months

The Paddy Power and Betfair owner said that it had met expectations outside the US, but that National Football League (NFL) games had gone the way of customers, costing its bottom line

The online wine firm said jobs were being axed across "all levels of the organisation" under plans to save another £7 million a year

The business said it still expects revenue to grow during the financial year, which ends in late April, but the challenging Christmas and beyond means it will be a quarter as fast as previously expected