Confidence across Britain’s small businesses plunged in the third quarter, according to a new survey, underscoring the anxiety the country’s entrepreneurs have around higher taxes in next month’s budget.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Tuesday her November 26 budget would focus on growth, including reforms to the business rates system aimed at easing pressure on physical shops and small businesses.

Lloyds Banking Group has quietly become one of Britain’s largest private landlords, building a residential property portfolio worth more than £2bn as part of a drive to diversify its income.

ITV has said it is in "preliminary" discussions to sell its broadcasting business to Sky for £1.6bn, a move that could reshape the UK's television landscape. The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which includes its free-to-air TV channels as well as the ITV X streaming service.

EXCLUSIVE: Wingstop UK’s cofounder went from hauling bricks for $5 an hour to building a $532 million business. It sounds like the rags-to-riches dream. But the reality was surprisingly ‘boring’.

The UK Government has tightened its stance on forced labour in supply chains, launching a cross-government review of the Responsible Business Conduct

Britain's immigration policies have caused a crisis in the pig sector while the government has failed to support domestic food production at a time of global instability, Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers Union said on Tuesday.

After going to A&E, thinking she might be having a stroke, she was given the devastating news that she had brain cancer. Less than two years later she had passed away. ‘It has been the biggest challenge of my life,’ Caroline says.