Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:48pm EDT. By Matt Scuffham and David Milliken. LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Britain is ready to start selling its shares in Lloyds Banking Group and will examine whether to break up Royal Bank of Scotland, Finance Minister George ...

Sir Mervyn King's long goodbye came to a climax in the splendour of Mansion House on Wednesday night. The evening was a subdued affair, accompanied by the now familiar sporting analogies 'a game of two halves' and not a hint of a mea culpa.

More than �400million was wiped off BT's market value on Wednesday after the company was rocked by the surprise departure of transformational chief executive Ian Livingston.

Britain should embrace the benefits of genetically modified crops and push other EU countries to drop their opposition to GM food, the environment secretary will say in a speech on Thursday.

The end is in sight for US Federal Reserve easing that has dominated financial markets for half a decade after it set out an optimistic economic outlook that would lead to the end of asset purchases in mid-2014.

Katharina Hesse/laif/Redux. Wang Jianlin, CEO of Wanda group, at his office in Beijing. Dalian Wanda Group (DLWGCZ), the Chinese developer controlled by billionaire Wang Jianlin, is investing 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) in a British yachtmaker and a ...

Angry residents of Margate have appealed to the High Court against the Government's decision to build a giant Tesco store on the seafront.

Government plans to privatise the Royal Mail could be hit after a boycott by thousands of postal workers moved a step closer today.

Passenger satisfaction with Britain's crowded, late-running and over-priced railway network has plummeted to the lowest level in six years, a damning new survey by official watchdogs reveals today.

Chip designer Imagination Technologies will tap Chinese companies for new custom after posting a fall in profits last year. The UK company, whose technology is used in Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy smartphones, saw profits halve after taking a ...