Nick Buckles has unexpectedly quit as chief executive of G4S, the company responsible for the botched handling of security at last year's Olympics.

Marks & Spencer's annual profits fell to their lowest level in four years today after clothing sales slumped. Underlying pre-tax profits for 2012/13 were �665.2 million, a fall of 6 per cent on a year earlier and well below City forecasts for �710 million at the ...

Vodafone is to plough a �2.1bn dividend from US telecoms group Verizon back into its business rather than offer shareholders a windfall, after the UK-based mobile operator reported its biggest annual fall in service revenues in five years.

LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 9:45am BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer price inflation fell last month for the first time since September, giving incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney more leeway to support the economy should the recovery ...

An Apple store in Hong Kong. A shift to a form of territorial taxation might trigger a wave of reinvestment into the US. Apple's defence against congressional accusations that it has adopted elaborate schemes to avoid taxes on its international profits rests on a ...

A high school dropout will make a massive �164million from selling his website to internet giant Yahoo. David Karp, 26, started Tumblr six years ago, but it is now being snapped up for �720million.

The iconic brand, known for its distinctive check pattern, posted an 8pc rise in revenues in the year to March 31, as strong trade in the second half of the year offset weak beginnings.

Local Business Week (LBW) drew to a close on Sunday, leaving in its wake several interesting points to consider about the future of the British high street and its thousands of butchers, bakers, candlestick makers - and countless other small businesses.

Tue May 21, 2013 3:00am EDT. LONDON May 21 (Reuters) - British outsourcing firm Capita upgraded its organic growth forecast for 2013 after announcing one of the biggest contract wins in its history, a ten-year deal worth around 1.2 billion pounds ($1.83 ...

LONDON - London shares opened higher on Tuesday, lifted by strong mining stocks, after the benchmark FTSE 100 index reached its best level since September 2000 on Monday.