BT boss Ian Livingston is to replace Lord Green as trade minister after five years as chief executive of the British telecoms group.

The long-awaited report by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has been published. The review was commissioned in 2012, following a number of scandals in the banking industry.

By Olesya Dmitracova and David Milliken. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:43pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England policymakers acknowledged earlier this month that further market volatility could be on the way because of uncertainty about the ...

Chinese property developer Dalian Wanda Group has said it will spend more than �1bn ($1.6bn) to buy a British yacht maker and develop a hotel in London.

LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:09pm BST. LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Mail workers backed union opposition to plans to privatise the state-owned postal group on Wednesday, a stark reminder for potential investors that there will be no warm welcome if and ...

FRANKFURT/LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:00pm BST. FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone is discussing a bid of about $10 billion (6 billion pounds) with Germany's No.

By Paul Sandle. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:40am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - Imagination Technologies, the British chip designer whose graphics technology is in smartphones from Apple and Samsung, reported lower full-year profits as licensing slows.

The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group has told MPs that there was no political pressure for the bank to select the Co-operative Group as the preferred bidder for the hundreds of branches it must sell under state aid rules.

A survey of 30,000 people by the watchdog group, Passenger Focus, showed the travelling public are increasingly frustrated by the lack of staff at stations, delays and squalid lavatories on trains.

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned a payday lender for sending text messages that encouraged people to borrow �1,000 for a night out.