Britain may not strike a free trade deal with the US for years, Liz Truss has admitted ahead of her first bilateral meeting with Joe Biden. The new prime minister conceded that talks were unlikely to start in the “medium term” as she travelled to New

Almost nine in ten companies taking part in a groundbreaking trial of a four-day working week have said they are likely to extend the policy beyond the six-month test period. A survey canvassing opinions at the halfway stage of the trial found that 88 per cent

A British financial technology business run by one of the industry’s few female chief executives has raised $19 million in its first funding round. Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm known for its early bets on the likes of Airbnb, Facebook and Slack, has

Rolls-Royce is at the centre of a multimillion-pound battle over the alleged stealing of business secrets from a technology company that provided the luxury carmaker with software enabling its clientele to customise their £250,000 cars virtually. The action brought by Topalsson, a software engineer, goes to

Mike Ashley is to step down from the board of Frasers Group, the retail business he founded. Ashley said he would not stand for re-election at the annual meeting on October 19 and as a result would leave the board, handing over the running of the