Will a Nationwide customer’s boardroom challenge shake up UK corporate governance?

A decade after Theresa May spoke of radical reform, the mutual is facing a bid that is testing the limits of democracy

JLR and General Motors eye £900m contract to build new range of military trucks

Carmakers aim to expand into UK defence sector, exploiting spending boom by Nato countries

Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy

A foreign face is often thought to add prestige to a product or business – what’s behind this unregulated economy?

After death of his father, Reed Jobs is keen for his $1bn venture capital fund Yosemite to make a difference

With layoffs widely expected and editorial tensions deepening, correspondents await a post-season shakeup

Italian brand poised to overtake Napolina in UK sales is touring the country on a mission to win more customers

A student could lose hundreds after the UK changed travel advice – others face flight cancellations due to fuel shortages

Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their heads

Firms do not offer cover for some models, or charge more than for equivalent petrol cars, research finds

UK government borrowing costs jump amid political uncertainty and oil price rise that fuelled inflation worries

UK 10-year government bond yields have hit their highest since 2008

Muscat silent about plans – opposed by US – to charge fee and demand details on nationality of all transiting ships

Canada’s Intact Financial Corp is said to be exploring offer, as London-listed Tate & Lyle attracts US suitor

Union leaders say veto from Democrat Abigail Spanberger is an about-face from promises she made on campaign trail