The building society expects its chain of 696 branches will soon be the largest as it also announced plans to hand out a new £100 bonus to members.

Close Brothers is speeding up cost cutting to help narrow losses after setting aside another £30 million to cover mounting costs of the motor finance scandal. The banking group confirmed its total ...

A bid by a Borders seafood company for a compound to house 53 storage containers has been approved – despite concerns raised by objectors.

A heatwave has gripped large parts of India with roads and markets emptying during afternoons and some farmers switching to ...

BT has revealed aims to cut costs by a further £700 million over the next four years as it reported flat full-year earnings and falling revenues. The telecoms giant said it was upping its cost saving ...

The building society made a pre-tax profit of £1.49 billion for the year to the end of March, down from the £2.3 billion it made last year.

The group reported a half-year pre-tax loss of £552 million, which is in line with the range it gave in a trading update in April.

Former health secretary Wes Streeting has set out plans for a wealth tax that would see capital gains tax equalised with income tax. Mr Streeting, who had made clear he intends to stand in any ...

The oldest bridge in Paris has begun to vanish as the artist JR – who is known as the “French Banksy” – began inflating a ...