Ten miles south of Edinburgh’s Waverley Station or about 20 minutes’ drive from its airport, on the edge of the small commuter town of Penicuik (pronounced Pennycook), lies the Penicuik Estate.

“Production first, safety later,” said a worker at Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel, another Tsingshan unit operating at IMIP. An explosion at ITSS killed 21 workers last year — the worst accident ...

Almost £6bn of suspicious funds have been channelled through companies registered in the British Overseas Territories to purchase UK properties since 2016, new analysis has revealed.

The directors of hedge fund Quadrature Capital, one of the Labour party’s largest donors, have taken £160mn in loans from the business in a move that could lead to a lower tax bill than if they ...

Every autumn, partners at elite British law firm Slaughter and May are invited for the “paterfamilias” — a chat with the senior partner or “father of the family” — about their performance. The ritual ...

A recent essay by Sam Bowman, co-authored with Ben Southwood and Samuel Hughes, argues that Britain has struggled over the past 15 years because it has “banned the investment in housing, transport and ...

This is an edited transcript of a Financial Times interview with European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde. The interview took place at the ECB’s Frankfurt headquarters on the afternoon of ...

Vivendi prepares to spin off Canal+ for a London listing. Christine Lagarde says trade wars threaten global GDP. Sir Alex Younger, former head of UK’s MI6, discusses Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s ...

Sir Keir Starmer will be invited to meet EU leaders to discuss European security as Brussels seeks closer ties with the UK, in a significant post-Brexit move.

It is easier than ever to forge graphic video and images. But campaigners hope that new laws could offer a template for controlling artificial intelligence ...

The strong profits at Křetínský’s gas-fired power stations come as his £5.3bn takeover of Royal Mail nears completion, pending approval from regulators and the government. He wants to modernise Royal ...

Hizbollah began firing at northern Israel last October in solidarity with Hamas after the Palestinian militant group’s devastating attack on the country’s south.