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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

ECB chief takes aim at claim that tariffs will ‘make America great again’ — but calls for negotiation, not retaliation ...

Hong Kong has sought to position itself as a centre for crypto businesses. Bitcoin has surged since Donald Trump won the US presidential election this month, with investors betting his return to the ...