Shell profits double to $10.8bn as Iran war pushes up profit margin on oil
Energy firm to return $5bn to shareholders as climate campaigners criticise high profitsShell has doubled its profits in the last quarter after the Mi...
Profit warnings from UK-listed firms at highest level in two years as Iran war drives up costs
Consultancy says companies quoted on London stock market issued 65 in three months to end of SeptemberThe number of profit warnings from UK-listed com...
Wallace & Gromit maker Aardman falls short of return to profit
Animation studio narrows annual loss to £1.1m amid ‘challenging market’ in children’s contentDon’t break out the celebratory Wensleydale just yet. Aar...
Tesco lifts profit forecast and says consumer confidence is resilient
Sales rise 2% to £33.8bn in the past six months, helped by strong trade onlineBusiness live – latest updatesTesco has raised its annual profit forecas...
Shell refineries forecast to make double the profit from every barrel of fuel
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and RussiaShell’s refineries are expected to make almo...
Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu
Costa Ltd reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024Costa’s main coffee shop arm has returned to the ...
Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon
Firm unveils further cost-cutting plan including job losses blaming poor summer sales of private homesBusiness live – latest updatesVistry Group, one ...
Ladbrokes owner prepares to cut 400 jobs weeks after profit boost
Entain, which also owns Coral and BetMGM, starts consultation process over customer care rolesThe Ladbrokes owner, Entain, has said it is preparing to...
Chinese automakers are following Tesla’s bet that robots are the next big profit machine
Technical progress has encouraged a new batch of companies to jump in on the promise of profits from humanoid robots. And they're all Chinese automake...
US man posed as doctor in fraudulent scheme to profit from Ozempic, prosecutors say
Rodney Greer accused of securing unauthorized prescriptions for GLP-1 drugs and selling them to customersAn Illinois man allegedly impersonated doctor...
Elon Musk made flying even worse so Palantir could profit
On August 6th, the Minneapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center lost radar and communications for around two hours. The outage disrupted more than 1,1...
‘Mamma mia!’: Trump tariffs refund ignites 53% profit spike at Nintendo
Quarterly profit jump fuelled largely by unknown US refund amount as Japanese video game giant records overall sales drop Nintendo has reported a jump...
Next upgrades profit outlook again as it benefits from summer spending
Retailer expects to end year with pre-tax profit of £1.2bn, about £25m higher than forecast previouslyNext has raised hopes that UK shoppers are still...
‘Prioritising profit’: Australians regularly prescribed medicinal cannabis with very high THC levels
Exclusive: Of more than 1,000 medicinal cannabis products available, only two have been evaluated by the drug regulatorFollow our Australia news live ...
Oil price slides as US and Iran pause fire; cancer treatments help AstraZeneca beat profit forecasts – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsYet another company has been picked off London’s stock exchange this morning: DCC Energy has...
Wetherspoon’s issues fourth profit warning in seven months
Pub chain blames worse-than-expected sales on rising costs for workers, food, energy and property taxesBusiness live – latest updatesJD Wetherspoon ha...
As Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal, His Sons Stand to Profit
An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to o...
Crown estate makes more than £1bn profit for third year running
King Charles’s property management firm rakes in £1.2bn as it continues to benefit from offshore windfarm boomKing Charles’s tax bill: what did we lea...
Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts sayIt was a week in which one prominent name...
Retail Returns Climbed to $850 Billion Last Year — Try These 3 Fixes Before Your Profit Margins Disappear
Returns are climbing, placing growing pressure on retailers to protect margins and recover lost value. Here's how ecommerce businesses can process ret...
