Alistair Osborne

The CMA has cleared Vodafone’s mobile tie-up with Three — but has it also signalled a more pragmatic approach by the regulator?

Britain has excelled at making regulation a growth industry — but older rules need culling when new ones are created

Alex Baldock says Labour’s budget will leave the retailer £32 million worse off. Luckily these days that’s a sum the business can afford

Why is Equals Group selling at a low-ball price to Lord Hammond of Runnymede’s crew?

Council tax could be levied on unbuilt developments as ministers try to reach Sir Keir Starmer’s target of 1.5 million new homes

Housebuilder says tax rises and cladding levy will hobble developers as the government orders them to build thousands of new homes each year

Daniel Kretinsky has pledged to be on his best behaviour, but what does he plan to do with the business?

Tale of taxpayer billions and 36,000 homes is a lesson in how not to deal with the private sector

The utility plans to double the amount of energy that can be transported around the country. That’s a lot of pylons

The water regulator David Black has come to a reasonable compromise but the sector still needs to invest more