Alistair Osborne

Massive investment on capital projects is no guarantee of money well spent — so the big question is will Rachel Reeves’s ‘choices’ deliver what she wants

The chancellor missed a £3 billion no-brainer by not putting up fuel duty in her maiden budget

There appears to be better news on the horizon for the airline even as it suffers a drop in profits and a cut to passenger forecasts

Four into three mergers always set the alarm bells ringing. And not least among the competition wonks, who then typically need two years and a document forest to explain it’d mean one less competitor

Will Ofwat’s ‘final’ verdict on how much water companies can charge and spend involve a big climbdown after the utility secured a £3 billion loan?

The Supreme Court found Sky acted in bad faith by registering brands for products it had no intention to sell. Sound familiar?

Rothschild delivers a demolition job on his rival, but is it enough?

Wouldn’t things be more joined up if all three watchdogs were combined in one, like Ofgem for energy?

Some phrases should be easy to understand. Take “put up or shut up”: five words from the Takeover Panel lexicon, giving bidders 28 days to launch a formal offer, get an extension to the bid deadline

The Frasers boss’s latest attempt to boot Mahmud Kamani off the board is curiously timed