Ben Marlow

The multibillion-pound swoop for Direct Line threatens to make owning a car in Britain even more unaffordable

The Barclay family extracted more than £100m of dividends from their online shopping empire in the months before bankers called in long-overdue debts.

Richard Desmond’s damages claim against the Gambling Commission could cost taxpayers dearly

The Energy Secretary’s ambitions are racing beyond the real world limitations of the National Grid

Austria’s decision to cut its dependence on Russian gas marks the end of an era for Moscow’s biggest cash cow

As talk of an end to Russia's war in Ukraine grows among Western diplomats, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy comes round to the idea of what he calls a “just

Ofwat’s latest capitulation proves it is both out of touch and unfit for purpose

Well, that didn't last long. For a second there it looked as though Britain's hapless water regulator Ofwat had finally woken up to the mistakes of

Gazprom was for decades Russia’s biggest money-spinner and the most striking symbol of the Kremlin’s influence abroad.

Protesters’ refusal to pay suppliers are a drop in the ocean compared with the liabilities some utilities have amassed