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BP is parting ways with the chief executive who was initially charged with leading its oil and gas-led profits drive under investor pressure for greater urgency.

The rate of inflation hit a much lower than expected 3.2% last month, according to official figures which should lock in an interest rate cut by the Bank of England on Thursday.

The boss of Fujitsu's British operations will face a fresh grilling from MPs next month amid pressure on the Japanese software company to fork out hundreds of millions of pounds as part of the vast Horizon IT scandal compensation bill.

Paddy Power Betfair is to pay £2m for acting too slowly on concerning customer behaviours, including one player who staked £86,000 over 16 days and another who placed 300 bets in eight hours.

You've doubtless heard of the National Grid, the network of pylons and electricity infrastructure ensuring the country is supplied with power. You're probably aware that there is a similar national network of gas pipelines sending methane into millions of our boilers.

Britain loves chocolate.

The private equity firm Permira is working with a professional services veteran as it plots a takeover of the firm drafted in to oversee a controversial costs purge at Manchester United Football Club.

Warner Bros is reportedly set to reject a hostile $108bn (£81bn) takeover bid from Paramount, with one of the prospective buyer's financing partners confirming it's pulled out of the offer.

A victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is taking legal action against the government-owned organisation as she seeks full redress for her wrongful conviction.

Winter is closing in on the Bidston Rise housing estate in Birkenhead, but there's one front garden that hasn't given in yet.