An Abu Dhabi state-backed vehicle has moved closer to taking full control of The Daily Telegraph just hours after the launch of a regulatory probe that prevents it from removing key journalists from their posts.

The CBI is urging members to swallow a further rise in fees even as the lobby group battles to regain its former standing among political and business leaders.

ASLEF's train drivers are staging a number of strikes and overtime bans in December in their long-running dispute over pay.

The government is to prohibit the removal or transfer of key Daily Telegraph journalists during a public interest probe into the newspaper's prospective takeover by a state-backed Abu Dhabi investor.

Green desert.

Shareholders in Lloyds Banking Group could reap a windfall worth more than £500m early next year following a deal that will see it repaid loans in full by the owners of The Daily Telegraph.

House prices recorded a second month of growth in November, according to a closely-watched report.

Ian King speaks to Coen van Oostrom, the founder and chief executive of property developer Edge, about reducing emissions.

Members of ASLEF have voted overwhelmingly to continue strike action for the next six months in their ongoing dispute over pay, the train drivers' union has announced.

Volta, the electric truck start-up, has been bought out of administration by one of its biggest creditors but the bulk of its 600 UK workers are out of a job - for the moment at least.