Russia is suspending natural gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria due to the countries' refusal over a demand to pay in Russian roubles, according to Warsaw officials.
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has launched an "operation" at offices within Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance empire amid the fallout from the collapse of major funding provider Greensill Capital last year.
Sensyne Health, the London-listed medical technology firm that was rescued from the brink of collapse this month, is to axe two-thirds of its workforce.
HSBC announced on Tuesday it would halt stock buybacks for the year following disappointing financial results, triggering a 3.6% drop in its share price.
Interest payments on the national debt rose to their highest level ever last year, as the UK’s public finances reel from the huge cost of the pandemic.
The owner of Boots has set a mid-May deadline for final bids for Britain's high street chemist as it battles an array of economic headwinds which threaten to depress its valuation.