Bridget O’Connell

Footfall slipped 1.6% during the month compared to the same period a year ago with high streets particularly hard hit.

Toys R Us has appealed to investors for a £120m lifeline as crucial payment deadlines loom at the end of the month.

French chef Raymond Blanc’s restaurant venture Brasserie Bar has bemoaned a business rates hike for adding to an “increasingly hostile” trading environment.

One of Britain’s biggest property developers has formed a partnership with a construction company and a housing association to build £2bn of new homes over the next five years.

Lloyds Banking Group could be set to deliver a heavy blow to Standard Life Aberdeen by announcing the withdrawal of £100bn of funds.

Britain’s top supermarket aims to take on Aldi and Lidl with new stand-alone brand.

Residential towers that dwarf Grenfell are being built in London with a single staircase.

Plan to save bankrupt US chain’s European stores falls through as losses continue to mount.

New River Reit has promoted Allan Lockhart after his father, David, stepped down to become executive deputy chairman.

The chairman of Millennium & Copthorne Hotels has carried out his threat to cut the dividend if his £2bn bid to take the company private was rejected. Kwek Leng Beng,…