Piers Wehner

England’s market towns towns command a premium of nearly £25,000 for home buyers, according to research by Lloyds Bank.

Britain’s high end stores are eschewing Black Friday, the US post-Thanksgiving sales day, despite other retailers adopting the new tradition.

Christopher North, the boss of Amazon in the UK, has said that it is not trying to harm Royal Mail by launching its own delivery service.

Proposals to separate the trading and retail operations of Britain’s banks could lead to a hike in mortgage costs and cost the EU economy £20bn.

Pub and brewing company Marston’s claims it has no fear of the end of the beer-tie as it announced its annual results.

Pound land chief executive Jim McCarthy has said that this Christmas will be the retailer’s biggest yet, as it announced a 17.5% rise in half-year profits.

Supermarket giant Morrisons is to shut six convenience stores less than two years after they opened.

Half of the £27.5bn cost of the Crossrail 2 scheme could be met with revenue from fares, business rates and a tax on new developments.

The number of properties outside London changing hands for more than £1m has jumped by 44% in the past year to a record high.

The design of skyscrapers could be dramatically transformed by a magnet-powered, cable-free lift that can move horizontally as well as vertically.

A series of residential towers are set to spring forth as developers and investors take a big punt on the renewed appetite for high-rise living.

‘Ghost cities’ which sprawl across China’s landscape are the result of $6.8trn of wasted investment since 2009, according to new research.