UK total retail sales fell 4% year on year in the April as wet spring weather deterred shoppers, despite businesses offering hefty discounts in an attempt to entice customers into stores, according to a survey published on Tuesday.
BP reported a worse-than-expected fall in first-quarter profit on the back of lower oil and gas prices, an outage at a US refinery and “significantly weaker” fuels margins as it also started a $1.75bn share buyback.
Britain's opposition Labour Party has no plans to revive government plans to introduce a national rail ticket website and app if it wins the next General Election, online platform Trainline said on Friday.
Oil and gas giant Shell on Thursday reported much better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on the back of higher margins from crude and oil products trading and also unveiled a new $3.5bn share buyback.