Octopus Energy Group is wading into the battle for the future of Britain’s biggest water company as part of a consortium which includes the French infrastructure giant Suez. Sky News has learnt that Octopus Energy - which recently overtook British Gas as Britian's biggest household gas and electricity supplier - has struck an agreement that

A member of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee has made a case for a steeper cut to interest rates on expectations that an inflation "hump" ahead will be temporary. Catherine Mann, an American economist, told an audience in Leeds that she currently did not see a repeat of an extended period of inflation in

A group led by Elon Musk has made a $97.4bn (£78.7bn) bid to buy OpenAI just months after the X owner sued the artificial intelligence start-up. Mr Musk co-founded OpenAI with its current chief executive Sam Altman in 2015, but left before the company took off after it released ChatGPT in late 2022. Initially launched

Donald Trump has signed two proclamations imposing 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports to the US. A proclamation is a form of presidential directive to government officials, but they do not carry the force of law, as an executive order would. However the White House has said the tariffs will take effect from

British wholesale gas prices have reached a more than two-year high, risking yet more expensive energy bills. Low rates of gas storage in Britain and across Europe , combined with cold weather, have increased demand for gas to heat homes. It's brought the price up to 140 pence a therm (a unit of heat used

Heads of state and tech bosses are gathering, with some trying to break US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. Top government officials and scientists from around 100 countries are gathering in Paris for the AI Action Summit, which will discuss the future of artificial intelligence . Co-hosted by India's Narendra Modi , the summit's

Eurostar has resumed direct services from Amsterdam to London after an eight-month hold-up while a new terminal was built in the Netherlands capital. Services from Amsterdam's Centraal station to London St Pancras began again on Monday, after being paused for construction work in June. Since then, passengers travelling from the Dutch capital to London were

The AI Action Summit is arguably a coming together of the most powerful people in the world. Sure, political representatives from all our major economies are convening here in Paris . But in the age of artificial intelligence , it's the big tech companies who own the powerful AI models, as well as the hardware

Digitising more of the house-buying process is being explored by the government as a way to speed up transactions. Reforming the housing sector is a key part of Labour's plans for government. As part of this, ministers want to modernise the "cumbersome" and paper-laden path property transactions currently have to go through. A 12-week project

The AI Action Summit is arguably a coming together of the most powerful people in the world. Sure, political representatives from all our major economies are convening here in Paris . But in the age of artificial intelligence , it's the big tech companies who own the powerful AI models, as well as the hardware