Chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week to court potential investors in UK growth projects, joining hundreds of political and economic leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps in the shadow of Donald Trump's inauguration. Ms Reeves will join political leaders including German chancellor Olaf Scholz , European

Businesses are giving staff days off, gift vouchers or access to interest free loans to help them cope with "Blue Monday".  Today - the third Monday of January - is considered to be the most depressing day of the year, with people feeling the pinch of an extra long stretch between pay day, culminating with

Rachel Reeves will hold talks with some of Wall Street’s leading financiers in Davos this week, less than hours after Donald Trump's second US presidency gets underway. Sky News understands that the chancellor will attend a breakfast hosted by JP Morgan on Wednesday amid speculation about the threat of US tariffs being imposed on the

Supermarket chain Morrisons has taken out a High Court injunction preventing anyone from protesting at its sites - amid what it calls a "serious threat" of further action. It comes after dozens of farmers angry at inheritance tax reforms and food prices used tractors to block roads outside the chain's distribution depot in Bridgewater, Somerset

Leading MPs have questioned whether the new Office for Value for Money will actually save the taxpayer any money. In the October budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the new department to help the government "realise the benefits from every pound of public spending". However, a report published by the cross-party Treasury Select Committee has heavily

Secret Escapes, the online travel platform, has hired bankers to explore a sale nearly 15 years after its launch. Sky News has learnt that Secret Escapes has appointed the investment bank Arma Partners to oversee an auction of the company. Sources close to a number of potential bidders said on Monday that the process was

Melania and Donald Trump have just launched their own cryptocurrencies, as Bitcoin hit a record high.  The incoming first lady announced the "Official Melania Meme" on Sunday in a post on X. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your

TikTok has begun restoring service to the app in the US after Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order pausing its ban. A law signed by President Joe Biden last April required ByteDance, TikTok 's China-based parent company, to sell the app to a non-Chinese owner by Sunday or face a ban .

The government doesn't think Donald Trump will impose trade tariffs on the UK, but is "prepared for all scenarios", a cabinet minister has said.  Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that the former president's return to the White House "could be an enormously positive thing

The private equity owner of Asda has struck a deal to buy a controlling stake in a group which specialises in backing British SMEs. Sky News has learnt that TDR Capital has agreed to acquire a majority interest in CorpAcq, less than six months after the so-called 'corporate compounder' aborted a deal to list in