The owner of CurrentBody, a brand of beauty technology used by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Serena Williams, is plotting a £350m flotation that could deliver a boost to the flagging London stock market. Sky News has learnt that The Beauty Tech Group, which is run by co-founder and chief executive Laurence Newman, is

Millions of people face council tax hikes over normal thresholds after the government allowed six areas to boost rates above the usual 5%. More than two million people will be hit by increases of between 5 and 10%. Windsor and Maidenhead Council wanted to increase council tax by 25% but the plan was blocked -

Sir Jim Ratcliffe is hoisting a 'for sale' sign over the business he set up during the COVID-19 crisis to distribute hand sanitisers to medical professionals and consumers. Sky News has learnt that the billionaire petrochemicals tycoon has instructed advisers to launch an auction of Ineos Hygienics, which was created during the pandemic, establishing six

China has, as expected, hit back at Donald Trump's imposition of a 10% tariff on its exports to the United States. Beijing has slapped levies of between 10-15% on a range of energy products that imports from the US. But what has surprised observers - particularly when Mr Trump kicked off the trade war over

China has retaliated after the US imposed 10% tariffs on its goods. Not long after the US taxes began at 5am British time, China said it was imposing 10% tariffs on American crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars and pickup trucks. There will also be 15% tariffs on coal and liquefied natural gas, as well

What if Britain has, almost entirely by accident, navigated itself into about the best possible position it could be in, as Donald Trump embarks on trade war with nearly all his economic partners? I realise this might, at first, sound a little odd. After all, when the world is facing economically-destructive measures (blanket tariffs are

Stock markets tumbled on Monday as Donald Trump's tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China sparked fears of a global trade war. It's the first trading day since the US president made good on his promise to slap high taxes on imports to the US and announced higher-than-expected 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian

Bill Gates says he believes he would have been diagnosed with a form of autism if he had grown up in this era. The Microsoft co-founder, who is one of the world's richest people, makes the observation in his memoir: Source Code: My Beginnings - which will be released on Tuesday. In an excerpt shared

KKR, one of the world's biggest private equity investors, is advancing plans to play a crucial role in a rescue of Britain's biggest water supplier. Sky News has learnt that KKR, which manages assets of more than $600bn, has hired investment bankers and lawyers to help formulate a plan to inject billions of pounds of

Donald Trump claims this tariff gut-punch at his three largest trading partners is just a matter of common sense. They in turn are imploring him to see reason, with Mexico and China calling for dialogue and cooperation. Follow live updates: Trump ignites trade war Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday night - as