Company constructed more than 7,300 houses in first half of 2021 after Covid hit earnings a year earlierCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has returned to profit and upgrade…
BP to buy back $1.4bn of shares as rising oil price bolsters profits
Energy company raises oil price forecasts for rest of decade, but lowers them for longer termBP will hand shareholders a windfall of $1.4bn (£1bn) through share buybacks and has promised to increase its dividend by 4% a year up to 2025 after predicting…
Calls for social tariff on UK energy bills as rises push extra half million homes into fuel poverty
With global gas prices at 16-year high, cash-strapped consumers are braced for soaring costs this winterThe government faces calls to bring in a social tariff to help struggling households pay their energy bills as soaring prices threaten to drive an e…