Travel money and consumer finance startup Revolut secured $66m (£51.3m) in funding last week, bringing total investment to $83m.

Drop in optimism 'likely reflects a mix of Brexit uncertainty'

Over a third of takeaway businesses believe that the industry’s current skills shortage will be made worse by Brexit

Visa says the data provides ‘further evidence that an increase in the cost of living, coupled with slowing wage growth, are beginning to squeeze household disposable income’

Economics editor Ben Chu assesses the truth of claims that the Conservatives' economic project is being abandoned.

The situation is expected to continue with 36.8 per cent of women entering higher education last year, compared to 27.2 per cent of men, according to university admissions service UCAS. 

Demand was down across private, fleet and business registrations, but registrations of alternatively fuelled vehicles remained robust

Spam famously became the subject of a 1970 ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’ sketch in which Vikings sing: "Spam spam spam spam. Lovely spam! Wonderful spam! Spam spa-a-a-a-a-am." 

‘We lost a member of the family who didn’t even get to experience fresh air,’ Marcio Gomes said 

Researchers at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium suggest religious believers 'seem to better perceive and integrate diverging perspectives'

Canon Charles Kenny said the UK country’s laws on same-sex marriage are as unjust as the historical sectarian ban on Catholics and Protestants marrying

The average price paid for a first home is at a record high of £207,693, the report found

The UK financial services industry has retained its title as Europe’s most attractive location for international investment, but its lead has narrowed due to fears over the impact of Brexit

Figures released on Thursday by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), show 136,119 new cars were built last month, a 9.7 per cent fall with the same period in 2016

Rising temperatures particularly bolstered demand for soft drinks, sales of which were up 9.1 per cent, alcohol, up 6.8 per cent, and frozen food, up 7 per cent

The Silicon Valley-based business is to launch its first UK office in the capital today