Business

BrewDog, the leading independent craft brewer behind brands including Punk IPA and Elvis Juice, has called in advisers to oversee a sale that could trigger a break-up of one of Scotland’s best-known businesses. Sky News has learnt that the board of BrewDog has appointed AlixPartners, the restructuring experts, to field interest from potential bidders. Sources…

The Premier League could receive a £750m annual revenue boost by centralising perimeter advertising sales and increasing the number of top-level commercial partners associated with the world’s most lucrative domestic football competition, its clubs have been told. Sky News has learnt that the 20 top-flight sides were informed at a shareholder meeting this week that…

A railcard is a discount card that allows you to save money on the price of eligible train tickets. The cards are available for either one year or three years. Most people will be eligible for at least one type of card, depending on factors such as your age and who you normally travel with….

More than 10 years ago, I filmed my kids for a report on the impact of screens on young minds. My eldest daughter was six at the time, her twin sisters nearly three. They didn’t have their own devices – Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube were beyond their imagination. TikTok hadn’t even been invented. Yet now…

The planned £500m sale of the Telegraph titles to the owner of the Daily Mail is facing an inquiry over competition concerns, the government has announced. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said in a written statement to MPs that she had intervened on public interest grounds, including how the deal could impact the “plurality of views”…

The head of Instagram has told a court he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media.  Adam Mosseri, who has led Instagram since 2018, was testifying during a landmark trial in LA where social media giants are being accused of creating harmful and addictive products. Read more: Social media goes on…

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government is eyeing “further alignment” with the EU. After several fellow cabinet ministers suggested the UK would benefit from rejoining the customs union, Ms Reeves she and Sir Keir Starmer want to “try and remove barriers for businesses”. While keen to trumpet trade deals the UK has struck with…

Britain has been “colonised” by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country’s richest and most influential men, has told Sky News. Sir Jim, the founder of the INEOS chemicals group and part-owner of Manchester United, warned that Britain faces profound political, social and economic challenges, among them…

Millions more workers could be indirectly affected by changes to the salary sacrifice scheme announced in the November budget, a former pensions minister has warned. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that from April 2029 only the first £2,000 of pension contributions made through salary sacrifice will be exempt from National Insurance. Contributions above £2,000 will, from…

The jewellery tycoon, alleged to have orchestrated a £170m scam which defrauded a legion of wealthy investors, will be declared bankrupt if a bid by his former company’s liquidators is successful. Sky News has learnt that insolvency practitioners in charge of probing the demise of Vashi, a luxury diamond jeweller which had shops in some…