
Aston Martin lenders threaten legal action over £550m HPS deal
Creditors owed £1.3bn have told Aston Martin they may sue to unwind its £550m HPS financing and block the transfer of branding rights to Authentic Brands.
The latest news affecting small and medium sized (SME) businesses in the UK

Creditors owed £1.3bn have told Aston Martin they may sue to unwind its £550m HPS financing and block the transfer of branding rights to Authentic Brands.

SpaceX results for the second quarter show revenue up 92 per cent to $7.8bn, ahead of forecasts, with shares falling 6.9 per cent in after-hours trading.

Court of Appeal refuses campaigners permission to challenge the Gatwick expansion ruling, clearing the £2.2bn Northern Runway project to proceed to design and delivery.

UK recession risk returns to the forecasts as EY models what a closed Strait of Hormuz would do to inflation, growth and interest rates into 2027.

Energy minister Michael Shanks faces claims he misled MPs over the June 23 grid incident, after leaked Neso documents recorded five constraint breaches.

Twenty-five US states have sued over Trump's forced labour tariffs of 10 to 12.5 per cent, which cover 99.4 per cent of US imports and hit…

Fuel theft from UK petrol stations has climbed to an estimated £194,000 a day since the Iran war began on 28 February, Forecourt Eye analysis suggests.

Apple UK encryption challenge returns to the surveillance court as the company files a fresh complaint over a Home Office demand for access to encrypted data.

Apple biometric lawsuit covering up to 6.5 million Illinois consumers can proceed after a US appeals court rejected the company's challenge to the class.

Santander TSB job cuts: unions at both banks are negotiating how staff in duplicate roles will be assessed, with the group targeting £400m of cost savings.

Gatwick has told airlines to monitor fuel availability after a technical fault at one of its fuel farms, with long-haul flights expected to be hit first.

NatWest has disclosed a $1.1bn claim from Buenos Aires shipyard Tandanor over its 1991 privatisation, which has returned to Argentina's federal court.

Help to Buy has returned £1.74bn to the exchequer, Homes England's annual report shows, as housing minister Matthew Pennycook reviews reviving the scheme.

Fly-tipping by organised criminal networks forced the sale of the Spencer family's 310-acre Northamptonshire farmland, Earl Spencer writes in the Daily Mail.

BP North Sea sale: BP is seeking a buyer for its North Sea oil and gas business, with five production hubs and 1,100 staff, after a…