The discipline of being a listed company should mean an end to the days of ultra-high leverage and opaque corporate structures

Nils Pratley: Bondholders are hoping to escape intact if Ofwat is sufficiently generous with its increases in bills

Soft drinks maker puts on a display of verbal gymnastic as takeover helps Danish brewer to enlarge its UK business

The party’s targets of building 1.5m homes over five years and decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030 look a stretch

Shein failed to list in the US and now the EU is planning customs duties that may dent its business model

Last year’s ‘digital-only’ event ruffled feathers. This year’s hybrid meeting fuelled greater attendance and more openness

The oil major’s net zero plans have made it a sector leader but have yet to win over investors while fossil fuels are booming

The offer document for proposed £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company couldn’t be more vague

The J2O and Robinsons maker’s shares are on the rise – so it is well placed to hold out for a sweeter deal

As shares drop by 12%, the ‘permanent shift to online grocery shopping’ its boss predicted during Covid looks absurd

Labour’s plans to invest £7.3bn over the next parliament hardly blows the doors off and risks being overegged

Look to Simon Peckham’s return with Rosebank Industries for an example of where the market should place value

Big shareholders should speak out on whether the Daniel Křetínský-led £3.6bn takeover offer represents a fair price

If Musk is awarded an astronomic $56bn pay award for a second time, it will amount to an astonishing lack of self-reflection

Pennon boss Susan Davy gave up part of pay for a second year, but she should also miss cash from long-term incentive plan

Promise to invest in ‘cheap, clean, homegrown energy’ ticks every box but £8.3bn over a parliament is not game-changing

The share price recovery has been partly driven by the surge in wholesale energy prices, which is beyond his control

Insistence on investment purity misses the point and will only lead to a decline in arts sponsorship

The infrastructure company easily raised almost £7bn in a rights issue – because it has its balance sheet in order and plans to invest

The retail giant has clocked up 12 consecutive quarters of sales growth but it must remember mistakes of the past