British Gas has warned of rising energy prices. Photograph: Voisin/Phanie/Rex Features Utility bills could be on the way up, British Gas warned today despite almost doubling profits in the first half of the year. Nick Luff, the finance director of parent company Centrica, said that energy... 

Conditional trading in Ocado begins on Wednesday. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian Ocado management will tomorrow embark on a final round of back-to-back meetings with potential investors, as the deadline approaches to price shares in the online grocer’s stock market flotation. Sources... 

British Airways cabin crew based in Scotland, Ireland and in Europe have lodged claims against the airline under race discrimination laws. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA British Airways has been accused of racial discrimination by cabin crew, opening a new front in an industrial dispute that... 

BP chief Tony Hayward will next week reassure investors that the firm is capable of recovering from the Gulf oil spill tragedy. Photograph: Chris Kleponis/AFP/Getty BP boss Tony Hayward will next week launch a fight back against the wave of criticism that has engulfed him and BP following the... 

David Cameron claims the national citizens service is further evidence of the Conservatives’ commitment to a ‘big society’. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/PA The National Citizen Service (NCS) programme to be rolled out to 10,000 young people next year is, according to David...