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Mark Sweney

Mark Sweney is media business correspondent at the Guardian

  • Post Office sign on building

    Post Office explores taking branch owner-operators to court again

    State-owned body writing off losses of £12m a year after stopping practice, inquiry told
  • A view on the City of London in London, Britain.

    Business live
    ‘Sigh of relief’ for Labour as UK economy returns to growth; BlackRock hits $11.5tn of assets – as it happened

    UK GDP rose by 0.2% in August, reports Office for National Statistics, with accountancy, retail and many manufacturers having strong months
  • Nick Read at Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Oct 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14776723d) Chief Executive of Post Office Ltd. NICK READ arrives at Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Public Hearing ahead of completing his 3 days long evidence. Nick Read at Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Oct 2024

    Post Office boss admits attempts to double his pay look ‘very poor’

    Nick Read tells Horizon IT inquiry he did not threaten to resign over remuneration
  • Person holding mobile phone with website of British e-commerce company THG on screen in front of logo.

    Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group takes £10m stake in online retailer THG

    Move is part of THG raising £95.4m to fund demerger of lossmaking technology arm Ingenuity
  • Post Office chief executive Nick Read arrives at  Horizon IT inquiry public hearing ahead of giving evidence.

    Business live
    Post Office CEO Nick Read appears before Horizon inquiry; US considers Google breakup in landmark antitrust case – as it happened

  • An out of focus red and white post office sign appears in the background as CEO Nick Read arrives at the Post Office Horizon IT hearing in London.

    Post Office boss Nick Read tells inquiry no employee is above the law

  • the EE sign reflected in shop glass

    UK advertising watchdog cracks down on misleading broadband price ads

  • Shein’s logo and their web shop.

    Business live
    Shein’s UK profits double; Water companies penalised for poor performance; China targets EU brandy – as it happened

  • Jennifer Salke in a red suit poses seated for a photograph

    Observer business profile
    ‘Bond’s audience will be patient’: Amazon MGM Studios’ boss on the hunt for a new 007

  • Channel 4 logo

    Channel 4 bosses took hundreds of thousands in bonuses as revenues dived

  • The Daily Telegraph newspaper

    Telegraph takeover: ‘concern’ in newsroom over Dovid Efune talks

  • Nick Read

    Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: the issues that CEO Nick Read needs to explain

  • The intersection of Broadway and Wall Street in the Financial District in New York.

    Business live
    Dollar strengthens after US beats forecasts with 254,000 new jobs in September – as it happened

  • Dovid Efune stands at a lectern wearing suit and red tie, and the lectern says the algemeiner

    Who is Dovid Efune, leading contender to buy Daily Telegraph?

  • Thames Water maintenance work

    Unresolved water complaints in England and Wales rise to near-decade high

    Customer disputes over sewage spills, billing mistakes and water meters soar in past year
  • The Starling Bank banking app on a smart phone. The bank was fined for “shockingly lax” sanctions controls

    Business live
    Starling Bank fined £29m for ‘shockingly lax’ sanctions breaches – as it happened

    Live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as bank gave accounts to 49,000 high-risk customers and oil prices rise after Iranian missile attacks on Israel
  • The Post Office chief executive, Nick Read, wearing an open-neck checked shirt and blue V-neck jumper poses for a photo with arms folded

    Post Office CEO Nick Read prefers teams of ‘younger, deferential males’, inquiry told

    Ex-finance chief says very few senior roles held by women, after he is asked about alleged ‘culture of misogyny’
  • A Post Office sign

    Post office operators will not all get payouts by March deadline, says minister

    Gareth Thomas admits compensation date for those caught up in Horizon IT scandal difficult to achieve
  • Henry Staunton speaking from behind a desk

    Former Post Office chair warns of fresh Horizon-style scandal in the making

  • An anodising process at Birmingham factory Firmin &amp; Son.

    Business live
    Biggest drop in UK manufacturing confidence since March 2020; eurozone inflation hits three-year low – as it happened

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