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Rob Davies

Rob Davies is a reporter for the Guardian, primarily covering business. His first book, Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain, is now available to order

August 2024

  • Tim Martin smiles for a photo while leaning on a table in a pub, while two young men photobomb him with gestures behind him

    Observer business profile
    Tim Martin of Wetherspoon’s: ‘For a while I was hated based on false information’

  • Zamira Hajiyeva.

    Wife of jailed Azeri banker forfeits house near Harrods and Ascot golf club

  • A vineyard in front of a typical English farmhouse set below rolling hills

    Large English vineyards mark boom year as output and investment soar

  • the Wall Street road sign with a huge US flag blurred in the background

    Fears of further market turmoil deepen after US economic data spooked investors

  • Rolls-Royce boss says UK must move fast to be world leader in small reactors

  • Harland & Wolff axes Scilly fast-ferry service as it agrees £20m loan

July 2024

  • Artist impression issued by HS2 of an early visualisation of its trains

    HS2 reveals £2bn in costs linked to Sunak’s downgrade of line

  • A McDonald's restaurant in Manhattan, New York City.

    Business live
    McDonald’s sales fall for first time since 2020, as higher prices deter consumers – as it happened

  • Wetherspoons chair Tim Martin

    Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin nets nearly £10m from share sale

  • Philip Davies

    At least 12 Tory MPs set up consultancy firms as election defeat loomed

  • Business live
    Spotify shares surge 15% after profitability hits record high – as it happened

  • Tory conference could be like a wake as business stays away

  • Solar and wind ‘will miss 2030 clean energy target without £48bn funding’

  • John Lewis trials repair service in partnership with Timpson Group

  • Labour urged to follow through on Tories’ promised £100m gambling levy

  • UK doctors and travel firms warn of backlog after global IT outage

  • A £53m gamble: billionaire’s company claims it was tricked into buying UK online betting firm that was worth ‘nil’

  • Yorkshire Water bosses get hefty bonuses after company failed customers

  • Harland & Wolff rescue talks intensify as government rules out loan guarantee

  • ‘A beacon of hope’: England’s Euros success gives pubs a vital lift

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