Thames Water Struggles to Pay Debts; Google Mulls Charging for AI Features; UK Car Sales Rebound in March; Amazon Cuts Jobs After Store Closures; Co-op Profits Rise Despite Lower Sales

Thames Water owes £190m to lenders including two Chinese state-owned banks. Its parent company is at risk of default.

Google is considering charging users for AI-powered search features, according to a Financial Times report. This could undermine ad revenues.

UK car sales rose 10.4% in March versus last year, the strongest March since 2019, driven by companies replacing fleets.

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its cloud unit AWS, partly due to ditching its "just walk out" physical stores offering.

The Co-op grocery chain increased profits by 11% to £154m last year despite lower sales, after investing over £70m in price cuts.