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Where to move your cash after Premium Bonds rate cut to 3.8%

By SYLVIA MORRIS Updated: 16:57 GMT, 18 February 2025 If you are holding Premium Bonds, I think it is time for a rethink. Just as I predicted last week, Nationa... read more

Cracks deepen at Topps Tiles as shareholder slams takeover deal to buy 30 stores

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 17 February 2025 Topps Tiles’s largest shareholder has slammed the group after regulators said i... read more

Shein faces fresh grilling by MPs as doubts mount over planned £40bn stock market float

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:00 GMT, 17 February 2025 MPs are set to quiz Shein bosses again as doubts mount over its planned £40billion stock market float. Th... read more

NHS landlord Assura rejects £1.6bn swoop from US buyout giant sending stock surging 9%

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:00 GMT, 17 February 2025 Shares in a London-listed firm that manages doctors’ surgeries soared after it rejected a £1.6billion t... read more

Four in five say the Government shouldn’t force people to switch out of cash Isas and invest instead

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 11:52 GMT, 17 February 2025 Four in five people believe the Government shouldn’t make people switch savings out of cash Isas and... read more

US raider and British pension firm seek £1.3bn Assura deal

By BEN HARRINGTON Updated: 22:07 GMT, 16 February 2025 One of America’s most powerful buyout houses has pounced on a London-listed company that manages do... read more

Nuclear energy start-up Newcleo snubs London listing

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:07 GMT, 16 February 2025 A £2billion nuclear energy start-up has revealed that London is not in its plan for a stock... read more

Shine spotlight on Shein, says British Fashion Council boss

Caroline Rush accuses Shein of selling ‘poor quality’ garments  Rush: These may be thrown away before even being worn  Risk of Shein ‘causin... read more

Octopus boss makes plea to Chancellor for cheaper energy

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2025 Energy boss and Government adviser Greg Jackson has become the latest leading business figure to ur... read more

Go home! You’re selfish and wasteful, investors tell US raider Weinstein

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2025 American raider Boaz Weinstein is ‘selfish and wasteful’ and should give up his attacks on Br... read more

NICOLA HORLICK: Never mind the sexting, checking your phone in a meeting is rude!

By NICOLA HORLICK Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2025 Working life today is full of ever-evolving challenges and pitfalls. When is it OK to date a coworker? C... read more

Mammoth sum raised by Colossal Biosciences to bring back extinct species

By GEOFF HO Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2025 A firm that says it can bring back the woolly mammoth 4,000 years after it vanished from the earth has just com... read more

HSBC to shed more jobs after £1.2bn cost-cutting

By GEOFF HO Updated: 21:55 GMT, 14 February 2025 Georges Elhedery, the boss of HSBC, will reportedly kick off more job cuts next week as he reveals his radical ... read more

US parcel tax puts pause on Shein’s London float

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2025 Shein will reportedly push its blockbuster London listing back into the second half of this year after Don... read more

RAY MASSEY: Audi’s new electric A6 e-tron is charged with joy

Citroen’s Holidays campervan, will be unveiled at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show (ccmshow.co.uk) next week. Sleeping up to four and with a kitche... read more

Thrashed! Wall Street raider Boaz Weinstein in seventh defeat

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2025 US raider Boaz Weinstein has suffered a humiliating seventh defeat as investors in another investment tru... read more

Italian puffer and ski jacket maker Moncler defies luxury slowdown

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2025 The Italian puffer and ski jacket maker Moncler has shrugged off a luxury slowdown as sales ... read more

Should cash Isas be made less generous to encourage us to invest more? This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 17:10 GMT, 14 February 2025 The future of the cash Isa has been in the spotlight of late, with rumours the Chancellor could tinker wit... read more

Entain shares jump as activist hedge fund becomes major investor in Ladbrokes owner

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 12:53 GMT, 14 February 2025 Entain shares led the FTSE 100 on Friday after an activist hedge fund was revealed to have bought a large sta... read more

Rare Lister-Maserati owned by racing legend Archie Scott Brown goes on the market for £1m

By SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 01:20 GMT, 14 February 2025 An incredible racing car that was driven by a legendary Scottish driver is on the market fo... read more

Pound rises as economy ekes out some growth amid Bank caution on interest rate cuts

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2025 The pound rose yesterday as official figures showed the economy eked out growth at the end of last ... read more

Barclays boss sees pay more than double to £10.5m as bank’s profits boom amid rise in dealmaking

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2025 The boss of Barclays saw his pay more than double to £10.5million last year as the bank’s profit... read more

Activist Elliot takes near 5% stake in BP as it pushes to cut spending on renewables and make big divestment

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 13 February 2025 Activist investor Elliott Management has become the third-largest shareholder in ... read more

Relx surges to record high amid growing demand for its AI-powered products

By GEOFF HO Updated: 22:00 GMT, 13 February 2025 Relx shares hit a record high after a surge in profits thanks to growing demand for its AI-powered products. Fi... read more