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Owners spend record £6.1bn insuring their pets

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 17 November 2024 Pet insurance spending has soared over the past year as rising vet bills and inflation cause... read more

Close Brothers faces key meeting over car finance scandal

Commissions paid between banks and brokers on car deals may be unlawful  Such arrangements were not clearly flagged to the customer Case centered on ‘dis... read more

Uninsured driver hotspots EXPOSED: Interactive map lays bare 500 worst-offending areas… so is yours one of them?

By OLIVER PRICE, DATA JOURNALIST and SAM BARKER and DARREN BOYLE Updated: 09:04 GMT, 17 November 2024 Britain’s uninsured driver hotspots are today expose... read more

Mulberry boss wants to recapture the glory days of Brit-Chic

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:52 GMT, 16 November 2024 Stylish: Andrea Baldo wants to recapture the glory days of Brit-Chic It’s less Beijing and more Bru... read more

Inflation back above 2% in blow for Bank of England

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 November 2024 Inflation is rising and has gone back above the Bank of England’s 2 per cent target, figures are ex... read more

REVEALED: £1bn cost of Chancellor’s jobs tax on top ten employers

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 November 2024 The biggest employers in Britain are facing a £1 billion tax bombshell after they were left reeling by L... read more

RAY MASSEY: Vauxhall’s grand plans for its Grandland SUV

Price: £45,195 Prices: From £34,700 for petrol-hybrid models; From £40,995 for pure electric models Seats: 5 Trim levels: Design, GS and Ultimate. Length: 4... read more

Porsche forced to recall thousands of luxury cars in the UK due to the risk of their wheels falling off

By JOSE RAMOS Updated: 07:10 GMT, 16 November 2024 Some Porsche owners have been told not to drive their luxury cars as the manufacturer issues a recall to tho... read more

BAE Systems plans factory for howitzer weapons

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:53 GMT, 15 November 2024 BAE Systems has drawn up plans to build an artillery factory in Sheffield as part of a multi... read more

Brussels warning to White House over ‘harmful’ tariffs

EU warns tariffs threatened by Donald Trump could ‘upend global trade’ Trump suggested imposing tariffs of 10% or more on goods imported into US  T... read more

Grim week as sterling down 2% against dollar

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 November 2024 The pound yesterday notched up its biggest weekly loss since January as the ‘Trump trade̵... read more

Pharma slides on Robert F Kennedy Jr nomination

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 November 2024 Vaccine sceptic: Robert F Kennedy Jr British and European drugmakers suffered a share price slide yesterd... read more

Treasury stealth tax on insurance to raise £55.7bn

By HUGO DUNCAN AND JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 November 2024 Criticism: Direct Line boss Adam Winslow The Treasury is cashing in on a ‘re... read more

Why have crypto prices soared in the past week? This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 19:04 GMT, 15 November 2024 Crypto has been a little quiet of late. Out of the spotlight, minding its own business. But Donald Trump g... read more

MJ Gleeson flags margin pressure as costs rise and price growth remains week

The Bank of England (BoE) lowered interest rates to 4.75% on 6 November  MJ Gleeson said the rate cut should ‘bolster buyer confidence’ over the sp... read more

Audioboom podcast platform’s profits lifted as ad market shows recovery

Podcast platform upgrades guidance for the second time in a month   By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:00 GMT, 15 November 2024 Shares in podcast publisher Audioboom r... read more

Isa savers to pay extra £605m a year ‘stealth tax’ after allowance freeze

Savers will hold more cash outside their Isas – and the Government knows it  By SAM BARKER Updated: 07:00 GMT, 15 November 2024 Savers will be paying £6... read more

Putin plots new currency for BRICS countries in latest bid to end US Dollar domination

By BOB BISCHOF Updated: 22:08 GMT, 14 November 2024 Not many outside Russia have heard of Kazan. But if the architects – or midwives – of the planned new pa... read more

Young’s warns Labour Budget will hike up price of pint and force cuts to staff hours

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:08 GMT, 14 November 2024 Young’s yesterday warned that staff hours will be cut and the price of a pint will increase as it ad... read more

Smith & Nephew chairman Rupert Soames fires back at investor calls for break-up

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:07 GMT, 14 November 2024 Defiant: Smith & Nephew’s chairman Rupert Soames insisted that the medical technology group has a &... read more

Unilever mulls sale of some of its British brands as it looks to slim down its product range

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:07 GMT, 14 November 2024 Unilever is exploring whether to sell some of its British brands Unilever is expl... read more

Joy at Disney as it posts better-than-expected results following success at the Box Office

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:07 GMT, 14 November 2024 Disney has posted better-than-expected results as film-goers flocked to cinemas t... read more

Pound sinks to four-month low against the dollar as Trump trade piles further pressure on global markets

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:12 GMT, 14 November 2024 The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar in more than four months ye... read more

Mini-bond firm London Capital & Finance was just a Ponzi scheme, rules judge

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:05 GMT, 14 November 2024 An investment firm that collapsed owing its backers millions of pounds was a Ponzi scheme that ‘deliber... read more