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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 [...]

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 British [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 kitchen, pop-up, retractable [...]

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 trust [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 oil giant [...]

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 [...]

Protein firm’s sales handed Coleen Rooney assist after IPO

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 12:57 GMT, 13 February 2025 Applied Nutrition sales have exceeded forecasts made ahead of the firm's London IPO in October, aided [...]

Why California wildfires will cost this niche British insurer £132m

Global insurance industry losses could top £30bn after environmental chaos By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 11:01 GMT, 13 February 2025 The devastation caused by last month's California [...]

Budget blamed as One of Britain’s oldest department stores shuts shop after more than 140 years

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 February 2025 One of the oldest UK department store chains is shutting its last [...]

Heineken toasts premium beer sales but warns of weak consumer sentiment in Europe

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 February 2025 Heineken said it sold more beers around the world last year with [...]

Trump demands interest rates to be cut even after inflation hit a seven-month high

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 February 2025 Donald Trump called for interest rates in the US to be cut [...]

Fresh blow of the City as Prudential mulls £8bn spin-off of its Indian asset management business to Mumbai

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 February 2025 Prudential is considering an £8billion spin-off of its Indian asset management business on the Mumbai [...]

Former RBS boss Ross McEwan gets top job at mining giant BHP

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 February 2025 The former boss of Royal Bank of Scotland has been named chairman [...]

Car lender Close Brothers saves £165m to cover motor finance mis-selling scandal

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:00 GMT, 12 February 2025 Close Brothers is to set aside up to £165million to cover a motor finance mis-selling [...]

Prudential mulls IPO for Indian fund management joint venture

Prudential owns a 49% stake in ICICI Prudential Asset ManagementThe London-based firm is already undertaking a £1.6bn share buybackBy HARRY WISE Updated: 15:38 GMT, 12 February [...]

Gucci’s woes continue as revenues and profits fall following miserable Christmas sales

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:29 GMT, 11 February 2025 Gucci suffered a fresh blow over the crucial Christmas period as sales [...]

Top Spotify bosses pocket £800m: Daniel Ek and co-founder Martin Lorentzon offload more than 2.5m shares

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:24 GMT, 11 February 2025 Spotify bosses have pocketed around £800million selling shares in the music streaming giant.Boss Daniel Ek and [...]

Tui shares plunge after slow rise in summer holiday bookings

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:19 GMT, 11 February 2025 The boss of TUI said customers are booking holidays ‘even in times [...]

Will interest rates keep falling and can the UK dodge recession? This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 10:48 GMT, 11 February 2025 The Bank of England has delivered another rate cut but big questions remain over what [...]

Chief executive of Ladbrokes owner exits after less than a year

Gavin Isaacs joined from Games Global in July last year By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 08:56 GMT, 11 February 2025 The chief executive of Ladbrokes owner Entain [...]

Britain is ‘sleepwalking towards a pensions crisis’ after Labour delays auto-enrolment review

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 February 2025 Britain is ‘sleepwalking towards a pensions crisis’ after Labour indefinitely delayed a review of auto-enrolment, [...]

Wall Street raider Boaz Weinstein takes aim at four more UK investment trusts

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 February 2025 Wall Street raider Boaz Weinstein has launched another assault on four UK investment trusts after failing [...]

Music group All Things Considered sales double amid strong demand for live events

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 February 2025 Sales at a music group that works with artists including Nick Cave [...]

English winemaker Gusbourne faces delisting from AIM after shares plummet

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 10 February 2025 An English winemaker’s majority shareholder is delisting the business.Kent-based Gusbourne is set to quit the London [...]

BP shares soar after US activist Elliot builds up stake in fresh blow to boss Murray Auchincloss

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:01 GMT, 10 February 2025 BP shares soared yesterday after activist investor Elliott took a stake in the group.The FTSE 100 [...]

Number filing tax returns late DOUBLES with 1.1m now facing fines of up to £1,500

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 16:17 GMT, 10 February 2025 More than a million taxpayers face harsh penalties for missing the self-assessment deadline and filing their [...]