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Government has NO plans to force businesses to accept cash, says new Treasury minister

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 11:31 GMT, 28 January 2025 Businesses will not be forced to accept physical money despite concerns over access to cash for [...]

Mike Ashley’s Frasers buys significant stake in Matt Moulding’s THG

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:14 GMT, 28 January 2025 Frasers Group has bought a significant stake in THG after the e-commerce group said it expects [...]

Richest men lose billions in tech stock rout as Chinese chatbot sparks fears West could fall behind in AI arms race

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 January 2025 Some of the world’s richest men suffered a multi-billion-pound hit to their wealth yesterday in a [...]

WH Smith seeks to allay fears over in store Post Offices as it sells off its High Street estate

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 January 2025 WH Smith tried to quash fears that hundreds of the Post Office branches in its stores [...]

Hotel Chocolat savours record sales as it announces plans to open 25 stores and hire 200 more staff

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 January 2025 Hotel Chocolat savoured record Christmas sales amid plans to expand.The retailer said [...]

Gen Z drives demand for non-alcoholic alternatives beyond January, says Ocado

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 14:51 GMT, 27 January 2025 Demand for no and low alcoholic drinks is up again over the past year, as shoppers [...]

WH Smith Post Office branches at risk in sell-off

Retailer has partnership with Post Office that offers services in nearly 200 shopsThe two businesses have been working together since 2006Future of these branches has [...]

GSK strikes deal with Oxford for cancer jabs

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 26 January 2025 Pharmaceutical giant GSK has inked a deal with the University of Oxford that will [...]

Diageo pours cold water on rumours it will offload Guinness

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 26 January 2025 Drinks giant Diageo has denied it is planning to sell off the Guinness brand [...]

Stiletto sales surge as office staff fall head over heels

By ANNE ASHWORTH AND EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2025 British women are falling back in love with heels.Fashion chain Kurt Geiger said sales [...]

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Huge profit if you bought our Games Workshop recommendation

By ROSIE MURRAY-WEST Updated: 21:51 GMT, 25 January 2025 Midas last tipped Games Workshop in the depths of the 2020 lockdown when thousands of teenagers discovered [...]

£330bn pension pot blunder… by pensions watchdog!

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2025 The pensions watchdog 'massively' overstated the assets of workplace retirement schemes by £327 billion in a [...]

City bankers toast bonus bonanza in deal frenzy

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2025 The clink of champagne flutes is being the heard in the City once more as bonus [...]

Proof it is better to buy a series of annuities

By RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 January 2025 Would you rather have a set fixed income for life or one that starts lower [...]

ECB boss Christine Lagarde’s desperation highlights gulf with America

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS IN DAVOS Updated: 21:55 GMT, 24 January 2025 Europe's top central banker yesterday defended the region's ailing economy as it flounders [...]

Rolls-Royce seals record £9bn MoD contract to build nuclear sub reactors

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2025 Rolls-Royce has won its biggest-ever contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).The engineering giant [...]

Drinks giant Diageo mulls £8bn Guinness sell-off

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2025 Diageo could sell Guinness for as much as £8billion to cash in on a [...]

Mastercard lawsuit downgraded from £14bn to £200m – this is the tiny sum claimants are now expected to get…

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 11:51 GMT, 24 January 2025 Customers in a long-running class action lawsuit against Mastercard will be eligible for just £2.27 each [...]

Surrey home with FIFTEEN bedrooms and a wedding venue could be yours for £6m

Borrowers who need a mortgage because their current fixed rate deal is ending, or they are buying a home, should explore their options as soon [...]

UK factory slump continues as optimism among manufacturers sags to lowest level in over two years

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 The sharp downturn in British factories has continued this month and optimism [...]

Trump calls for interest rate cuts and cheaper oil: President sets the scene for a clash with Fed

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 Donald Trump last night set the scene for a clash with the [...]

Chapel Down toasts strong festive sales as more drinkers switch to English fizz – but annual revenue dips

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 Britain’s biggest wine producer celebrated a Christmas sales surge as drinkers switched from Champagne.Chapel Down sold [...]

Rivals leave Puma on the back foot as sluggish sales send shares tumbling 22.8%

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 Puma shares tumbled 22.8 per cent after the German sportswear brand reported [...]

Lloyds boss praises Chancellor’s intervention in ‘PPI on wheels’ car finance scandal

By HUGO DUNCAN and TOBY WALNE Updated: 22:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 The boss of Lloyds has welcomed the Chancellor’s intervention in the car loans [...]

Shepherd Neame eyes price hikes amid Budget tax shake-up

By JANE DENTON Updated: 11:16 GMT, 23 January 2025 Price hikes and 'cost efficiencies' are on the cards at Shepherd Neame as the brewery readies [...]

Lightyear launches a cash Isa to become latest investment platform to muscle into savings

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 06:00 GMT, 23 January 2025 Investment firm Lightyear has today launched a flexible cash Isa, This is Money can reveal.The account's [...]

US revival hopes fire up Paris Fashion Week following Trump’s return to the White House

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:07 GMT, 22 January 2025 Luxury goods giants are pinning their hopes on a revival in the US following Donald Trump’s [...]

Labour’s £25bn national insurance tax raid could force firms to move jobs to Ireland

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:06 GMT, 22 January 2025 Labour’s £25billion National Insurance raid could trigger UK companies moving jobs to [...]

Duke of Westminster sells £306m stake in his Mayfair estate to Norway’s oil fund

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:06 GMT, 22 January 2025 The Duke of Westminster has sold a £306million stake in his Mayfair estate to Norway’s oil [...]

Revolut boosts easy-access savings rates with Ultra customers offered a best buy 5% deal

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 16:46 GMT, 22 January 2025 Fintech firm Revolut has boosted its standard plan savings rates to 4 per cent, increasing it [...]

LadBible owner eyes further US investment after ‘transformational year’

By JANE DENTON Updated: 12:26 GMT, 22 January 2025 The owner of LadBible, LBG Media, is considering further investment into the US after expansion into the [...]

BlackRock agrees deal with Saba to protect its trusts from coup chaos

Saba has built stakes in UK trusts sitting on high discounts to net asset value By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 08:54 GMT, 22 January 2025 BlackRock has [...]

Homeowners could be paying off mortgages in their 70s as higher rates force borrowers to stretch terms to 35 years

By HELEN KIRRANE Updated: 22:11 GMT, 21 January 2025 Thousands of homeowners will be paying off mortgages into their 70s as more borrowers over the [...]

We love the UK, declares Santander boss as she insists the group will not quit Britain

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS IN DAVOS Updated: 22:06 GMT, 21 January 2025 Santander's boss yesterday declared ‘we love the UK’ as she firmly denied the [...]

Competition watchdog chief Marcus Bokkerink ousted as ministers bid to boost growth

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:06 GMT, 21 January 2025 Ministers have ousted the head of the competition regulator as they looks to cut red tape [...]

Netflix signs up a record 19m as crackdown on password sharing and raft of hit shows boosts business

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:02 GMT, 21 January 2025 Just under 19m people signed up to Netflix at the end of last year as a [...]