Business & Finance

Motor finance scandal could cost as much as £50bn payment protection insurance debacle

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:03 GMT, 10 December 2024 The scandal in the motor finance industry could end up costing as much as the [...]

My neighbour’s Christmas lights shine right through my windows. Can I make him turn them off? DEAN DUNHAM replies

By DEAN DUNHAM Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 December 2024 My neighbour across the street has plastered his house with Christmas lights and they shine and [...]

Half of Britons say they have had trouble paying with cash in the last year

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 22:02 GMT, 10 December 2024 Half of Britons say they have had trouble paying with cash in the last year, according [...]

This easy savings move could make you hundreds of pounds richer – but you need to act NOW: SYLVIA MORRIS

By SYLVIA MORRIS Updated: 17:02 GMT, 10 December 2024 A strange pattern is emerging in the world of savings – and it is sure to [...]

FirstGroup to re-enter London bus market amid rail nationalisation

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 15:07 GMT, 10 December 2024 FirstGroup is set to renter the London bus market with a 12 per cent share after [...]

Games Workshop and Amazon agree ‘creative guidelines’ over Warhammer TV deal

Games Workshop's is preparing to enter the FTSE 100 Index for the first timeAnnual sales at Games Workshop have roughly doubled since the pandemic By HARRY [...]

Cadbury owner Mondelez eyes bid for rival chocolate maker Hershey’s

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:02 GMT, 9 December 2024 The owner of Cadbury is said to be eyeing rival chocolate maker [...]

BP spins off its windfarm business into joint venture with Japanese rival as it moves back to fossil fuels

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:02 GMT, 9 December 2024 BP is spinning off its offshore windfarm business into a joint venture with a Japanese [...]

Boost for GSK as new bone marrow cancer drug drastically cuts risk of death in patients

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:02 GMT, 9 December 2024 A cancer drug developed by GSK drastically cuts the risk of death [...]

Jobs at risk in US advertising mega-merger: Omnicom and Interpublic to join forces in £10bn deal

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 December 2024 WPP’S status as the world’s largest advertising firm is under threat after two US rivals agreed [...]

Nvidia sees value drop £80bn as Chinese regulators probe claims it broke anti-monopoly laws

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 December 2024 Nvidia's value tumbled more than £80billion after Chinese regulators launched a probe into the tech business.The [...]

Co-founder of UK engineering giant Renishaw Sir David McMurtry dies at 84

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:43 GMT, 9 December 2024 The billionaire co-founder of British engineering firm Renishaw has died.Sir David McMurtry, who set up the [...]

How wealthy do you feel – and would a £100k salary no longer make you rich? This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 09:39 GMT, 9 December 2024 How much spare cash do you have to spend? A new index shows we typically have [...]

Used electric cars are selling FASTER than petrol and diesel models – for one very good reason

By ROB HULL Updated: 07:00 GMT, 9 December 2024 Motorists are snapping up used electric vehicles faster than any other type of car as rock-bottom [...]

Donald Trump says Fed chair Jerome Powell’s job is safe

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 Donald Trump has said he will not try to oust Federal Reserve chair Jerome [...]

Mike Ashley launches fresh attack against Boohoo’s management

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 Retail tycoon Mike Ashley has launched a fresh attack against Boohoo's beleaguered management ahead [...]

Water firms pleading with regulators to let them increase bills

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 Britain's troubled water firms are pleading with regulators to let them increase bills after [...]

Centrica’s Rough gas store in North Sea to be dismantled

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 The owner of British Gas is moving ahead with plans to decommission a huge gas storage facility [...]

St James’s Place scraps glitzy staff gatherings in bid to repair its image

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 St James's Place has scrapped glitzy staff gatherings in a bid to repair its [...]

Aer Lingus said my bag was too big to carry on… but I’d taken it on NINE other flights with the same airline this year

By CRANE ON THE CASE Updated: 07:00 GMT, 8 December 2024 I regularly fly from Southampton to Dublin on Aer Lingus regional flights to visit [...]

Are YOU sitting on unclaimed Lottery millions?

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2024 If you have an old lottery ticket or scratchcard lying around and can't recall whether you've [...]

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc on lookout for more takeovers

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2024 Aviva boss Amanda Blanc has more takeover targets in her sights after the insurer's swoop on [...]

London back in favour with banks amid chaos in France and Germany

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2024 Global banks are rethinking moves from London to mainland Europe as political chaos engulfs the [...]

What happened behind the curtains at Jaguar’s relaunch: RAY MASSEY on the controversy over a car

As the backlash intensified over Jaguar's social media advert, which featured no car, executives appeared to panic.Breaching their own NDA embargo agreements, they released 'teaser' [...]

Thames Water bid could see struggling firm split up

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 December 2024 Embattled Thames Water could be broken up under a takeover planned by investment firm Covalis and [...]

US unemployment rise paves way for Fed rate cut

By GEOFF HO Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 December 2024 Unemployment in the US rose unexpectedly to 4.2 per cent last month, which paves the way [...]

Winter recession fears for Germany

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 December 2024 Germany was dealt a fresh blow yesterday as industrial production shrank in October, fuelling [...]

Second Gatwick runway ‘VITAL’ for UK growth

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 December 2024 Britain 'risks losing its competitive edge' if a second runway at Gatwick is not [...]

Bosses ‘immediately reacted’ to Autumn Budget with job cuts, data suggests

Employer NI contributions increased by 1.2% and minimum wage hiked By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 13:09 GMT, 6 December 2024 Bosses appeared to ‘immediately react’ to [...]

Half of bosses ‘to cut jobs and raise prices’ after Labour’s £25bn National Insurance raid on employers

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:02 GMT, 5 December 2024 More than half of firms plan to put up prices after Labour's £25billion National Insurance raid [...]

Aviva lifts offer for rival insurer Direct Line to £3.4bn – 4.4% higher than its original rejected bid

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:02 GMT, 5 December 2024 Aviva has raised its bid for rival insurer Direct Line to £3.4bn days after its initial [...]

Bitcoin tipped to rocket to $120,000 early next year after Trump chooses pro-crypto chairman of the US financial regulator

By GEOFF HO Updated: 22:02 GMT, 5 December 2024 Bitcoin topped $100,000 for the first time yesterday and is tipped to rocket to $120,000 early [...]