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Watchdog probes PWC audit of shopping centre owner Intu Properties

Watchdog probes PWC over its auditing of collapsed shopping centre owner Intu Properties By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 Febr... read more

German firm Saria makes a £692m bid for British sausage business Devro

German waste management firm Saria makes a £692m bid for British sausage business Devro By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 Febr... read more

Beleaguered homeless housing landlord Home REIT in takeover talks

Beleaguered homeless housing landlord Home REIT in takeover talks following collapse in rent payments By Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT,... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: British Gas boss O’Shea needs to step up

Bonanza £3.3billion profits at British Gas owner Centrica were always going to be a problem. As the biggest gas supplier in the nation, with some 10m customers... read more

MARKET REPORT: Indivior dives as it faces £240m opioid legal bill

Pharma firm Indivior tumbled after swinging to a loss, having set aside more than £240million to settle ongoing litigation. The FTSE 250 company, which makes d... read more

FTSE 100 notches up record close above 8,000

FTSE 100 closes above 8,000 for the first time ever: Optimistic investors drive stock market to new record high London’s blue chip index finished up 14.70... read more

Boohoo proposes new incentive plan that could hand executives over £100m

Boohoo proposes new share incentive plan that could hand executives over £100m – including £50m for its CEO Boohoo’s market cap must hit £5bn for... read more

Virgin Mobile and O2 customers face 17.3% increase to phone airtime bills

Customers of O2 and Virgin Mobile face 17.3 per cent increases to their mobile phone airtime bills from April. Millions of households face increases of around 1... read more

Monzo launches savings account paying 3% interest

Popular digital bank Monzo has today announced the launch of its first ever instant-access savings account. The competitive interest rate of 3 per cent matches ... read more

Moneysupermarket says energy switching ‘unlikely’ to return in 2023

Moneysupermarket warns investors its lucrative energy switching market is ‘unlikely’ to return in 2023 as millions of Britons face surging bills Mon... read more

Pembroke VCT manager makes a bet on social media influencers

It’s harder than ever to be a startup, as funding becomes scarcer and valuations of growth companies take a hit. But more UK entrepreneurs continue to eme... read more

AssetCo shares slide after Martin Gilbert’s firm slumps to loss

AssetCo shares slide as Martin Gilbert’s asset management takeover firm swings to a loss on M&A costs AssetCo recorded a £9.3million loss for the 12 ... read more

Home Reit handed lifeline as Bluestar makes unsolicited takeover bid

Beleaguered homeless housing investment trust Home Reit handed lifeline as investment group Bluestar makes unsolicited takeover bid Bluestar offer undisclosed b... read more

That’s no mini price tag! New Mini Electric Convertible costs £52,500

When the Mini first launched in 1959, prices started from £496.  This week, the Mini confirmed its first electric convertible model, and it costs over 105 tim... read more

Cornish eco home with recycled newspaper insulation for sale for £3.5m

The designer eco bungalow on the Cornish coast that is insulated with recycled newspaper up for grabs for £3.5million The bungalow spreads across 4,200 sq ft i... read more

EU lawmakers approve ban on sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved a law to effectively ban the sale of any new car with a combustion engine – including petrol, diesel ... read more

Ovo billed me £33k for a month of energy use in a two-bed flat

My problem is with Ovo Energy. I used to be with SSE which was great – I would supply meter readings for gas and electricity every couple of months, and i... read more

Marcus raises easy access savings and cash Isa rates to 2.8%

Popular online bank Marcus by Goldman Sachs is boosting the interest rates on both its easy-access savings deals. From today, the interest rate on its online sa... read more

Inside five studio flats for sale online… ranging in price from £23k to £3m

A total of 2,799 studios are currently for sale online in Britain, according to the latest statistics. The flats vary in size and price, but all share a common ... read more

How to challenge your council tax band and check if you can get a discount

Millions of households will pay higher council tax bills from April as local authorities hike bills for residents during the cost of living crisis.  Three-quar... read more

Will falling inflation mean the Bank of England pauses its interest rate hikes?

Falling inflation has boosted expectations that the Bank of England will soon bring an end to its interest rate hiking cycle, with some economists now forecasti... read more

How much energy have we saved by skimping on the heating?

It’s been pretty chilly since December, but our heating has been going on a lot less often this winter. It’s also been considerably darker in the Lambert ho... read more

Zulutrade Review – Copy Trading with a High Level of Trust

It is pretty common to see online brokers claiming that they provide unique trading services to their traders. When you finally sign up with them, you realize t... read more

Waterman Bates Review – A Reliable Way to Trade Online

You want to trade but are only willing to share your details with a reliable online broker. That’s the right way to go about it. You can’t just sign up with... read more