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Rich Ricci to scoop £16m in sale of London Stock Exchange rival Aquis Exchange

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:00 GMT, 11 November 2024 A rival to the London Stock Exchange is about to be snapped up by a Swiss [...]

Ford UK workers start week of industrial action over pay

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 15:00 GMT, 11 November 2024 Administrative staff working for Ford in the UK on Monday kicked off a week of [...]

Top 10 uninsured driving hotspots revealed and Birmingham postcodes dominate the list

There are 300,000 drivers without cover on the UK's roads every day By SAM BARKER Updated: 14:17 GMT, 11 November 2024 Birmingham is the region with [...]

Government cuts NatWest stake to 11.4% with £1bn share sale

Sale of more than 262m ordinary shares marks second transaction this year By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 08:55 GMT, 11 November 2024 The Government has agreed the [...]

Bitcoin hits record $80,000 price in wake of Donald Trump’s victory

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2024 Bitcoin hit $80,000 for the first time yesterday in the wake of Donald Trump's [...]

Hornby on gravy train as sets fly off shelves

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 10 November 2024 Hornby is enjoying growing sales of its smaller-scale model railway sets after offloading its [...]

Decision on fate of flagship Marks & Spencer store due in weeks

Angela Rayner to block or approve proposals for shop before or on December 5 M&S seeking permission to raze its 1929 art deco flagship near Marble [...]

UK should offer firms five-year tax break to relocate, says fund manager

By CALUM MUIRHEAD AND GEORGE DILLON Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 November 2024 The Government should introduce a five-year tax break on businesses to encourage them to [...]

Households batten down the hatches as higher mortgage costs loom

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 November 2024 Households are saving more and spending less as they hunker down ahead of an expected steep [...]

Corruption probe casts cloud over AstraZeneca results

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 November 2024 AstraZeneca is in a tricky spot as it prepares to report its quarterly results on Tuesday.The [...]

Chancellor set to unveil sweeping reforms to encourage pension funds to ‘buy British’ and ‘fire up’ economy

By PATRICK TOOHER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 November 2024 Sweeping reforms: Chancellor Rachel ReevesRachel Reeves set to unveil sweeping reforms to encourage pension funds to [...]

Kylie Minogue’s ‘wine’ is a hit with teetotal Gen-Z

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 November 2024 Raising a glass: Sales were boosted after Kylie launched a zero per cent sparkling roséFresh figures reveal [...]

What President Trump means for your money – and a 10th birthday episode: This is Money podcast

By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 07:00 GMT, 9 November 2024 President Trump is back. The US election finally came to a head this week and [...]

Moncler sales dip as luxury demand slides

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 November 2024 Getting cold: Moncler said sales over the summer were 3 per cent lower than a [...]

American billionaire Bill Ackman seeks to ditch fund’s Amsterdam listing

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 November 2024 Concern: American billionaire Bill AckmanAmerican billionaire Bill Ackman plans to scrap his investment fund's listing in Amsterdam [...]

Boohoo hits back at ‘self-interested’ Frasers as row rumbles on

By CITY REPORTER Updated: 09:03 GMT, 8 November 2024 The war of words between Boohoo and Mike Ashley's Frasers Group intensified last night.In the latest [...]

AstraZeneca in talks with authorities as China boss is detained

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 08:30 GMT, 8 November 2024 AstraZeneca is holding crisis talks with the Chinese authorities after the arrest of its boss in [...]

Scotch whisky industry raises alarm about Donald Trump re-imposing trade tariffs on transatlantic booze exports like quality single malts

By TOM GORDON DEPUTY SCOTTISH POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 04:49 GMT, 8 November 2024 | Updated: 04:51 GMT, 8 November 2024 The Scotch Whisky industry has [...]

Trainline ticket sales exceed £3bn as more Britons book online

Trainline reported its net ticket sales grew by 14% in the six months to AugustThe percentage of UK rail tickets bought on the internet has [...]

Trump trade war could spark ‘economic nightmare’ for UK and Europe

By Jessica Clark Updated: 09:00 GMT, 7 November 2024 Donald Trump's re-election could start a trade war that would be an 'economic nightmare' for Britain [...]

Bitcoin hits record high on Trump victory as analysts eye $200k

By Jessica Clark Updated: 08:59 GMT, 7 November 2024 Bitcoin soared to a record high yesterday after Donald Trump's election victory. The cryptocurrency's price hit a [...]

BUSINESS LIVE: BofE expected to cut base rate; Rolls faces supply chain hit; ITV Studios still suffers US strikes

By Live Commentary Updated: 08:02 GMT, 7 November 2024 The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates again later today, despite the reemergence [...]

Chinese firm ordered to sell holding in Glaswegian chip business

Founded in 1992, FTDI is a manufacturer of Universal Serial Bus technology Feite Holdings acquired an 80.2% stake in FTDI for $414m in February 2022By Harry Wise [...]

Asos finance chief invests more than £20,000 as higher losses spark sell-off

By Mike Sheen Updated: 13:52 GMT, 6 November 2024 Asos CFO Dave Murray makes first purchase of the companies' shares The chief financial officer of Asos [...]

Pension boost for ‘Dinks’: Couples without children can double the size of their retirement pots

By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Updated: 23:18 GMT, 5 November 2024 Couples without children can double the size of their pensions if [...]

Sales of new cars slump as drivers shun electric and diesel vehicles

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:29 GMT, 5 November 2024 Sales of new cars fell by 6 per cent last month.Industry body [...]

Crippling Boeing strike finally ends after seven weeks as workers approve new pay deal

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 22:28 GMT, 5 November 2024 Workers at troubled Boeing have approved a pay deal, ending a bitter seven-week strike at its [...]

Primark eyeing a bumper Christmas despite Budget misery on the High Street

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:27 GMT, 5 November 2024 Primark's boss is looking forward to a bumper Christmas despite a ‘particularly painful’ Budget for the [...]

UK debt woe as borrowing costs surge again amid fresh market jitters over US election result

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:26 GMT, 5 November 2024 UK borrowing costs hit a post-Budget peak yesterday Yields on ten-year UK bonds – known [...]

‘I don’t have to pretend to like anything’: Fund manager David Coombs’ tips for ordinary investors

Rathbones' head of multi-asset investments on the Investing Show By Simon Lambert Updated: 18:26 GMT, 5 November 2024 The great advantage of being a multi-asset fund [...]

The small building society offering a best buy easy-access rate of 4.9% – and it even has an app…

The easy-access account can be opened through Furness BS's new app By Helen Kirrane Updated: 16:47 GMT, 5 November 2024 Savers can now get their hands [...]

Schroders shares sink as fund group suffers Chinese market volatility

JVs and associates business outflows partially offset market gains Schroders informed of £10billion worth of institutional mandate losses By Mike Sheen Updated: 11:37 GMT, 5 November 2024 [...]

Hornby sells diecast miniature car maker for £1.4m

Loss-making Oxford Diecast owner LCD to be sold for around £1.4m By Mike Sheen Updated: 09:38 GMT, 5 November 2024 Hornby has agreed the sale of [...]

Balfour Beatty strikes £575m Texas deal to rebuild interstate highway

By This Is Money Updated: 09:30 GMT, 5 November 2024 London-listed infrastructure group Balfour Beatty has secured a £575million deal with the Texas Department of [...]

Vodafone-Three £15bn merger set for green light despite higher bills fears

CMA says remedies pledged by telecoms firms could allay its concerns By Mike Sheen Updated: 09:28 GMT, 5 November 2024 The £15billion merger of Vodafone and [...]

Rate cuts ‘to go ahead’ despite turbulence as US election and UK budget rattle markets

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:03 GMT, 4 November 2024 Interest rates look set to be cut on both sides of the Atlantic this week [...]