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We Buy Each Others Cars.com: Trade-ins earn bosses £2m

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:53 GMT, 20 January 2024 Criticism: Avril Palmer-Baunack got £481,000 from selling her own cars Selling a car can be one of li... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Record orders boost packing expert Mpac

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:52 GMT, 20 January 2024 Pioneer: Back in the 1990s, Mpac helped PG Tips owner Unilever to make the first pyramid teabags Insulin-mon... read more

Shareholders in BAE Systems set for windfall from Kazakhstan airline float

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:51 GMT, 20 January 2024 Investors in BAE Systems could be in line for a windfall of hundreds of millions of pounds in the stoc... read more

Revolut hires lobbyist in bid to end banking licence limbo

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:51 GMT, 20 January 2024 Revolut is beefing up its lobbying team in its marathon effort to obtain a British banking licence. The fi... read more

CITY WHISPERS: THG boss Matt Moulding backs whinger James Watt after BrewSob story

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:51 GMT, 20 January 2024 BrewDog boss and serial corporate whinger James Watt took to social networking site LinkedIn last week to ... read more

Households replacing gas boilers face ‘boiler tax’ of up to £120

Firms that make boilers and heat pumps are bringing in new charges this year The fees of up to £120 per new boiler will pay for expected Government fines  By ... read more

Cost of having a dog has soared by more than double headline rate of inflation

Cost of keeping a canine companion is rising faster than rate of inflation Dogs Trust and Oxford Economics say ‘dogflation’ rate is 9%  Like the Co... read more

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon enjoyed 4% rise in pay last year

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 21:51 GMT, 19 January 2024 Veteran: Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon enjoyed a 4 per cent rise in pay last year as ... read more

RAY MASSEY: Ford wins the plaudits -Puma was best-selling new car for 2023 and fourth-generation Kuga SUV is on sale this month

By Ray Massey Motoring Editor Updated: 21:50 GMT, 19 January 2024 Ford is on a roll. Its Puma range was the best-selling new car model for 2023 with nearly 50,0... read more

SHARE OF THE WEEK: Elon Musk under pressure to produce a solid set of fourth quarter results at Tesla

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 19 January 2024 Elon Musk is under pressure to produce a solid set of fourth quarter results at Tesla next we... read more

INVESTING EXPLAINED: What you need to know about hung debt

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 19 January 2024 In this series, we bust the jargon and explain a popular investing term or theme. Here itR... read more

You can bag a £10k heat pump discount… would that tempt you to get one? This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 16:46 GMT, 19 January 2024 The Government wants us to get heat pumps fitted in our homes and it’s offering up to £7,500 for us ... read more

Kazakhstani flag carrier Air Astana plots $120m London market listing

Air Astana hopes to raise $120m from going public in London and Kazakhstan BAE Systems and sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna will both sell shares By Harry Wi... read more

Deliveroo ups earnings expectations despite falling order numbers

Deliveroo’s total orders dropped by approximately 9m to 290.2m in 2023  Yet the group’s gross transaction value (GTV) increased by 3% to £7.06bn I... read more

British Gas ranked the worst energy firm for customer service by Which?

The UK’s largest energy firm came bottom of the table for satisfied customers  British Gas customers criticised its value for money and accuracy of energ... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Retail sales fall; Deliveroo ups guidance; DFS demand slowdown

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:42 GMT, 19 January 2024 Retail sales volumes slumped by a higher-than-forecast 3.2 per cent in December from November, marking th... read more

Ousted Endeavour Mining boss stripped of £23m in misconduct scandal

By John Abiona Updated: 22:06 GMT, 18 January 2024 Irregular payment: Endeavour Mining boss Sebastien de Montessus was sacked earlier this month The ousted boss... read more

Ministers are fuelling inflation by hitting business with extra costs, says Currys boss

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:04 GMT, 18 January 2024 Warning: Currys chief exec Alex Baldock has hit out against government red tape The boss of Currys has lam... read more

Sandberg steps down from Meta board after 12 years amid speculation she may move into politics

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 January 2024 Sheryl Sandberg (pictured) is one of the most prominent women in Silicon Valley Facebook veteran Sheryl San... read more

AJ Bell assets top £76bn thanks to markets boost

AJ Bell revealed assets under administration of £76.2bn at its platform business AuM levels rose 15% from the prior year and were 7% higher than in September ... read more

Currys lifts profit expectations despite weak Christmas trade

Currys expects annual adjusted pre-tax profits of between £105m and £115m The firm’s like-for-like revenue fell by 3% in the ten weeks ending 6 JanuaryÂ... read more

How to make a company listen to your complaint: LUNCH MONEY

By This Is Money Updated: 13:15 GMT, 18 January 2024 The price we pay for our essential household bills and shopping keeps rising.   But even though energy fi... read more

Santander launches new best buy mortgages: Rates edge closer to 4% on two-year fixes

Santander has cut its lowest two-year fixed rate from 4.55% to 4.1%  Average two-year fix for buyers with the biggest deposits is currently 5.09% Two-year fixe... read more

Royal Mail boss: Universal service is ‘simply not sustainable’

Martin Seidenberg recently said that Royal Mail might need a taxpayer bailout  Royal Mail delivered 387 million parcels in the three months ending December By ... read more