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Cost of renting a car for a week down to £300 from £685 in August 

Cost of car hire plummets: Average price for renting a vehicle for a week down to £300 from £685 in August By Adele Cooke For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 ... read more

French building materials firm Lafarge, fined £690m for supporting terror groups

French building materials firm Lafarge, fined £690m for supporting terrorist organisations ISIS and the Al-Nusrah Front By Daily Mail City & Finance Report... read more

Outraged LV members shut out of online AGM due to ‘technical fault’

Outraged LV members shut out of online AGM due to ‘technical fault’ in wake of bungled private equity takeover By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Publ... read more

Mortgage rates continue to rise despite mini-budget U-turns

Mortgage rates continue to rise despite mini-budget U-turns: Natwest, TSB and Barclays are among lenders pushing up price of new deals to more than 6% after new... read more

Mortgage rates: Two-year fix keeps rising to hit 6.53% despite Government U-turns

The average fixed rate for a two-year fixed mortgage across all loan-to-values has climbed to 6.53 per cent, the day after new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rowed back... read more

Lookers ups profit outlook and reveals share buyback scheme

Lookers boosts profit forecast to £75m and reveals share buyback scheme as motor dealership outperforms Lookers now expects underlying pre-tax profits to be at... read more

There won’t be a house price crash… yet, says Fred Harrison

There is no shortage of property price forecasters predicting falls in the near future. House prices are set to fall 12 per cent by mid-2024, according to analy... read more

Santander pulls its best buy easy-access savings account

Santander withdrew its best buy easy-access savings account last night, two weeks ahead of schedule.  The eSaver Limited Edition deal paid 2.75 per cent on ba... read more

Rolls-Royce Spectre revealed – its first all-electric car

Rolls-Royce has finally taken the wraps off its first fully electric car as the sleek and silent Spectre goes on sale from today to super-rich customers who wan... read more

Pension triple lock under threat in £40bn Halloween Budget cuts

ANOTHER Truss U-turn? PM REFUSES to stand by pensions triple lock as Hunt warns ALL departments will face brutal £40bn squeeze in Halloween Budget – but ... read more

Bellway’s profits slump after booking huge building safety costs

Bellway profits slump on cost of building protection measures as housebuilder flags cooling demand Bellway achieved record sales on the back of rising private h... read more

Will higher energy bills increase inflation in 2023?

UK inflation could be 3 basis points higher next year after the Government’s U-turn on two year support for energy bills, according to analysis by ING. It... read more

Corporate Cards: The Best Way to Manage Business Expenses

When you’re in business, there are a number of expenses you’ll be expected to cover on behalf of the company. Those could be for services, travel, or anythi... read more

MoneySupermarket revenues jump 15% on booming money and travel demand

MoneySupermarket revenues jump 15% on booming money and travel demand but group warns energy unlikely to bounce back next year Revenues in the third quarter hit... read more

888 revenues slip as bookmaker blames tightened gambling regulations

888 blames revenue fall on tightened gambling regulations in Britain as it shifts focus to a ‘more recreational player base’ Total revenue fell 7% t... read more

Frasers Group’s £13.6m offer for MySale becomes unconditional

Frasers Group’s £13.6m offer for MySale becomes unconditional after retailer’s stake surpasses 50% Frasers Group already owns Sports Direct, Jack W... read more

Vigilante motorists attacking clamps out on their untaxed cars

More than one in ten clamps attached to the wheels of untaxed vehicles in the last five years have been forcefully removed or damaged when vigilante motorists h... read more

Will the triple lock state pension pledge fall victim to Hunt’s cuts?

Jeremy Hunt admitted he had to take ‘decisions of eye-watering difficulty’ amid looming spending cuts, sparking fears that the triple lock pledge to raise p... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: BoE to delay QT bond sell-off; Bellway on weaker demand

BUSINESS LIVE: Pound jumps on BoE quantitative tightening delay reports; Bellway flags weaker demand; Frasers’ MySale offer becomes unconditional By Live Comm... read more

What does the bond market crash mean for your pension?

Pension planning: Those close to or at retirement age with a hole in their investments are the worst affected by recent rocky markets Most pension savers are e... read more

Hargreaves Lansdown’s boss Chris Hill quits after claims linked to the Neil Woodford scandal

Hargreaves Lansdown’s boss Chris Hill quits amid claims over the firm’s involvement in the Neil Woodford scandal Chris Hill announced he would be re... read more

Banks face a 33pc corporation tax rate following Jeremy Hunt’s reversal

Banks face a 33% corporation tax rate following Jeremy Hunt’s reversal of the ‘mini budget’ tax cuts By Lucy White City Correspondent For The Daily Mail P... read more

Credit Suisse to pay £434m to settle claims in the US it mis-sold mortgage-linked investments

Credit Suisse will pay £434m to settle claims in the US it mis-sold mortgage-linked investments dating back to the 2008 financial crisis By City & Finance ... read more

Vodafone teams up with French telecoms tycoon and major BT investor Patrick Drahi

Vodafone teams up with French telecoms tycoon and major BT investor Patrick Drahi to roll out fibre broadband across Germany By City & Finance Reporter for ... read more