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BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation hits 9.1%; JD Sports posts record profit

BUSINESS CLOSE: Inflation hits 9.1%; JD Sports posts record profit; Berkeley Group reports bumper resultsBy Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 07:57 BST, 22 [...]

Vertu Motors boasts of strong start as supply constraints keeps gross margins resilient

Vertu Motors boasts of strong start to the year as steep demand and short supply of cars keeps gross margins resilientVertu owns the Bristol Street [...]

ONS house prices: Home values up 12.4% in April

House price inflation adds £31k to the average home in a year sending the cost to £281k, official data shows... and more first-time buyers are [...]

Berkeley profits jump £60m thanks to surge in new home sales

Berkeley reveals no let up in surge of new home demand in London and the South East as profits rocket £60m helped by an average [...]

Biotech’s in the doldrums and that’s an opportunity, says Ailsa Craig

Biotech shares are in the doldrums and that gives investors an opportunity: International Biotechnology Trust's Ailsa Craig on the INVESTING SHOWBy This Is Money Published: [...]

How investors can protect against rising rates rocking markets

What should investors do if they want to protect their portfolios against the storm of interest rate rate hikes?Last week's global base rate hikes sent [...]

How to fix your mortgage as interest rates rocket up

The clock is ticking on rising interest rates, with the next big decision arriving in just 43 days.The Bank of England base rate is already [...]

John Lewis loyalty card holders must reapply to the scheme this summer

John Lewis loyalty card holders must reapply to the scheme this summer as retailer axes deal with HSBCBy Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: [...]

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Another day… another state pension shambles

Another day, another state pension shambles: DWP must come clean over the scale of its latest mistakes, says VICTORIA BISCHOFFBy Victoria Bischoff for the Daily [...]

New cash machine scam where crooks can drain your account in minutes

Beware the new cash machine scam where crooks can steal your card details and drain your account in MINUTESNew type of theft where bank cards [...]

Best savings accounts to beat banks failing to pass on rate hikes

Rising interest rates should be good news for savers, but they are being badly let down by banking giants.The Bank of England base rate has [...]

Sideways school runs: BMW’s £80k M3 Touring can help to hone your drifting skills

German car giant BMW has launched its first ever M3 Touring model – with its world premiere in Britain.It has chosen the four day Goodwood [...]

Asda petrol stations charging customers £1 to pump up their tyres

Now that's what you call inflated prices! Asda comes under fire for charging customers £1 to pump up their tyres at some of its petrol [...]

Is your funeral plan safe? Thousands are at risk of losing large sums

Fears are growing that tens of thousands of elderly customers could lose vast sums of money after buying unregulated funeral plans.The plans cost between £3,000 [...]

How To Pick A Lucrative Cash Back Credit Card?

A cashback rewards credit card can be a great way to get a little extra back when you make purchases. However, with so many reward [...]

Pendragon shareholders vote against the car dealership’s pay policy

Two-thirds of Pendragon shareholders voted against the car dealership's executive pay policyBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:41 BST, 21 June 2022 | [...]

Ministers could have kept chip maker Arm in the UK, City lawyer claims

Ministers could have kept chip maker Arm in the UK on security grounds, leading City lawyer claimsBy Luke Barr For The Daily Mail Published: 23:41 [...]

Anglian Water to pay £92m dividend to owners

Anglian Water to pay £92m dividend to owners despite rising bills and backlash over pollutionBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:40 BST, 21 [...]

Outgoing B&M boss Simon Arora lands a £5m pay bonanza

Outgoing B&M boss Simon Arora lands a £5m pay bonanza - 270 times as much as the average employeeBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter [...]

Mining giant Glencore is convicted of a string of bribery offences

Victory for the Serious Fraud Office as mining giant Glencore is convicted of a string of bribery offencesBy Luke Barr For The Daily Mail Published: [...]

FinnCap founder Sam Smith steps down after 24 years

'I might have a proper holiday!' Only woman to run City stockbroker steps down after 24 yearsBy Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 23:39 [...]

Inflation is ‘biggest poison to the economy’, says Bank’s chief economist

Inflation is 'biggest poison to the economy': Bank of England's chief economist tells Britain to brace for more rate hikesBy Lucy White For The Daily [...]

Kellogg’s to split into three companies by spinning off US businesses

Kellogg's to split into three separate companies by spinning off US cereal and plant-based foods businessesBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:37 BST, [...]

French giant EDF ‘threatens to quit’ Sizewell C Nuclear project

Nuclear project is plunged into crisis as French giant EDF 'threatens to quit' Sizewell CBy Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:37 BST, 21 [...]

Twitter board urges investors to back £36bn Musk takeover

Twitter takeover moves a step closer as board urges investors to back Elon Musk's £36bn offerBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:36 BST, [...]

City veteran Martin Gilbert swoops on investment firm SVM

City veteran Martin Gilbert swoops on investment firm SVM in latest addition to his new business empireBy Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 23:35 [...]

MARKET REPORT: Ocado shares slide after it taps investors for £578m

Ocado shares slipped after it tapped investors for £578million of funding – offering up shares at a heavy discount.The grocer-turned-tech-platform, which sells automated warehouses to [...]

ALEX BRUMMER: Marks & Spencer must not vandalise the Arch

Don't vandalise the Arch: M&S would be demolishing its own heritage if it tears down its flagship Oxford Street store, says ALEX BRUMMERBy Alex Brummer [...]

Clients dying while waiting for power of attorney to be granted

Solicitors call for action as they warn clients are dying while waiting for power of attorney to be grantedBy Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail [...]

MPs line up to back our campaign to fine firms who won’t answer calls

Politicians are queuing up to support Money Mail's Pick Up or Pay Up campaign after we urged readers to write to their MPs.We are calling [...]

SALLY SORTS IT: Mobile scammers left me on the hook for £1,385 iPhone

In March, I received a WhatsApp phone call from someone purporting to be a representative from my mobile provider O2.He said as I’d been such [...]

Should we save 12% of salary towards a pension?

Workers should save at least 12 per cent of their salary towards a pension and employers should stump up half of that, according to a [...]

‘Affordable’ electric cars £9,200 pricier than petrol after grants scrapped

The controversial decision to scrap grants for new electric cars means many are now £1,500 more expensive than days ago - and on average 44 [...]

Rare Ford Capri sells for a world record £75k at auction

A collector has forked out almost £75,000 for a Capri at an auction over the weekend, setting a new world record for the iconic Ford.The [...]

DS Smith bounces back thanks to higher packaging prices

DS Smith bounces back as packaging firm raises prices and cardboard box demand continues to stack upRevenues at the packaging group climbed by £1.5bn in [...]

Britons face a £380 rise in annual food bill

Shoppers opt for cheaper lines as annual food bills surge by £380 after grocery inflation hits 13-year highFood price inflation soared to 8.3%, from 7% [...]