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How to squeeze the most out of your work pension

Modern work pensions are essentially cheap investment products provided and subsidised by employers.At a time when money is tight, it's worth exploring what they can [...]

Are infrastructure trusts the key to inflation-busting returns?

Infrastructure assets have long been regarded as a go-to means of achieving inflation-beating returns and, while prices soar elsewhere, the London market may currently offer [...]

Launch of ‘no fault’ divorces prompts a spike in cases

New divorce laws caused a 'bulge' in cases this spring as couples sought to navigate the rule changes, new figures reveal.Nearly 13,000 applications were filed [...]

Smurfit shares hit after blaze damages packaging factory

Smurfit shares hit after blaze tears through packaging factory destroying 8,000 tonnes of paper and cardboardBy Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, [...]

Bitcoin crashes in crypto meltdown: Panic grips ‘wild west’ market

Bitcoin crashes in crypto meltdown: Thousands of investors are left nursing heavy losses as panic tears through 'wild west' marketBy Calum Muirhead For The Daily [...]

Aussies swoop on transport firm Go-Ahead after frenzied bidding war

Aussies swoop on Go-Ahead after frenzied bidding war for the London bus and Thameslink operatorBy Calum Muirhead and Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: [...]

Top UK talent agency Curtis Brown Group is snapped up by US rival

Top UK talent agency - which owns rights to Winne-the-Pooh and John Le Carre books - is snapped up by US rivalBy Daily Mail City [...]

Recession fears rock shares and the pound

Recession fears rock shares and the pound as storm clouds gather around the global economyBy Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:22 BST, 13 [...]

ALEX BRUMMER: Is the right time for IAG to set British Airways free?

Set British Airways free: IAG and its overpaid boss no longer seem capable of piloting struggling airline out of the storm, says ALEX BRUMMERBy Alex [...]

Glaxo’s new Covid-19 booster vaccine shows positive results in trials

Shot in the arm for Glaxo as trials of firm's new Covid-19 booster vaccine show encouraging resultsBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:14 [...]

MARKET REPORT: Mining shares mayhem digs a hole for blue chips

Miners weighed on the stock market in London as the FTSE 100 fell for a fifth session in a row.Copper giant Antofagasta fell 2.8 per [...]

Supply chain woes knock electric car firm Tesla

Supply chain woes knock Tesla shares as boss Musk admits electric car firm has suffered a 'very tough quarter'By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter [...]

HBOS fraud victims to be offered a £3m compensation deal

HBOS victims to be offered a £3m compensation deal nearly 20 years after notorious banking fraudBy Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, [...]

Two law firms representing Woodford Equity Income Fund victims team up

Two law firms representing Woodford Equity Income Fund victims team up to cut costs and share resourcesBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 [...]

Investor blow to Capricorn Energy and Tullow Oil merger

Blow to Capricorn Energy and Tullow Oil merger as top investor says there's no clear strategy behind £1.4bn dealBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter [...]

Are you saving enough for retirement? This is Money podcast

Are you saving enough for retirement? (And another state pension blunder) This is Money podcastBy This Is Money Published: 14:38 BST, 13 June 2022 | [...]

What’s stopping young people from getting on the housing ladder?

Nearly half of Britons believe overindulgent and frivolous spending habits of young adults to be a major factor hindering their homeownership aspirations. Research by academics at King's [...]

Heathrow saw passenger levels climb almost eightfold in May

Heathrow passenger levels climb almost eightfold in May thanks to strong demand for flights to the EU and USPassenger numbers remained around a fifth lower [...]

SMALL CAP IDEA: Appreciate Group may just be turning around

Appreciate Group, the company behind the Love2Shop gift cards, is another of those companies happy that lockdown restrictions seem to be a thing of the [...]

CMA to investigate fuel prices as petrol and diesel rise again

Competition watchdog to investigate fuel prices as petrol and diesel costs rise again and the RAC and AA call for a fresh tax cut this [...]

Crypto crash: Bitcoin falls below $24k and ether tumbles

Crypto crash: Bitcoin falls to lowest level for 18 months and ether tumbles as claims about digital asset's role as 'inflation hedge' come under pressureBitcoin [...]

When is it cheaper to switch to pay-as-you go car insurance?

More drivers are opting for 'pay-as-you-go' car insurance policies as they try and reduce their mileage in order to keep costs down. Pay-per-mile insurance has spiked [...]

Countryside Properties puts itself on the market following investor pressure

Countryside Properties puts itself up for sale after rejecting bids amid investor pressure and share price fallInclusive Capital had previously made offers worth 220p and [...]

Gen Z is going cashless, but not all are ready to let go

Would you leave home without your wallet? Three in four Gen Zs mainly use their phone to pay... but we meet two who prefer good [...]

How much capital gains tax do I pay on a second home I once lived in?

Could you possibly advise me on selling a property and if I may incur capital gains tax as I am a little confused over my [...]

Help! My pension fund fell £3k in value just as I’m about to retire

I have a pension plan and could have taken the funds last November on my 65th birthday, but as I was going to work until [...]

CBI calls for tax cut boost from Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Chancellor Rishi Sunak must make it easier for businesses to invest to stave off looming recession, bosses warn: CBI calls for tax cut boostBy Lucy [...]

Britain’s technology sector attracts record levels of investment this year

Britain's technology sector shakes off fears of slump to attract record levels of investment this yearBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 BST, [...]

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Time for Great British reboot

RUTH SUNDERLAND: People are proud of their home towns, despite all the problems - that can be turned into a powerful force to reboot BritainGovernment [...]

Splitting HSBC ‘could net investors a £22bn windfall’

Shareholders could be in line for £22bn windfall if HSBC hives off Asian business, according to research commissioned by one investorBy Lucy White For The [...]

Morrisons’ US private equity owner facing backlash over sell-off plan

Morrisons' US private equity owner facing backlash over plan to sell off fisheries, warehouses and food manufacturing plantsClayton Dubilier & Rice sounding out buyers for [...]

Is China a mighty beast investors cannot afford to shun?

Investing in emerging markets is often a step too far for investors with an ethical bent. Human rights issues and exploitation of labour put them [...]

Can these 6% trusts keep your income flying high?

Flying high: Some trusts are now paying shareholders the equivalent of six per cent income a yearAlthough interest rates are rising – and savings rates tickling [...]

Could switching lightbulbs help keep your firm afloat?

'I was shocked when my electricity bill almost doubled from £60 a month to £110': Could switching lightbulbs help keep your firm afloat?FSB chair says [...]

STOCKS TO WATCH: Canny couple’s £80m oil gusher from Serica

STOCKS TO WATCH: Britain's savviest investment couple sitting on shares worth more than £80m after good news from Serica EnergyBy Mark Shapland, Financial Mail On [...]

Young’s boss Patrick Dardis: Britain’s boozers deserve a big cut in VAT

Like every good landlord, Dublin-born businessman Patrick Dardis has a few tales to tell from his 20 years at Young's Pubs. For a start, the [...]