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John Lewis unveils first locations for its built-to-rent homes

The John Lewis Partnership has revealed the first three locations in Britain where the retailer plans to debut its new rental properties.The three proposed sites [...]

Landlords HAVEN’T missed the boat to cash in on Crossrail, says Savills

Landlords owning properties close to Elizabeth Line stations should benefit from rising house prices and rents over the coming years. And despite fanfare over the [...]

Demand for Spanish holiday homes from British buyers booms

Demand for overseas homes in Spain has soared and is now at its highest level in four years.The number of buyer enquiries for a home [...]

Melrose boss paves way for GKN sell-off four years after £8bn takeover

Melrose boss paves way for GKN sell-off: Future of aerospace firm - which built WWII Spitfires - thrown into doubt four years after £8bn takeoverBy [...]

Russian invasion of Ukraine risks global food crisis, warns OECD

Russian invasion of Ukraine risks triggering a global food crisis amid disruption to grain supplies, warns OECDBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:49 [...]

Fresh blow for Hut Group as board supremo Dominic Murphy quits

Fresh blow for Hut Group as board supremo Dominic Murphy quits after eight yearsBy Archie Mitchell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:48 BST, 8 June [...]

Profits at Zara owner Inditex soar as it hikes prices

Profits at Zara owner soar as it hikes prices: Fashion giant Inditex fuels fears of 'greedflation'By Archie Mitchell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:47 BST, [...]

UK carbon dioxide maker CF Industries shuts Chester plant

UK carbon dioxide maker CF Industries shuts plant just months after receiving a taxpayer bailoutBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:47 BST, 8 [...]

Home appliances firm Marks Electrical weathers cost of living storm

Home appliances firm Marks Electrical weathers cost of living storm thanks to sales of essential itemsBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:46 BST, [...]

Beleaguered Credit Suisse hit by third profit alert

Beleaguered Credit Suisse hit by third profit alert as Ukraine war and global economic volatility hinder its recoveryBy Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: [...]

WH Smith and housebuilder Berkeley both choose City veterans as their next chairmen

WH Smith and housebuilder Berkeley both choose City veterans as their next chairmenBy Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:45 BST, 8 June 2022 [...]

Sir Martin Sorrell braced for new pay storm at S4 Capital 

Advertising tycoon Sir Martin Sorrell braced for new pay storm at marketing firm S4 CapitalBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 8 [...]

MARKET REPORT: Cheers Ma’am! Platinum Jubilee boosts pub sales 20%

Two of Britain's top hospitality groups are celebrating the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.The City Pub Group, which runs 42 pubs in southern England and Wales, hailed [...]

ALEX BRUMMER: Rescind the post-Covid Tory tax hikes

The Tories are in a terrible muddle on taxation. Scared witless by the scale of the fiscal mountain to be climbed after Covid-19, Chancellor Rishi Sunak [...]

Twitter to share data with Musk after he threatens to abandon takeover

Twitter agrees to share data with Elon Musk following billionaire's threat to walk away from £35bn takeoverBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:40 [...]

Britons ditch cash Isas in favour of stocks and shares in attempt to beat inflation

Britons are saving less money in cash Isa accounts as inflation mounts, and seeking greater returns by investing in stocks and shares.The number of cash [...]

Zara owner Inditex sees sales bounce ahead of pre-Covid levels

Zara owner Inditex sales surge ahead of pre-Covid levels thanks to price rises and looser trading curbs on clothes shopsThe Zara and Massimo Dutti owner [...]

Top 7 Reasons to Purchase Gold

Have you thought about investing in gold? The remarkable qualities of this yellow metal classify it among the most coveted assets in the world. Gold [...]

Embattled Aveva Group assures investors of improved prospects

Aveva Group assures investors of improved prospects as industrial software firm swings to an annual lossAveva's annual loss came in at £6.5m against £36.6m profit [...]

Most viewed properties for sale on Rightmove revealed

The most popular homes for sale have been revealed and they all have hefty price tags of at least a couple of million pounds.While the [...]

Wizz Air’s losses worsen as cost rises outpace recovery in passenger travel

Wizz Air losses widen as recovery in passenger travel is outpaced by surging costs - but budget carrier eyes 'record' summer aheadThe Hungarian low-cost air [...]

Keywords Studios to buy ‘Age of Empires’ developer for £26m

Keywords Studios to buy 'Age of Empires' developer for £26m as London-listed video games firm eyes global expansionKeywords has entered into conditional agreement to buy [...]

Melrose shares rise as group unveils £500m buyback plan

Melrose Industries unveils fresh £500m share buyback programme amid sale of Ergotron to US buyerMelrose shares up over 8% as group launches £500m share buyback [...]

Workspace profits boosted as Britons return to the office

Office space provider Workspace boosted by easing of lockdown restrictions as Britons return to workWorkspace enjoyed a boost to its bottom line over the past [...]

The shop where everything – from books to bikes – is 20p 

Otley in West Yorkshire is not a place where you would usually expect to find a bargain.Its upmarket centre, where ITV soap Emmerdale is filmed, [...]

ALEX BRUMMER: Boris is being sunk by global tides

Britain takes pride in its global aspirations. Yet outsiders could be forgiven for thinking that the UK’s domestic politics are those of a banana republic.After [...]

Property perks the Tories hope will help get us moving

The home ownership dream is in danger of being crushed by soaring house prices. Ministers are all too aware of the problem and know they need [...]

Goldman Sachs Marcus matches top savings deals by raising rate to 1.3%

Marcus by Goldman Sachs raises rate on its online savings account and cash Isa to 1.3% to match top savings dealsBy Money Mail Reporter For [...]

Tech chief speaks out amid fury over Chinese swoop on Newport Wafer Fab

Stop selling UK tech overseas: Industry chief speaks out amid fury over Chinese swoop on Newport Wafer FabBy Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: [...]

Now sack blundering LV boss Hartigan, mutual’s new chairman is told

Now sack blundering LV boss Hartigan, mutual's new chairman is told on day of his appointmentBy Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:50 BST, [...]

Not just any pay packet! Marks and Spencer trio eye £15m bonanza

Not just any pay packet! Marks and Spencer trio in line for £15m bonanza if they hit share price targetBy Archie Mitchell For The Daily [...]

Digital bank Zopa joins the ‘buy now pay later’ revolution 

Zopa joins the 'buy now pay later' revolution: Digital bank to offer credit on purchases between £250 and £30,000By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter [...]

Cazoo to axe 750 jobs as online used car seller looks to slash costs

Cazoo to axe 750 jobs as online used car seller looks to cut costs by more than £200m by end of next yearBy Daily Mail [...]

Second US trading firm sues LME over nickel trading shutdown

Second US trading firm sues London Metal exchange over nickel trading shutdownBy Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:49 BST, 7 June 2022 | [...]

MARKET REPORT: National Express shares in reverse after profit alert

Investors in National Express suffered a fresh setback after the coach operator warned that profits are recovering far slower than expected.On another bleak day for [...]

Stagflation is stalking the global economy, World Bank warns

Stagflation stalks global economy: World Bank warns high inflation and tepid growth threatens to derail Covid recoveryBy Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:47 [...]