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Channel 4 to cut 200 jobs amid advertising slowdown

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 8 January 2024 Digital future: Channel 4 chief exec Alex Mahon (pictured) Channel 4 plans to slash... read more

BT confirms start date for new boss Allison Kirby amid full fibre broadband push

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 8 January 2024 New BT boss Allison Kirkby (pictured) will take up the top position from February ... read more

CMO Group shares dive following earnings warning

Shares in the building materials supplier fell by 12.7% to 24p by early afternoon  The firm now anticipates reporting adjusted earnings before nasties of c.£1... read more

HMRC sends thousands of ‘nudge’ letters to crypto traders suspected of underpaying tax

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 13:20 GMT, 8 January 2024 HMRC has stepped up pressure on cryptocurrency speculators it suspects have underpaid tax on their assets... read more

EDF, Octopus and Scottish Power are allowed to force-fit prepayment meters from today

Three energy firms can now fit ‘pay as you go’ meters without customer consent  Regulator Ofgem has warned energy firms to tread carefully with met... read more

Shell flags up to $4.5bn in new impairment costs

Shell enjoyed a relatively bumper 2023 thanks to higher oil and gas prices The firm warned that it expects to declare up to $4.5bn of impairment charges By Harr... read more

YouGov acquires analytics company as US growth continues

The deal, which was for an undisclosed fee, will extend its data capabilities By Daniel Fessahaye Updated: 10:31 GMT, 8 January 2024 YouGov has acquired US-base... read more

Pensioner wins 14-month energy bill battle that saw her charged TWICE

Retiree Susan Lansley says she inherited a bill from her flat’s previous occupant But her struggle to get the £471 energy bill struck off took more than ... read more

Private buyers slam the brakes on electric cars as sales slump – down to just a quarter of new purchases

Individuals bought 71,984 of the vehicles last year, in 2022 it was 88,910  Latest setback in the push to achieve ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 20... read more

Box office hit Barbie is biggest film release for home entertainment

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 00:05 GMT, 8 January 2024 It was a smash hit at the box office – and Barbie was also the biggest selling title of 2023... read more

Almost 120,000 retail workers lost their jobs last year as High Street was hit by collapses of stores

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 00:05 GMT, 8 January 2024 Almost 120,000 retail workers lost their jobs last year as the High Street was hit by collapse... read more

Business leaders are increasingly optimistic about Britain’s prospects for 2024, survey finds

Surveys find business leaders believe the coming year will be better than 2023 Make UK and PwC find manufacturers believe the UK is now more competitive  Deloi... read more

Grocers set to deliver bumper festive results

Some of Britain’s biggest stores set to publish festive trading figures  Marks & Spencer is tipped to have had a stellar Christmas  Supermarket gian... read more

TONY HETHERINGTON: Number plate firm Click4Reg took eight months to shell out my £150

‘President’: Richard Maude Officers from the Serious Fraud Team at Essex Police have closed down their investigation into allegations against forei... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Billions of Coke cans help pour profit for Porvair

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:52 GMT, 6 January 2024 Drinking to success: Aluminium cans are made using filters from Porvair More than 280 billion aluminium cans ... read more

ROXi deals are music to ears of TV viewers

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2024 Backer: Superstar Kylie Minogue A British music streaming service backed by Kylie Minogue, Simon Cowel... read more

Books to breeze: Amazon invests in Scottish wind farm

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 January 2024 Multifaceted tech giant Amazon is about to unveil a major investment in one of Britain’s biggest wind... read more

CAA Mining’s listing is nugget for London Stock Exchange

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 January 2024 A mining firm focused on Ghana is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange’s junior AIM mark... read more

£32m car salesman revs up through his Stoneacre Motor Group

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 January 2024 A motor mechanic who rose to become one of the richest car salesmen in the UK made another £32 million... read more

Baby brand Mamas & Papas grows on High Street

By Patrick Tooher Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 January 2024 Mamas & Papas plans to open up to ten more concessions in Next and Marks & Spencer stores as the nu... read more

Court blow for investors in Hideaways fees battle

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 January 2024 Members of a holiday homes group must continue to pay fees even if they do not use its villas, a court has ... read more

CITY WHISPERS: Will BrewDog movie be a Horrible Bosses sequel?

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 January 2024 BrewDog co-founder James Watt popped up on LinkedIn last week to announce that the story of the craft beer ... read more

UK’s future is bright as anti-Brexit firms such as Nissan ‘just get on with it’

Andy Haldane: ‘Very, very optimistic’ about the UK’s future Major companies shrug off challenges of leaving EU and invest billions But Haldane... read more

Ithaca Energy boss steps down as shares flounder

By Leah Montebello Updated: 21:54 GMT, 5 January 2024 Ithaca Energy’s boss has stepped down as it tries to bounce back from a disappointing year. The Nort... read more