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Retail Consortium defends decision to allow Shein to join amid concerns over workers rights

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:03 BST, 13 June 2024  The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has defended its decision to allow Shein to join amid concerns over trea... read more

Wise shares slump as fintech group warns of slowing income growth

Wise expects underlying income to rise by 15-20% in the 2025 financial year The company is reinvesting some of its gross profit margin in lowering prices By Har... read more

This new King Charles £5 note sells for £11,000 at Bank of England auction

A new £5 note featuring King Charles III has sold for £11,000 at an auction It has the third lowest serial number of a new £5 note of CA01 000003 It had an e... read more

Peel Hunt’s losses widen but firm sees shoots of growth for London listings

Peel Hunt shares fell by nearly 4% on Thursday afternoon   By Jane Denton Updated: 12:15 BST, 13 June 2024 In charge: Steven Fine is the chief executive of Pe... read more

Fuller’s scores higher profits despite significant inflationary pressures

Fuller’s reported pre-tax profits jumped by 40% to £14.4m in the year to March The firm’s operating margins increased despite higher food and labou... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Crest Nicholson sees earnings slump; Wise trebles profits; Fuller’s buoyed by growing urban sales

By This Is Money Updated: 08:37 BST, 13 June 2024 Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Crest Nicholson, Wise, Fuller, Smith & Turn... read more

Raspberry Pi makes second day of gains following bumper London stock market debut

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2024 IPO: Shares in Raspberry Pi, whose products are popular with amateur coders and hobbyists, rose as high as 4... read more

Musk braced for crunch vote on £44bn pay deal as tycoon’s future as Tesla chief exec hangs in the balance

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2024 On tenterhooks: Elon Musk is already one of the world’s richest men Elon Musk’s future as Tesla chief ex... read more

Another boost for City as Digital bank Starling plots UK flotation after profits jump 55%

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:00 BST, 12 June 2024 Digital bank Starling said it is eyeing a London stock market listing as it revealed profits have jumped 55 pe... read more

Apple passes Microsoft as world’s biggest firm as investors cheer iPhone-maker’s AI plans

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:00 BST, 12 June 2024 Apple has leapfrogged Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable company as investors cheered its plans... read more

Welfare bill to rise £21bn by end of next Parliament due to ageing population

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:00 BST, 12 June 2024 Britain’s annual welfare bill will be £21billion higher by the end of the next Parliament thanks to ... read more

SALLY SORTS IT: My husband’s dentures have vanished and he can’t eat. Can I get compensation? 

By Sally Hamilton Updated: 16:59 BST, 12 June 2024 My husband needed emergency surgery on Christmas Day last year, which required his dentures to be removed. Th... read more

Video game developer Frontier achieves forecast-beating results

Frontier said its revenue totalled around £89m for the year ending May The Cambridge-based company soon plans to launch F1 Manager 2024 By Harry Wise Updated: ... read more

Two former BHS directors must pay at least £18m to creditors, judgement rules

Lennart Henningson and Dominic Chandler found liable for wrongful trading  By Jane Denton Updated: 13:50 BST, 12 June 2024 Two former BHS directors have been o... read more

Over 65s now more likely to pay income tax than those aged 16 to 64, IFS says

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 13:15 BST, 12 June 2024 Two-thirds of pensioners now pay income tax and, for the first time, those aged 65 and over are likely to p... read more

Starling Bank sees pre-tax profits surge as it benefits from a far higher net interest margin

Starling has posted its third full year of profitability  The digital bank reeled in £301.1m in pre-tax profits  By Helen Kirrane Updated: 12:45 BST, 12 June... read more

Demand for oil will peak in 2029, International Energy Agency says

IEA said there will be a ‘staggering’ surplus of oil by the end of the decade   By Jane Denton Updated: 12:29 BST, 12 June 2024 There will be a &#... read more

DFS declares another profit warning as trade remains hit by Red Sea crisis

DFS now anticipates underlying pre-tax profits of between £10m and £12m The Doncaster-based group also expects to report £995m to £1bn in revenues  By Harr... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: UK GDP flatlined in April; DFS makes profit warning; Legal & General unveils new strategy

By Harry Wise Updated: 07:52 BST, 12 June 2024 The UK economy failed to grow in April as poor weather hurt consumer spending, according to the Office for Nation... read more

Severn Trent boss Liv Garfield pockets a £3.2m bonus despite rising sewage spills

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 June 2024 Swimming in it: Severn Trent’s boss Liv Garfield was paid £3.2m last year after po... read more

My golden rules for picking a regular savings account: SYLVIA MORRIS

By Sylvia Morris Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 June 2024 Readers often ask me which is the best regular savings account. These are accounts designed for savers who put... read more

Labour jeopardy for Port Talbot as Tata insists next government must stick to current plan

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 BST, 11 June 2024 Labour has urged Tata to wait until after the General Election on July 4 so it can ho... read more

Farage blasts Alison Rose’s City comeback: Former Natwest boss hired by Charterhouse

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 BST, 11 June 2024 Alison Rose (pictured), was forced to step down from NatWest following a row over th... read more

London listing is easy as Pi as Raspberry soars: Computer maker’s shares rise 42% on bumper debut

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:00 BST, 11 June 2024 Raspberry Pi shares soared by more than 40 per cent yesterday on a bumper debut on the London stock market. ... read more