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Heathrow prepares for record summer of 30m passengers set to travel

Record-breaking 81.5m passengers in 12 months to May, up 13.9% year-on-year By Daniel Fessahaye Updated: 10:50 BST, 11 June 2024 Heathrow is gearing up for a re... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Unemployment rises to 4.4%; Raspberry Pi confirms £542m IPO; Heathrow eyes record summer

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:37 BST, 11 June 2024 The UK unemployment rate rose to 4.4 per cent in the three months to the end of April, up from 4.3 per cent ... read more

London stock market primed for an upturn, says broker after months of doom mongering

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:03 BST, 10 June 2024 Upbeat: Peel Hunt said it was expecting there to be an ‘increasing number’ of London market debuts by the ... read more

Apple teams up with OpenAI – giving iPhone users access to ChatGPT technology

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 AI future: Apple chief exec Tim Cook set out how the US tech giant would incorporate ... read more

Macron election call sparks market mayhem: Pound hits highest level against euro in two years

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 Sterling rose above €1.18 against the single currency following Emmanuel Macron’s shock decisio... read more

Lioness Alex Scott in dream team tie-up with Marks & Spencer

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 Tie-up: Former England football star Alex Scott is M&S’s first ambassador f... read more

Shot in the arm for GSK as £1.2bn respiratory jab Arexvy is approved for a younger age group

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 GSK’s blockbuster respiratory jab has been approved for a younger age group in a boost for the drugmaker ove... read more

Norway fund ‘not cool’ for voting down my £45bn pay package, moans world’s richest man Elon Musk

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 Elon Musk has called an investor’s decision to vote against his £45billion Tesla p... read more

Goldman warns over national debt as pressures on taxpayers and the NHS mount

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 The next government could take longer than planned to push down debt as pressures on taxpayers and the ... read more

Taps turned on for water chief’s pay despite company blamed for vomiting bug outbreak

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:02 BST, 10 June 2024 The boss of South West Water’s parent company has raked in £860,000 despite a parasite contamination scanda... read more

Walgreens drops Boots’ London listing plan to focus on problems at its US pharmacy business

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:00 BST, 10 June 2024 The US owner of Boots has put plans for a float or sale of the chemist on ice. There had been hopes that the H... read more

What the election means for investments and pensions

By This Is Money Updated: 17:19 BST, 10 June 2024 The general election is fast approaching and both Labour and the Conservatives are jostling for votes with ple... read more

Aston Martin to hike pay for thousands of UK workers

This will be for more than 2,500 employees and contractors Manufacturing technicians will also receive a 1.5 per cent rise in 2025 By Daniel Fessahaye Updated: ... read more

Wood Group finalises first phase of work on world’s largest carbon capture scheme

The oilfield services business is a major contractor on Aramco’s ACCS project State-owned Aramco is one of the most valuable publicly-traded companies By ... read more

Labour rumoured to have dropped plans to reinstate the pensions lifetime allowance in boost to wealthy savers

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 11:01 BST, 10 June 2024 Labour is rumoured to have u-turned on its plans to reinstate the pensions lifetime allowance which would b... read more

Brave Bison quits Mission Group takeover efforts

Brave Bison’s most recent deal valued each Mission Group share at 35.1p  The firm said Mission rebuffed its efforts to have a ‘constructive dialogu... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Mission Group suitor quits talks; Pennon replaces chair; Ashtead explores US switch

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:36 BST, 10 June 2024 The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are The Mission Gr... read more

General Election delays Marks & Spencer flagship store again

High Street retailer wants to raze and rebuild its Oxford Street store Last month M&S said it was hopeful ministers would approve its plans ‘very soon... read more

Blow to City as £24bn Ashtead ‘explores switch to Wall Street’

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2024 Concern: M&S chairman Archie Norman FTSE 100 equipment hire giant Ashtead is reportedly considering... read more

Chinese firm Hikvision doubles CCTV sales in Britain

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2024 A Chinese CCTV firm whose equipment is banned by the Government from ‘sensitive’ sites more ... read more

Alfa Romeo Tonale review: I always wanted a little Alfa – but can a SUV bring the same sporting thrill?

By Ray Massey Updated: 06:34 BST, 9 June 2024 Ever since seeing Dustin Hoffman drove his Alfa Romeo Spider in the classic film The Graduate, I’ve coveted ... read more

British Fashion Council warns Shein’s planned £50bn float on Stock Exchange is ‘significant concern’ to the industry

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 21:51 BST, 8 June 2024 Concern: Top investors have warned that courting Shein reeks of desperation The British Fashion Council (BFC) h... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our private equity stock tip is up 18% but it’s still a bargain buy for investors

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:51 BST, 8 June 2024 When the Prince and Princess of Wales sent George and Charlotte to Thomas’s Battersea, they were not just t... read more

Capita to announce new tie-up with Amazon Web Services to use advanced artificial intelligence in call centres

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:51 BST, 8 June 2024 Capita will announce a new tie-up with Amazon Web Services to use advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in... read more