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Motorpoint Group unveils share buyback after returning to profit

The Derby-based vehicle seller plans to purchase up to £4m of its shares By HARRY WISE Updated: 13:11 BST, 3 April 2025 Motorpoint Group will look [...]

Experts warn UK tax hikes are inevitable in next Budget after tariff bombshell

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 12:12 BST, 3 April 2025 President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs are likely to push taxes in Britain even higher in [...]

Tesla shares rally on reports boss Elon Musk is leaving the US government after Doge backlash

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:00 BST, 2 April 2025 Tesla has fallen further behind Chinese rival BYD after another sales slump – but its shares [...]

Founder in plot to buy back ‘woke’ Ben & Jerry’s in move that would derail Unilever’s ice cream demerger

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:00 BST, 2 April 2025 The co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s has launched a bid to buy back the brand in [...]

Raspberry Pi shares bounce back as sales recover after chip shortage

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:00 BST, 2 April 2025 Computer platform maker Raspberry Pi offered a glimmer of hope to investors that it can regain [...]

Brighton pier owner is the latest to quit London’s junior stock market as it struggles to cut costs

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 BST, 2 April 2025 The group behind the 126-year-old Brighton Palace Pier is the latest to [...]

SSE trims earnings guidance as ‘variable weather’ weighs on renewables growth

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:52 BST, 2 April 2025 SSE trimmed full-year earnings guidance on Wednesday as 'variable weather' conditions continue to impact the group's [...]

State pension top-ups deadline is 5 April: A last-minute checklist to see if YOU could benefit

By TANYA JEFFERIES Updated: 07:00 BST, 2 April 2025 A crunch deadline to boost your state pension is on 5 April, so there is still [...]

Britain is losing firms hand over fist, says Peel Hunt boss as he calls for action to revive UK plc

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:03 BST, 1 April 2025 Peel Hunt’s boss has warned that Britain is ‘losing companies hand over fist’ as he [...]

US tech giant Qualcomm swoops on UK chipmaker Alphawave sending shares soaring

By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 22:02 BST, 1 April 2025 Shares in British chip designer Alphawave soared yesterday after a takeover approach from a US rival.The [...]

Sickly manufacturers slump as they brace for the impact of Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:02 BST, 1 April 2025 Manufacturing across the world slumped last month as firms brace for the impact of Donald [...]

ITV takes stand in studio founded by Peaky Blinders pair and behind hit Guy Ritchie series The Gentleman

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 BST, 1 April 2025 ITV’s production arm has acquired a majority stake in the maker of [...]

Buried in the Spring Statement – sign that Premium Bond prize rate could soon rise: SYLVIA MORRIS

By SYLVIA MORRIS Updated: 22:00 BST, 1 April 2025 Hidden away in last week’s Spring Statement was a line that should warm the hearts of [...]

Deodorant duo come up smelling of roses as they scoop £100m in Unilever deal

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 BST, 1 April 2025 A relative of the late Queen Mother has scooped almost £40million after [...]

Chinese electric car giant BYD leaves Tesla in the slow lane with almost a million vehicles sold in first three months of 2025

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:00 BST, 1 April 2025 Sales at Chinese electric car giant BYD have soared this year as it outshines arch-rival Tesla.BYD [...]

Ikea takes on former Homebase stores – is one opening near you soon?

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 11:54 BST, 1 April 2025 Ikea will launch smaller format stores in former Homebase units across Britain, it revealed today.The Swedish [...]

Premium Bonds April 2025 winners revealed with a saver scooping £50,000 off a £300 holding

By LEE BOYCE Updated: 11:00 BST, 1 April 2025 A Premium Bonds holder from Hereford and Worcester has won £50,000 from a holding of just [...]

MARKET WATCH: Primark owner ABF shares hit after boss steps down over claims of inappropriate behaviour

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:08 BST, 31 March 2025 Shares in the owner of Primark fell sharply following the sudden [...]

Boss of Daily Express owner Reach quits ahead of his move to run The Jockey Club

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:03 BST, 31 March 2025 The boss of the Daily Express’s owner quit yesterday ahead of his [...]

Aston Martin picks up speed after billionaire chairman Lawrence Stroll injects £50m

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:03 BST, 31 March 2025 Aston Martin’s billionaire executive chairman is ploughing more than £50million into the [...]

‘Barbarians at the gate’ US buyout firm KKR set to snap up Thames Water as it races to avoid renationalisation

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2025 US private equity is closing in on a deal to buy troubled Thames Water as it [...]

Virgin billionaire Richard Branson plans Channel tunnel trains to rival Eurostar

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2025 Richard Branson is planning to launch a rail service to rival Eurostar.The billionaire’s Virgin Group said [...]

Deposit protection limit for savers if their bank or building society fails could be raised to £110,000

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 BST, 31 March 2025 The deposit protection limit for savers if their bank or building society [...]

FSCS limit could rise to £110,000 from December in boost for savers

By HARVEY DORSET Updated: 11:51 BST, 31 March 2025 The Financial Services Compensation Scheme deposit protection limit could increase to £110,000, if proposals by The [...]

Gym-going Gen Z pushes Fabletics towards $1bn

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 BST, 30 March 2025 Fabletics is aiming to become a $1bn brand and open UK shops – thanks [...]

Donald Trump’s trade war hits morale among Britain’s car makers

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:53 BST, 30 March 2025 Confidence among British car manufacturers crashed this month due to Donald Trump's trade war threats.The US [...]

Chancellor told: Rule out pensions grab in autumn

By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 21:50 BST, 30 March 2025 Rachel Reeves is under mounting pressure to rule out a punishing tax raid on pensions to [...]

Trust boosts its defences after failed assault by Boaz Weinstein

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:55 GMT, 29 March 2025 An investment trust targeted by US carpetbagger Boaz Weinstein has moved to see off the Wall [...]

NICOLA HORLICK: A colleague stinks and it’s costing ME business

By NICOLA HORLICK Updated: 21:51 GMT, 29 March 2025 Working life today is full of constantly evolving challenges and pitfalls. When is it OK to [...]

Queens of menswear setting up shop in Mayfair

By ANNE ASHWORTH Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 March 2025 Jermyn Street shirt-maker Emma Willis is opening a Mayfair shop with Savile Row-trained tailor Caroline Andrew.The [...]

Dacia’s new Bigster is big on comfort and a lot of car for your £25,000: RAY MASSEY

By RAY MASSEY Updated: 22:02 GMT, 28 March 2025 Its name is the Bigster, but after two days of driving one, I think the latest [...]

MARKET WATCH: BA owner in free fall after transatlantic crackdown

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 March 2025 Shares in British Airways owner IAG fell after a crackdown by the competition watchdog [...]

Fast fashion giant Boohoo in Debenhams rebrand

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 March 2025 Boohoo will trade as Debenhams from next week despite opposition from Mike Ashley.The fast [...]

Gold nears $3,100 as investors run for cover from Trump tariffs

Analysts have widely credited the rising gold price to economic unpredictability By HARRY WISE Updated: 11:32 GMT, 28 March 2025 Gold prices have hit yet another [...]

Chelsea’s Todd Boehly eyes takeover of dozens of local British newspapers

Boehly's Eldridge Media Holdings is considering a bid for National WorldBy MIKE SHEEN Updated: 11:30 GMT, 28 March 2025 Co-owner of Chelsea Football Club Todd [...]

Got a broken smart meter? You can now get £40 if it’s not fixed in 90 days

By RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS Updated: 23:03 GMT, 27 March 2025 Households with broken smart meters will automatically receive £40 compensation from their energy provider if [...]