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Blow to City as Just Eat become latest firm to quit the London Stock Exchange

By BLAISE CLORAN Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 November 2024 Just Eat Takeaway is the latest company to quit the London Stock Exchange. In another setback for the City... read more

Supermarket loyalty schemes DO offer real savings of up to 25%, competition watchdog says

Competition watchdog has ruled loyalty schemes do not inflate costs By SAM BARKER Updated: 12:04 GMT, 27 November 2024 British supermarket prices offered throug... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Nationwide bags £2.3bn from Virgin Money deal; Just Eat quits LSE listing; EasyJet profits up

By LIVE COMMENTARY Updated: 10:17 GMT, 27 November 2024   The FTSE 100 is up 0.2 per cent in early trading. Among the companies with reports and trading updat... read more

Just Eat to delist in London after less than five years over red tape and costs

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:54 GMT, 27 November 2024 Just Eat Takeaway.com will delist from the London Stock Exchange as the Dutch food delivery app looks to cut ... read more

Britons have £1,000 more in outstanding debts than they did a year ago – up 31%

By GEOFF HO Updated: 22:39 GMT, 26 November 2024 Britons have about £1,000 more in outstanding debts than they did a year ago, Tesco Bank says. The average bal... read more

More than a million people aged 45 and over heading towards retirement with no cash nest

By LAURA EVANS Updated: 22:38 GMT, 26 November 2024 More than a million people aged 45 and over are heading towards retirement with no cash savings, research fr... read more

Australian investment bank Macquarie fined £13m by FCA after London fake trades scandal

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:33 GMT, 26 November 2024 An Australian investment bank has been fined £13million by the financial watchdog after one of its Londo... read more

Frasers founder Mike Ashley snaps up South African-based sports chain Holdsport

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:29 GMT, 26 November 2024 Mike Ashley is back on the acquisition trail. Frasers Group, the company the High... read more

Bonus bonanza for bankers as regulators move to relax financial rules post-Brexit

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:27 GMT, 26 November 2024 Top bankers in the UK will be able to cash in their bonuses sooner under proposal... read more

John Lewis pins its hopes on a bumper Black Friday as it brings back its ‘never knowingly undersold’ pledge

By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:26 GMT, 26 November 2024 John Lewis is pinning its hopes on a bumper Black Friday after it brought back its ‘never knowingly unde... read more

Royal Mail edges closer to foreign takeover as Business Secretary appears to shrug off concerns

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:20 GMT, 26 November 2024 The Business Secretary appeared to shrug off concerns about the looming takeover of Royal Mail by a Czech... read more

Can Personal Loan Apps Help Build Your Credit Score?

In recent years, personal loan applications have been on the rise. Personal loan applications are mobile applications that enable applying for a loan from a sma... read more

Co-op Bank hands investors £90m dividend as it prepares for mutual ownership

Lender will merge with Coventry Building Society early next year  By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 09:14 GMT, 26 November 2024 Co-operative Bank has prepared a £90milli... read more

Barclays fined £40m over ‘reckless’ Qatar fundraising during the financial crisis

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 Barclays has been fined £40million after raising cash from Qatar. Regulators said the move was ‘reckle... read more

Hairdressers hit as experts say Reeves £25bn budget NI raid will take heaviest toll on female workers

By CALUM MUIRHEAD and EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 Rachel Reeves said in her Budget speech that becoming Britain’s first female Chancell... read more

Energy tycoon cedes control of flying taxis start-up as part of £40m rescue deal

By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 OVO Energy boss Stephen Fitzpatrick has given up control of the flying taxi start... read more

MPs brand the Financial Conduct Authority ‘incompetent at best, dishonest at worst’

By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 The financial regulator is ‘incompetent at best, dishonest at worst’ according to a scathing ... read more

Regulation needed as City watchdog reveals 7m British adults now own cryptocurrencies

By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 The number of crypto investors in the UK has increased from 9%  of adults in 2021 to around 12% of the po... read more

DWP confirms when millions will get £10 Christmas bonus – what it would be worth if it had matched inflation

By SAM BARKER Updated: 16:08 GMT, 25 November 2024 Millions of benefits claimants are set to get a £10 annual Christmas bonus from the Department for Work and ... read more

FCA trims Barclays fine as lender withdraws appeals over secret Qatar payments

Barclays sought a fundraise in 2008 in efforts to avoid bailouts faced by rivals  By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 10:01 GMT, 25 November 2024 Barclays has been fined £... read more

Millions scammed on tech platforms despite pledge to tackle online fraud

Majority fell victim on websites of tech giants who signed Government charter By KAMAL SULTAN Updated: 09:53 GMT, 25 November 2024 Millions of people have been ... read more

More firms to go bust in wake of Budget tax hikes

Corporate bankruptcy experts warn number of firms going bust will rise ‘Wave of distress’ among business after NI hike and increase in minimum wage ... read more

ITV shares in demand amid takeover talk

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 November 2024 ITV shares will be in the spotlight when the stock market reopens today following reports it... read more

Stock exchange boss cautions firms eyeing New York switch

By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 November 2024 Warning: London Stock Exchange boss Julia Hoggett The boss of the London Stock Exchange ha... read more