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Taxpayers could be on the hook for a multi-million-pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver post

By Jessica Clark Updated: 21:51 BST, 27 April 2024 Taxpayers could be on the hook for a multi-million-pound bill to help Royal Mail deliver post.The [...]

Is the UK stock market finally due its moment in the sun? This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 13:38 BST, 27 April 2024 You can wait a long time for a FTSE 100 record high but for peak-starved [...]

Greek energy tycoon hails London as premier financial hub in Europe

By Leah Montebello Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 A Greek energy tycoon hailed London as the premier financial hub in Europe as he laid [...]

Czech billionaire trying to buy Royal Mail takes 20% stake in German steel business

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:53 BST, 26 April 2024 The Czech billionaire trying to buy Royal Mail has taken a 20 per cent [...]

INVESTING EXPLAINED: What you need to know about high beta – not a health food but a volatile share

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 In this series, we bust the jargon and explain a popular investing term or [...]

SHARE OF THE WEEK: All eyes on Apple with Big Tech reporting season in full swing

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 The Big Tech reporting season is in full swing – and all eyes will [...]

I can barely recall ‘Tell Sid’ share offers of the 1980s admits boss of NatWest

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 NatWest's boss has admitted he can barely remember the 'Tell Sid' share offers of the [...]

MARKET REPORT: Google owner’s value hits $2,000,000,000,000

By John Abiona Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 The owner of Google saw its value top $2 trillion for the first time yesterday.Shares in [...]

Pearson’s boss given a bloody nose as shareholders protest over fat cat pay

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 April 2024 Pearson's boss was given a bloody nose yesterday as shareholders protested over fat cat [...]

Blending Family and Business: Strategies for Entrepreneurial Parents

Entrepreneurship is a demanding journey, characterized by unpredictable schedules, constant challenges, and the perpetual pursuit of growth and stability. For entrepreneurial parents, these demands come [...]

NatWest follows rivals with profit slump

NatWest's pre-tax profits slumped to £1.33bn in the first three months of 2024Lloyds Bank and Barclays revealed their first-quarter results earlier this weekBy Harry Wise Updated: [...]

Anglo American snubs ‘opportunistic’ £31bn BHP bid

FTSE 100 miner said rival's approach undervalued the company The proposal intended to build a mining giant responsible for 10% of copper By Mike Sheen Updated: 09:07 [...]

Sainsbury’s takes a bite out of rivals: We’re pinching sales, says boss

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2024 The boss of Sainsbury’s says it is ‘taking business from our competitors’ after a 3.4 per [...]

Sitting ducks: Host of British firms are in the firing line as predators circle

By Leah Montebello and John Abiona Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2024 British companies have been labelled ‘sitting ducks’ as foreign predators hunt takeover bargains [...]

Unilever in talks with the Government about ice-cream float in UK

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2024 Unilever boss Hein Schumacher is to spin off the company's ice cream [...]

LSE boss David Schwimmer in line for £13m pay deal despite exodus

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2024 The boss of the company that owns London’s stock market is set to become one of [...]

PWC partners choose another man to become their next leader

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 BST, 25 April 2024 Marco Amitrano is to become the new boss of accountancy giant PwCUK [...]

Tesla cuts membership prices across its Supercharger network and opens membership up to all EV drivers

Tesla Supercharger Membership is now open to non-Tesla EV driversMonthly membership has been reduced from £10.99 to £8.99 for everyone42 sites with 477 chargers are [...]

AstraZeneca lifted by blockbuster oncology drug sales

AstraZeneca's total sales rose to £10.2bn in the first three months of 2024Revenue from its oncology medicines increased by almost $1bn to $5.1bnBy Harry Wise [...]

Car insurers to make pay monthly cheaper and fairer after warning about ‘poor product’

Drivers that cannot afford rising car insurance costs may choose to pay monthlyBut doing so means paying even more in the long term as it [...]

Boeing burns through £1bn a month to contain 737 safety crisis

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:01 BST, 24 April 2024 Safety crisis: Boeing forked out £3.1bn in the first three months of [...]

Schroders boss Peter Harrison to retire in 2025 after more than eight years in the job

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:01 BST, 24 April 2024 Schroders boss Peter Harrison is retiring after more than eight years in the jobThe [...]

Meta announces it is to plough billions into artificial intelligence

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 BST, 24 April 2024 Sales up: Meta posted revenues of £29.3bn for the three months to the end of March, [...]

Investors to vote on plans to double London Stock Exchange boss’s pay to £13m

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:01 BST, 24 April 2024 The owner of London’s stock market is facing an investor backlash over plans to more than [...]

Tesla shares rocket after pledge to bring forward launch of ‘more affordable’ models

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:00 BST, 24 April 2024 Tesla shares surged more than 12 per cent after it pledged to bring forward the launch of [...]

Lloyds cheers green shoots in housing market – but takes a profits hit

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:00 BST, 24 April 2024 Lloyds delivered an upbeat assessment of the UK economy as it predicted a rise in [...]

Warpaint London shares continue meteoric rise as profits top £20m

Warpaint London shares have increased by 146% in the last year By Jane Denton Updated: 14:29 BST, 24 April 2024 Warpaint London shares rose on Wednesday [...]

Is there a risk that inflation falls below 2% and then spikes again? This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 13:48 BST, 24 April 2024 Inflation is steadily making its way back towards the Bank of England's 2 per cent [...]

Reckitt Benckiser cleans house as Dettol-maker’s sales soar

The consumer goods giant's products include Lysol, Lemsip and Nurofen Reckitt was also boosted by higher sales in Europe and developing marketsBy Harry Wise Updated: 13:18 [...]

Heathrow shrugs off strike threat as airport eyes busiest ever summer after scoring £189m profit

Heathrow posted an £189m pre-tax profit for the opening three months of 2024Passenger numbers jumped by 9.5%, partly due to high demand from East AsiaBy [...]

Why Virgin Money takeover may mean better rates for Nationwide savers – SYLVIA MORRIS explains

By Sylvia Morris Updated: 22:29 BST, 23 April 2024 Nationwide building society’s £2.9 billion takeover of Virgin Money is hitting the headlines as thousands of [...]

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey cheers green shoots of spring

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:17 BST, 23 April 2024 High demand: Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey said it is ‘positioned for growth’ from next year Taylor Wimpey cheered [...]

Primark leads the charge as Footsie hits another high

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:16 BST, 23 April 2024 High Street cheer helped propel the FTSE 100 to an all-time high yesterday amid fresh signs [...]

De Beers cuts production by over a fifth as demand for diamonds dwindles

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:16 BST, 23 April 2024 Losing its sparkle: De Beers will now aim to produce 26m to [...]

Cost cutting hits the right note at Spotify as streaming giant posts its largest quarterly profit

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:15 BST, 23 April 2024 Hitmaker: Spotify features artists such as Adele and Taylor Swift (pictured)Spotify has posted record profits as [...]

Minister rebuke ‘woke’ investors for shunning the UK’s defence sector

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:14 BST, 23 April 2024 Global threats: There are concerns that arms makers are being excluded from access to fundsMinisters [...]