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Flutter makes a play for U.S. retail investors for its Wall Street listing next month

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:04 BST, 1 April 2024 Best foot forward: Paddy Power owner Flutter is heading for New YorkPaddy [...]

Boost for shoppers as supermarket battle for customers prompting food prices to fall faster

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:03 BST, 1 April 2024 Relief for shoppers: Figures published today showed the cost of groceries fell 0.3% between February and [...]

Pub chiefs lead calls for major tax shake-up as they struggle with higher rates and increased wages

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:03 BST, 1 April 2024 Industry chiefs want Labour and the Tories to make manifesto pledges to overhaul the business rates [...]

Treasury Minister criticises Labour’s plan to outlaw zero-hours contracts

By Alex Brummer Updated: 00:05 BST, 1 April 2024 Planning ahead: The New Deal for Working People was put together by Angela RaynerTreasury Minister Gareth [...]

Treasury pauses bidding war to run the sale of its NatWest stake

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 31 March 2024 The Treasury has paused the bidding war to run the sale of its NatWest [...]

More than 56,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the start of the year, as experts predict this could rise to over 150,000 by the end of 2024

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 BST, 31 March 2024 More than 56,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the start of the [...]

Fast fashion firm Shein more than doubles its profits as it eyes a blockbuster listing

The Chinese retailer posted profits of more than £1.6bn in 2023, up from £554mSales reached £36bn Shein was founded in 2012 and is now based in [...]

We must axe stamp duty on shares to revive the UK market: says II boss RICHARD WILSON

By Richard Wilson, Chief Executive, Interactive Investor Updated: 23:00 BST, 30 March 2024 The London stock exchanges have been an engine for growth and innovation [...]

DIVERSE INCOME TRUST: UK specialist pinning its hopes on interest rate cuts to spark revival

By Jeff Prestridge Updated: 21:51 BST, 30 March 2024 Gervais Williams says he is more bullish about UK equities than he has been at any [...]

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Shanta Gold mines a rich seam to exit

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 March 2024 Another week, another company heading for the exit – this time, small gold miner Shanta Gold, [...]

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: In tough times Michelmersh is a real brick

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 March 2024 Diversification: Michelmersh sells bricks into numerous sectorsBrickmakers have also suffered from property market woes. In most years, [...]

CITY WHISPERS: Mad Men of Whitehall in TikTok blitz for NatWest

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 March 2024 NatWest hit a milestone last week when the Government's stake in the bank fell below 30 [...]

£16bn of Scottish wind blown away: Green power is going to waste because it cannot be sent south of border

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 March 2024 The UK is set to waste more than £16 billion this decade after regulatory and planning [...]

Wall Street enters race for Unilever ice cream float: New York aims to freeze out City for £15bn listing

By Mark Shapland And Emily Hawkins Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 March 2024 Indulgent: Supermodel Kendall Jenner advertises Magnum ice creamThe New York Stock Exchange is [...]

Boodles sees sales rise by 13% to more than £100m as customers splash out on expensive watches and designer jewellery

By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 March 2024 Boodles saw sales rise by 13 per cent to more than £100 million as customers splashed [...]

Bollywood bond drama at Barclays: Bank accused of ‘incompetence’ and ‘sheer laziness’ as customers lose out

By Joanne Hart Updated: 21:50 BST, 30 March 2024 Barclays has been reported to two of the City's most important regulators over a bond deal [...]

New four-seater Maserati GranCabrio ‘spyder’ grand tourer available initially only as top-of-the-range Trofeo variant

By Ray Massey Motoring Editor Updated: 22:10 GMT, 29 March 2024 How's this for an Easter bonnet to bring a little Italian sunshine into your [...]

Huawei’s profits more than doubled last year as it shrugged off US sanctions

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 March 2024 Huawei's profits more than doubled last year as it shrugged off US sanctions.The Chinese [...]

Takeover battle for Spirent escalates as bidder Viavi takes a swipe at its rival Keysight

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 March 2024 The takeover battle for Spirent has escalated as bidder Viavi took a swipe at [...]

Federal Reserve in no rush to cut interest rates, according to its chairman Jerome Powell

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 March 2024 The Federal Reserve is in no rush to cut interest rates, its chairman has said.'We don't [...]

Leading activist investor sues Disney over its relationship with another shareholder, as the long-running boardroom battle intensifies

Blackwells Capital lays out concerns about fellow shareholder ValueAct It questions whether ValueAct was paid to take a pro-Disney positionFollows Disney's decision to agree an 'information [...]

Is a 99% mortgage really that bad? This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 21:31 GMT, 29 March 2024 The row over small deposit mortgage is the gift that keeps on giving.Hot on the [...]

Seize the Opportunity: Why Manizales is Your Next Investment Destination in Colombia

Nestled within the heart of Colombia's Coffee Triangle, Manizales stands as a beacon of potential for foreign investors seeking new horizons. This city, characterized by [...]

JD Sports boss fires out at Nike for failing to produce clothes and trainers customers want to buy

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:05 GMT, 28 March 2024 Key brand: JD Sports' Chief exec Regis Schultz has taken aim at [...]

Celebrity skincare favourites help boost sales at Boots but US owners remain tight-lipped over London listing

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:04 GMT, 28 March 2024 Christmas boost: Boots sales over the three months to the end of February [...]

Interest rate cuts still ‘a long way off’ despite falling inflation, warns top Bank of England official

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:04 GMT, 28 March 2024 Interest rate cuts should still be ‘a long way off’ despite falling inflation, a key [...]

Superdry founder Julian Dunkerton ends his pursuit of the British fashion retailer

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:04 GMT, 28 March 2024 Takeover talks: Superdry founder Julian DunkertonJulian Dunkerton, the chief executive and founder [...]

Disgraced crypto tycoon Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison for fraud

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 GMT, 28 March 2024 Crypto fraud: Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 yearsShockwaves were sent through the world of [...]

Legal firm representing St James’s Place customers to take 40% of any compensation

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 22:00 GMT, 28 March 2024 Customers seeking compensation from wealth manager St James’s Place (SJP) could face soaring legal fees costing [...]

Bidding war erupts for UK telecoms firm Spirent as foreign predators continue their raid on UK plc

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:00 GMT, 28 March 2024 Offer: Spirent said it will recommend a 201.5p per share deal, worth £1.2bn, from California-based Keysight [...]

Quiz founder Tarak Ramzan steps down as fashion firm pushes ahead with turnaround plan

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 28 March 2024 Stepping down: Tarak Ramzan, who founded Quiz in 1993Quiz’s has stepped down [...]

Dividend hero SAINT’s manager on the best shares for income and growth – James Dow on the INVESTING SHOW

By This Is Money Updated: 17:09 GMT, 28 March 2024 When it comes to tips on investing for income it's worth listening to the manager [...]

BUSINESS LIVE: Crypto fraudster SBF handed 25-year prison sentence; Recession confirmed; Thames Water survival fears

By Live Commentary Updated: 17:05 GMT, 28 March 2024 Britain's economy entered a recession in the second half of last year, fresh data from the [...]

My blood boils when I hear critics say Waspi women should have known better, says Rachel Rickard Straus

By Rachel Rickard Straus Updated: 16:30 GMT, 28 March 2024 Of course I think that we should all take responsibility for our financial futures I'm a [...]

Insurers are STILL stinging drivers by undervaluing written-off cars, says FCA

The FCA has fired yet another warning shot at car insurers for underpayingMany firms are still getting away with underpaying motorists for totalled cars By Sam [...]

EnQuest posts another loss after hit from oil and gas windfall tax

The London-based petroleum business reported a $30.8m loss for 2023Before tax, the company achieved a $231.8m profit, a $28.6m rise on 2022 By Harry Wise Updated: [...]