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Fortifying Your Future: A Guide to Home Insurance

In today's world, homeowner's insurance is a necessity. Many things could go wrong and lead to the need to file an insurance claim. Without this [...]

How to Ensure Your Safety and Security When Trading Crypto

While trading cryptocurrencies can be thrilling and profitable, it is crucial to put safety and security first to safeguard your data and money. Taking preventative [...]

Heathrow Airport could face larger cut in airline passenger fees

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a six-week consultationHeathrow's average charges per passenger could fall to £23.72 next year By Harry Wise Updated: 13:29 GMT, [...]

Two thirds of accountants say poor HMRC service is hurting small businesses

Poll shows 66% of accountants say poor HMRC service is hitting SMEsTaxman has today done a u-turn on controversial helpline closure plans By Harvey Dorset Updated: [...]

Computacenter says £459m war chest could fund M&A or investor payouts

Computacenter shares fell on Wednesday as board mulls cash pile's future By Jane Denton Updated: 10:25 GMT, 20 March 2024 FTSE 250-listed Computacenter is weighing [...]

Mike Ashley gets on board Hornby train with consultancy deal

Ashley will provide support to Hornby CEO to add value to shareholders Frasers Group last month upped its stake in Hornby to 8.9% By Mike Sheen Updated: [...]

Johnson Matthey to offload medical device parts division for £550m

It plans to use some proceeds from the sale on a £250m share buyback scheme Johnson Matthey has also sold its battery materials and diagnostic [...]

Japan raises its benchmark borrowing rate for the first time in 17 years

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 23:21 GMT, 19 March 2024 The Bank of Japan building in Tokyo. The central bank has raised its [...]

London fight for £15bn Unilever ice-cream float: Radical shake-up for consumer goods giant

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 23:20 GMT, 19 March 2024 The stock market has a fight on its hands to win a £15billion listing for Unilever’s [...]

Tesco told to change Clubcard logo after losing legal battle with Lidl

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 23:18 GMT, 19 March 2024 Legal battle: Lidl accused Tesco of copying its yellow circle logoTesco could [...]

Hundreds of jobs at risk as British fashion brand Ted Baker calls in the administrators

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 23:17 GMT, 19 March 2024 Jobs threat: UK fashion brand Ted Baker has appointed administratorsTed Baker has appointed [...]

Why almost one in ten mortgage holders are missing utility bill payments

By Adele Cooke Updated: 22:00 GMT, 19 March 2024 Squeezed: 8.1% of mortgage holders failed to pay a utility bill, loan or credit card payment [...]

Steve McQueen’s stunt car from his final film The Hunter is going under the hammer for a surprising low price – but there’s a very good reason why

After nearly forty years in a barn, the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am isn't too healthyIt still shows the scars from being involved in an explosive [...]

Robinhood share trading app now available in UK – and won’t charge fees

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 16:36 GMT, 19 March 2024 Share trading app Robinhood has opened its trading platform to all UK investors as it looks [...]

SThree hit by tech industry job cuts and weak economic conditions

SThree revealed first-quarter net fees declined by 6% year-on-year to £93.7mTech companies have continued axing jobs in significant numbers this year By Harry Wise Updated: 16:31 [...]

Close Brothers earmarks £400m for FCA’s motor finance probe

Close Brothers Group has already axed dividends for the current fiscal year The London-listed company also intends to 'optimise' its risk-weighted assets By Harry Wise Updated: 16:25 [...]

Taxman to close self-assessment helplines until September and will only deal with ‘priority’ calls when they reopen

Tax office plans to offload callers to its online services and chatbotsHMRC's VAT helpline will only open in the five days before each month's deadlineThe [...]

AstraZeneca agrees to acquire biotech group Fusion for up to $2.4bn

Britain's largest drugmaker intends to spend $2bn upfront for the Canadian firm AstraZeneca will then follow up with $400m in potential contingent paymentsBy Harry Wise Updated: [...]

Diageo names former civil service boss Sir John Manzoni as chair

Manzoni is due to start on or around 5 February 2025He will be replacing Javier Ferran who is retiring By Daniel Fessahaye Updated: 10:01 GMT, 19 [...]

Essential Factors to Consider When Seeking Financial Advice

Navigating the complex world of finances can be a daunting task, particularly when dealing with major financial decisions that impact your future. It's at these [...]

Standard Chartered tips Bitcoin to hit $250,000 next year

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2024 Bitcoin could hit $250,000 next year, according to Standard Chartered.In a report [...]

Mike Lynch ‘was driving force behind massive fraud’ when he sold software firm to HP

By Daniel Bates Updated: 22:01 GMT, 18 March 2024 Britain’s answer to Bill Gates was the ‘driving force’ behind Silicon Valley’s biggest ever fraud, a [...]

Chemring handed £90m to ramp up production of ammunition for Ukraine

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2024 Ukraine fight: Chemring said it has been granted £57m by the European [...]

Boss of UK software giant Bytes to be investigated over 119 secret share deals

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2024 Share deals: Bytes chief exec Neil Murphy One of the UK’s biggest software [...]

Elon Musk insists his Ketamine use is good for business despite Tesla stock slump

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2024 Depression: Elon Musk (pictured) defended his prescribed use of the drug Ketamine, [...]

City pioneer and Money Mail founder Sir Patrick Sergeant celebrates his 100th birthday

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2024 Pioneer: Sir Patrick Sergeant was behind the 1966 launch of Money MailCity grandee [...]

Pfizer to sell partial stake in Haleon for more than £2bn

Pfizer plans to cut its stake in consumer healthcare firm Haleon from 32% to 24%Haleon makes Advil painkillers, Nicorette gum and Beechams cold and flu reliefBy [...]

Marshalls shares fall as paving firm sees slump in profits

Paving slab specialist's 2023 revenue was down 7% to £671.2m on the yearAdjusted profit before tax dropped 41% to £53.3m Marshalls also cut its final dividend [...]

Losses grow at Nightcap as bar owner says difficult trading conditions have continued

The cocktail bar group was founded by ex-Dragons' Den star Sarah Willingham Nightcap expects trading to stay subdued for remainder of fiscal yearBy Harry Wise Updated: [...]

Santander offers £185 cash bonus for switching current account

Products eligible for offer include Everyday, Edge and Edge up current accountsThe deal is open to new and existing customers who meet certain requirementsWe explain [...]

Currys hikes profit forecast for second time this year

Currys anticipates reporting adjusted annual pre-tax profits of at least £115mThe retailer expects to sell its Greek and Cypriot business in the first half of [...]

British Land strikes joint venture with Royal London for former Meta HQ

Deal will see Royal London pay £192.5m for 50% stake in 1 Triton SquareThe office in Euston used to be leased by Facebook owner MetaBy [...]

BUSINESS LIVE: Currys raises outlook; Nightcap losses persist; Assetco has ‘exceptionally difficult’ year

By Harry Wise Updated: 08:38 GMT, 18 March 2024 Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Currys, Nightcap, Assetco, British Land and [...]

House prices jumped by more than £5,000 in March with the average asking price at £368,118 – short of last year’s peak

The rise is below the peak seen in May 2023 according to Rightmove By Olivia Christie Updated: 01:00 GMT, 18 March 2024 The average price of [...]

British manufacturing faces two years of ‘anaemic growth’ as demand continues to lag

By Leah Montebello Updated: 00:05 GMT, 18 March 2024 British manufacturing faces two years of 'anaemic growth' as demand continues to lag.Forecasts from Make UK [...]

Leveraging Salesforce Admin Training for Strategic Business Planning

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses are increasingly turning to robust Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems to streamline operations, enhance customer interactions, and drive [...]