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Hunt eyes Budget to fire up NatWest share sell-off as broker warns stock will need a big price discount

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 28 February 2024 Share sale: The Treasury aims to sell down more of its 33% stake in NatWest Jerem... read more

Crypto Trading: Crypto CFD Vs Crypto Spot

Just when you thought understanding cryptocurrency was as easy as deciphering hieroglyphics, along comes the concepts of Crypto CFD, Crypto Spot, and prop tradi... read more

Bitcoin breaks though $60,000 for the first time since November 2021

By This Is Money Updated: 13:34 GMT, 28 February 2024 Bitcoin has topped $60,000 for the first time in more than two years as investors pile in to the cryptocur... read more

Reckitt hit by Middle Eastern accounting debacle as shares suffer

Reckitt said a small number of employees had acted ‘inappropriately’   By Jane Denton Updated: 12:18 GMT, 28 February 2024 Dettol maker Reckitt s... read more

More than 140,000 small businesses have accounts closed by major lenders, figures show

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 10:31 GMT, 28 February 2024 More than 140,000 small businesses have been de-banked by major lenders in the past year, according to ... read more

Halfords shares slump 24% on wet weather profit warning

Halfords now expects annual underlying pre-tax profits of £35m to £40m It blamed the downgrade on subdued customer confidence and bad weather  By Harry Wise ... read more

FCA launches campaign to steer savers towards better rates

FCA launches a campaign to alert savers to switch to better accounts Around two-thirds said they would consider switching savings accounts By Helen Kirrane Upda... read more

Plan to build Britain’s biggest car battery factory in Somerset looks set to get green light

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:09 GMT, 27 February 2024 Britain’s biggest car battery factory looks set to get off the ground in a much-needed boost for t... read more

Alcohol sales bounce back after Dry January as drinkers stock up on red wine and beer

By Emily Hawkins Updated: 22:09 GMT, 27 February 2024 Alcohol sales have bounced back this month after Dry January came to an end. Increasing numbers of drinker... read more

Bitcoin tops $57,000 for the first time in more than two years as rally picks up steam

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:09 GMT, 27 February 2024 Bitcoin has topped $57,000 for the first time in more than two years as investors pile in to the cryptoc... read more

Stop men in gilets making all the decisions, insists Starling founder Anne Boden as she demands more cash for female-led firms

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 GMT, 27 February 2024 Starling founder Anne Boden has called time on ‘men in gilets’ dominating investment as she looks to... read more

Abrdn boss lands 26% pay rise to to £2.1m despite fund manager suffering an investing exodus

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:00 GMT, 27 February 2024 Abrdn’s boss has picked up a 26 per cent pay increase to £2.1million – even as the fund manage... read more

Loss-making Very gets £125m of funding from US private equity and the United Arab Emirates

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 27 February 2024 Fundraising: Fronted by actress Michelle Keegan (pictured) Very sells clothes, fo... read more

Unite Group attains record earnings on full occupancy levels

Unite Group reported adjusted earnings increased by 13% to £184.3m in 2023 The Bristol-based company noted rental income expanded by 9% to £369.5m By Harry Wi... read more

Currys rejects second bid from US hedge fund giant Elliot as rival bid looms

By Mike Sheen Updated: 14:58 GMT, 27 February 2024 Currys has rejected a second, higher bid from US hedge fund Elliot Advisors as potential takeover suitors con... read more

Brickability shares plunge following downbeat profit outlook

Brickability forecasts adjusted operating profits of between £44.8m and £47.2m The Berkshire-based firm’s shares were 11.65% lower at 67.5p just after m... read more

Smith & Nephew eyes stronger margins as orthopaedics demand drives profits to £764m

The firm said it expects trading profit margins for the year to be at least 18% This figure is up from the 17.5% it achieved on the previous year   By Daniel ... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: Food price inflation slows; Abrdn profits dip; Smith & Nephew eyes margin gains

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:56 GMT, 27 February 2024 The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Abrdn, Smi... read more

Junior lawyers at a City law firm in line to earn as much as £2m each over three years

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 February 2024 Pay rises: City law firm Pogust Goodhead looks set to offer its junior lawyers pay packets worth up... read more

Women now hold a record 42% of board jobs at Britain’s biggest listed companies… but just ten are FTSE 100 bosses

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 February 2024 Women hold more than two in five board positions at the country’s biggest listed companies – but ‘... read more

Private pilot of Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading in the US

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:01 GMT, 26 February 2024 Charges: Tottenham Hotspur owner Joe Lewis, 87, was arrested last year  The priv... read more

Food prices rising at slowest rate for two years amid easing energy and fertiliser costs

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 26 February 2024 Food inflation has slowed to its lowest rate since May 2022 amid easing energy an... read more

Private sector debt on course to rise by a record rate leaving UK at risk

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 26 February 2024 Squeezed: The Government is becoming increasingly reliant on the bond markets to ... read more

GSK boosted by gonorrhoea drug trial success: Gepotidacin found to be as effective as current treatments

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:00 GMT, 26 February 2024 Trial success: GSK’s drug Gepotidacin proved effective in treating gonorrho... read more