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Renault boss Luca de Meo warns Western politicians over drive to go ‘green’

By Ray Massey Motoring Editor Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 February 2024 Warning: Renault boss Luca de Meo Wise words and warnings from engaging Renault boss Luca de... read more

Hopes for interest rate cuts as energy bills fall by £238

By Hugo Duncan Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 February 2024 Inflation will fall well below the 2 per cent target this spring as household energy bills are cut, accordin... read more

Chemring hails ‘increasingly robust’ outlook for defence industry as conflicts rage around the world

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 February 2024 Chemring hailed an ‘increasingly robust’ outlook for the industry as conflicts r... read more

CAB Payments boss Bhairav Trivedi leaving next month

Bhairav Trivedi will stand down as the fintech group’s boss next month  CAB Payments shares remain approximately 70% below their IPO price By Harry Wise ... read more

Folkestone dubbed the new Whitstable after undergoing a dramatic transformation

By Fred Redwood Updated: 12:40 GMT, 23 February 2024 Every year around this time we hear of plans to regenerate run-down seaside towns and dreary resorts, from ... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: StanChart faces $850m impairment; CAB Payments names CEO; Energy bills to fall

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:52 GMT, 23 February 2024 The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are Standard C... read more

Energy bills will fall by £238 a year from April as Ofgem confirms price cap drop

Households will see a welcome drop in energy bills in a few weeks’ time But bills will still remain high by historical norms, heaping pressure on millions... read more

UK private sector growing at fastest rate for nine months fuelling hopes the recession is already over

By John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 22:00 GMT, 22 February 2024 Recovery: The purchasing managers’ index  showed business activity in the UK picking up speed Br... read more

Japan stock market is back after 34 years: Tokyo’s Nikkei closes at highest level since the 1980s boom

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:00 GMT, 22 February 2024 Japan’s main stock index soared to a new high yesterday, breaking the previous record which was set 34 y... read more

Six-bed detached house on the Dorset peninsula Sandbanks is for sale for £9m

Six-bed detached property in Dorset’s Sandbanks is for sale for £9m House boasts its own 35 meter width water frontage and private jetty By Myra Butterwo... read more

Ad giant M&C Saatchi names Channel 4 marketing chief as next CEO

Zaid Al-Qassab is replacing Moray MacLennan, who quit last September Before working at Channel 4, Al-Qassab was head of branding at BT Group  M&C Saatchi i... read more

Beazley shares rise as group unveils plans to dish out more cash to shareholders

Beazley says around $300m extra could be handed to shareholders   By Jane Denton Updated: 13:35 GMT, 22 February 2024 Beazley shares rose sharply on Thursday ... read more

Indivior shares soar as pharma firm ponders primary listing in the US

Indivior produces treatments for conditions like alcohol and opioid abuse The drugmaker believes the move would attract more American investors By Harry Wise Up... read more

London penthouse in a building once home to Britain’s de facto first prime minister is for sale for £15.5m

Penthouse is part of a development of two period townhouse adjacent to the Ritz Building once home to Sir Robert Walpole, considered UK’s first prime mini... read more

Advertising giant WPP hit by weaker demand from tech clients

The tech sector’s growth has slowed considerably over the past couple of years WPP chief executive Mark Read: ‘2023 was more challenging than we exp... read more

High rates ‘scarring’ UK economy, says Bank of England maverick Swati Dhingra

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:07 GMT, 21 February 2024 Rate fears: Swati Dhingra (pictured) was the only member of the Bank of England&#... read more

HSBC shares suffer biggest fall since the pandemic as China write-off takes chunk out of profits

HSBC’s Noel Quinn (left) took home £10.6m last year while Citigroup boss Jane Fraser (right) earned more than £20m Two of Britain’s top bankers took h... read more

MP accuses ‘infuriating’ IMF of dodging scrutiny as it sits on its ‘perch in Washington’

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Updated: 22:05 GMT, 21 February 2024 A senior MP branded the IMF ‘infuriating’, just weeks after it waded into UK ... read more

Vauxhall owner Stellantis to start making electric vans in Luton from 2025

By Jessica Clark Updated: 22:04 GMT, 21 February 2024 Vauxhall owner Stellantis will start making electric vans at its Luton plant next year. In a major boost f... read more

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos dumps another £1.9bn of shares – bringing total sold this month to £6.7bn

By Leah Montebello Updated: 22:01 GMT, 21 February 2024 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has vowed to sell 50m shares over the next year Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has ... read more

Rio Tinto and Glencore profits slump on lower commodity prices

Glencore saw its net income plunge by three-quarters to $4.3bn last year  Rio Tinto revealed post-tax profits tumbled by 19 per cent to $10bn in 2023 Both firm... read more

Dominic Raab lands job at private equity mining investor

Dominic Raab has been hired as a ‘senior strategic adviser’ at Appian  By Jane Denton Updated: 12:16 GMT, 21 February 2024 Dominic Raab has been h... read more

Pawnbroker H&T Group acquires pledge book from Essex-based Maxcroft

 The mean value of the acquired pledge loans is £4,063, H&T said  By Jane Denton Updated: 11:22 GMT, 21 February 2024 Pawnbroker and retailer of pre-owne... read more

Interpol partners with AI-focused Windward amid maritime crime clampdown

Windward shares have risen by over 128% in the last year   By Jane Denton Updated: 10:51 GMT, 21 February 2024 London-listed maritime artificial intelligence ... read more