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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% [...]

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 trading to [...]

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 [...]

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 saw revenue in the past [...]

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 [...]

Halfords shares slump 24% on wet weather profit warning

Halfords now expects annual underlying pre-tax profits of £35m to £40mIt blamed the downgrade on subdued customer confidence and bad weather By Harry Wise Updated: 10:05 [...]

FCA launches campaign to steer savers towards better rates

FCA launches a campaign to alert savers to switch to better accountsAround two-thirds said they would consider switching savings accountsBy Helen Kirrane Updated: 00:01 GMT, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, footwear and [...]

Unite Group attains record earnings on full occupancy levels

Unite Group reported adjusted earnings increased by 13% to £184.3m in 2023The Bristol-based company noted rental income expanded by 9% to £369.5mBy Harry Wise Updated: [...]

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 [...]

Brickability shares plunge following downbeat profit outlook

Brickability forecasts adjusted operating profits of between £44.8m and £47.2mThe Berkshire-based firm's shares were 11.65% lower at 67.5p just after middayBy Harry Wise Updated: 13:07 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]

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 private [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 gonorrhoeaGSK received a [...]

Will the Budget cut taxes – and get rid of the child benefit and 60% traps? This is Money podcast

By This Is Money Updated: 13:25 GMT, 26 February 2024 With the Budget tipped to be the Chancellor’s last roll of the dice before a [...]

Wincanton shares soar on rival takeover approach as CEVA Logistics ups bid

Wincanton's customers include Primark, Ikea, Sainsbury's and BAE SystemsCEVA Logistics has made a revised £4.80 per share takeover bid for WincantonBy Harry Wise Updated: 13:02 GMT, 26 [...]

Households with mortgages face steepest increase in costs, says ONS

By Angharad Carrick Updated: 11:51 GMT, 26 February 2024 Households with a mortgage faced the biggest increase in costs in the year to December 2023, [...]

BUSINESS LIVE: CMA probes eight housebuilders; Bunzl buys Nisbets; Hipgnosis legal woes

By Live Commentary Updated: 07:54 GMT, 26 February 2024 The FTSE 100 will open at 8am. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today [...]

Half of Britons admit to having financial regrets – and some even wish they had married for money, survey finds

By Ed Holt Updated: 00:33 GMT, 26 February 2024 Whether it is not saving for the future or taking on too much debt, anyone can [...]

Revolut still waiting for UK banking licence almost a year after claiming approval was ‘imminent’

Revolut said on March 1 last year that it would be given green light 'any day now'362 days later wait continues, causing embarrassment for boss [...]

Investors will be encouraged to pledge more money towards female-led start-ups

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 February 2024 Solutions: The government is working to address the gender gap alongside a business taskforce [...]

Heathrow denies it is shelving plans for a third runway as passenger numbers continue to swell

By Leah Montebello Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 February 2024 Heathrow has denied that it is shelving plans for a third runway as passenger numbers continue [...]

Former private secretary to Prince Andrew playing key role in possible bid for Currys

By City & Finance Reporter Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 February 2024 A former private secretary to Prince Andrew is playing a key role in a [...]

Homeowners hit as ‘down valuations’ cause mortgage headaches

By Lucy Evans Updated: 09:42 GMT, 25 February 2024 Growing numbers of homeowners who remortgage are being forced to pay thousands of pounds more for [...]

Top BP executive (and partner of the boss) buys shares worth £125k

By Mark Shapland Updated: 21:51 GMT, 24 February 2024 High flying BP executive Julia Emanuele has accumulated shares worth more than £125,000 in the past [...]

Cut corporation tax, demands UK fund manager Blue Whale

By Calum Muirhead Updated: 21:51 GMT, 24 February 2024 A top UK fund manager backed by financial veteran Peter Hargreaves has called on the Government [...]