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Lockdown savings mean first-time buyers are relying less on the Bank of Mum and Dad

The number of first-time buyers looking to entirely fund their own deposits has rocketed with lockdown savings lessening their reliance on the ‘Bank of Mu... read more

Leap before you look! Buying blind becomes a new normal for homeowners

The fundamental rules when buying a home have always been to check the building and its location thoroughly and make several visits before signing on the dotted... read more

Should you really fly now and pay later? Here’s what you need to know

Some overseas travel appears to be back on the table from next week, with countries including Iceland, Israel and Portugal among those looking likely to be open... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: BT needs to find a faster route to full fibre

Philip Jansen finally has shown his hand. BT pledges to step up its broadband work by providing 25m homes with full fibre to the door by 2026. But the capital c... read more

Elon Musk makes screeching bitcoin U-turn sending the price plummeting

Elon Musk makes screeching bitcoin U-turn: Tesla boss says you can’t buy cars with cryptocurrency sending the price plummeting By Matt Oliver For The Dail... read more

Dixons name to go after 84 years in major overhaul by parent company

Dixons name to go after 84 years: Overhaul by parent company will also spell the end for Carphone Warehouse and PC World brands By Tom Witherow For The Daily Ma... read more

China travel curbs take toll on Prudential

China travel curbs take toll on Prudential with sales of its policies in Hong Kong down 48% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:22 BST, 13 M... read more

Broadband spending spree hits BT shares

Broadband spending spree hits BT shares but boss insists the telecom group will bounce back By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 BST, 13 May 2021 ... read more

MARKET REPORT: Cyber crime fighter bulks up with US takeover deal 

MARKET REPORT: Cyber crime fighter NCC Group bulks up buying part of US data company Iron Mountain in £156m deal By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Publi... read more

Rolls-Royce in talks with Boeing to build a new plane

Rolls-Royce in talks with Boeing to build engines for smaller planes as it battles to survive the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: ... read more

Business booms at Hargreaves Lansdown amid Online trading frenzy

Online trading frenzy sees Hargreaves Lansdown win record levels of new business By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 2... read more

Alphawave IP shares tank by more than 20% on its stock market debut 

Canadian chip designer Alphawave IP shares tank by more than 20% on its stock market debut By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 13 May 2021 |... read more

Gupta pulls funding for Wyelands Bank 

Gupta pulls funding for Wyelands Bank as his empire teeters on the brink of collapse By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 13 May 2021 | Update... read more

Number of cars on UK roads FELL in 2020 as SORN requests spiked during Covid lockdown

The number of cars on Britain’s roads FELL in 2020 for only the second time since WWII: Surge in owners declaring SORN in lockdown sparks a dip Hundreds o... read more

Women who lost huge sums in state pension rebuffed by Ombudsman

Audrey and Brian Watson: Couple from Staffordshire sent a question to Steve Webb a year ago, sparking our investigation into a £3bn scandal – read their ... read more

Toyota to covertly mark more than 100k catalytic converters to catch thieves

Toyota has announced it is to spend more than £1million as part of a ploy to capture catalytic converter thieves red-handed. The Japanese carmaker has said it ... read more

Fund supremo James Anderson urges Scottish Mortgage to ‘remain eccentric’

Departing fund manager James Anderson has called on his successors to ‘become more unreasonable and more distinctive’ as his fund recorded its highe... read more

Captain America Harley-Davidson from Easy Rider to be sold for up to $500k

One of the big screen’s most iconic motorcycles is set to go under the hammer in the US next month – though there remains plenty of controversy abou... read more

London’s ULEZ extension could take many classic cars off its roads

With Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Ultra Low Emission Zone set to extend across London in a little over five months, classic car experts have warned it could see som... read more

Small firms stepped up international sales to survive Covid-19

Founder of Virtue Drinks, Rahi Daneshmand, says international trade now accounts for 40% of his business  While the coronavirus lockdowns led to people being t... read more

Will investors fall back in love with bank shares? Investing Show

INVESTING SHOW: Are Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays and HSBC primed for recovery profits – and will investors ever fall back in love with bank shares? By This I... read more

BT reveals plans to ramp up fibre broadband roll-out to serve 25 million homes

BT reveals it will ramp up fibre broadband roll-out to serve 25 million homes thanks to a tax break as it reports a hefty slide in profit By Alex Sebastian For ... read more

Unicorn stocks have outperformed, but where should you invest next?

Gervais Williams: Investors should take advantage of compounding good and growing dividends Veteran fund manager Gervais Williams is co-manager of the Diverse I... read more

GRACE ON THE CASE: Howdens says we must pay for their mistake

We purchased flooring for our house renovation from Howdens Joinery in November 2019 which equates to roughly 120m2. Unfortunately it became obvious the floorin... read more