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Inside Bath flat used by Queen Charlotte for sale for £1.25million 

Royal fans are being offered a chance to see what it was like to live like a queen in the past, as part of the Bath home of King George III’s wife, Charl... read more

Government has placed only 16,500 young people in jobs through Kickstart Scheme

It was meant to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for young people who had been hit hardest by the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.  But nine mont... read more

Government launches ‘Breathing Space’ debt respite scheme: Will it work?

Britons with mounting debts will be able to ask for them to be put on hold for two months after proposals two years in the making came into effect today. The so... read more

Hospitality bounces back in April while Gousto campaign gives back to independent UK eateries

Almost half of adults in England have made it back to their favourite pubs, bars and restaurants since hospitality was allowed to reopen its doors on 12 April. ... read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Boom will give way to bust

Boom will give way to bust: The post-pandemic bounce will generate real wealth… but it could end bloodily, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily... read more

Trading app Robinhood hits back over Warren Buffett comments

Trading app Robinhood hits back after Warren Buffett claimed it encourages gambling-style behavior By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BS... read more

Internet giants MUST act now to stop scam websites, say City bosses 

Internet giants like Facebook and Google MUST act now to stop scourge of scam websites, say top City bosses By Matt Oliver and Lucy White For The Daily Mail Pub... read more

Estee Lauder suffers as lipstick sales dive in lockdown

Estee Lauder suffers as lockdowns and face masks hammer sales of lipstick and lipgloss By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 May 202... read more

Profit warnings fall by largest amount on record

Profit warnings fall by largest amount on record in first three months of the year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 3 May 2021 | ... read more

Online shopping surges to account for a fifth of global retail revenue

Online shopping surges to account for a fifth of global retail revenue last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 3 May 2021 | Up... read more

Text and the City: How the Mail pioneered financial journalism

During the autumn of 1999, I took a phone call from an emissary of Paul Dacre, the commanding editor of the Daily Mail.  Robin Esser, in the glorious traditio... read more

How do I allocate assets in an Isa investment portfolio?

David Miller, executive director at wealth manager Quilter Cheviot, explains how to allocate investments in your Isa portfolio. Investing is built around a simp... read more

Cash stashed away in crypto Bitcoin under heightened scrutiny by HMRC

Bitcoin joins Black Market Pesos and ‘Hundi’ on taxman’s hitlist: HMRC names crypto-currencies among alternative assets that MUST be declared ... read more

Why are people on pension credit better off than me? Steve Webb replies

I worked to get my full state pension in retirement, so why are people on pension credit better off than me? Steve Webb replies By Steve Webb for This Is Money ... read more

Britain’s economy is full steam ahead, declares Bank of England

Bank of England to declare Britain’s economy is recovering from Covid recession faster than expected as vaccine rollout continues The central bank, led by... read more

Commuter towns experiencing boom in demand for office space

Commuter towns experiencing boom in demand for office space as more companies move towards flexible working post-pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Repor... read more

Aviva faces investor revolt after preference shares scandal

Aviva faces investor revolt after angering shareholders by deciding not to claw back fees from directors who oversaw preference shares scandal By Daily Mail Cit... read more

US investing legend Warren Buffett brands Spac boom ‘a killer’

US investing legend Warren Buffett brands Spac boom ‘a killer’ as he criticises greedy City advisers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Publi... read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Footsie out of the big league

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Unless the sell-out culture changes, we will have little chance of building the most valuable companies of tomorrow The pandemic threatens to m... read more

Lady Antonia Fraser splashed out after a literary windfall

Prolific: Lady Antonia is still writing aged 88 The most expensive item the author Lady Antonia Fraser has ever bought herself for fun was a heated swimming poo... read more

INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST: Healthy track record

INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST: Biotech fund with a healthy track record By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Upda... read more

If you want to cut fat cat pay or make firms go greener – VOTE

While shareholders own a company, it’s the executive team and board who hold the day-to-day power. They decide what dividends to pay, what strategy to fol... read more

Alzheimer’s Society: Play fair on council tax discounts for dementia

Alzheimer’s Society urges councils to play fair on discounts for households where family member has dementia By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Publi... read more

Cutting pension payments during Covid could cost over-50s tens of thousands

Millions of over-50s could be tens of thousands of pounds worse off in retirement after cutting pension contributions during the pandemic One in eight workers a... read more