May 2024

Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara has submitted a fourth and “final” takeover proposal to Aberdeen-based rival John Wood Group. It announced on Wednesday that the new proposal valued FTSE …

The pound rose to its highest level against the euro in nearly two years as the European Central Bank (ECB) prepares to fire the starting gun on global interest rate …

Buy-now pay-later giant Klarna has reportedly ditched rights held by large shareholders to block smaller investors’ share trades as it gears up for a blockbuster public listing. The Swedish fintech …

Clifford Chance has become the latest magic circle firm to raise its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyer pay in a salary war that has no sign of slowing down. The elite firm …

Labour has been warned their pledge to clear the NHS backlog within five years will prove “highly stretching” and “no easy feat” by economists and policy experts. Sir Keir Starmer …

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) wants to increase law firm fees by 236 per cent in order to rebuild the sector’s compensation fund after it was significantly impacted over the …

The first investment trust public listing in over a year has unveiled its initial public offering prospectus and is aiming to raise £500m. Special Opportunities REIT (real estate investment trust) …

It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam …

London’s Evening Standard has reportedly told staff it will now only go to print once a week, down from the five-days-a-week format the newspaper currently operates. In a memo to …

Small business lender Funding Circle plans to cut around 120 jobs as part of efforts to reduce costs and boost its flagging share price. It also announced the departure of …