May 2024

Defence contractor Qinetiq has hiked its dividend as a surge in defence spending lifted full-year profit to £215.2m. The Farnborough-based group’s full-year dividend came in at 8.25p, up from 7.7p …

The chief executive of Nationwide has said the lender is not currently considering any more big-ticket acquisitions, with Britain’s largest building society already busy enough finalising its £2.9bn takeover of …

HSBC has been slapped with a £6.2m fine by the UK financial regulator over failures in its treatment of customers who were in arrears or experiencing financial difficulty.    The Financial …

While Garfield may not have the same clout as other animated characters, his enduring popularity makes the existence of this new big screen adventure somewhat understandable. Jim Davis’ comic strip …

The Times and The Sun publisher News Corp has inked a multi-year deal with artificial intelligence developer OpenAI, making it the latest publisher to allow the tech company to use …

Tate and Lyle has reached agreement with KPS Capital Partners for the sale of its remaining stake in Primient, an American subsidiary of Tate and Lyle.  The firm said after …

Former UKIP and Brexit party leader Nigel Farage has ruled himself out of running at the 2024 election. The politician wrote on X he had “thought long and hard” about …

Lando Norris has issued a rallying cry to his McLaren team, saying it is “about time” world champion Max Verstappen felt some nerves on a F1 race weekend. Norris became …

The UK economy is likely to continue growing at a reasonable rate in the second quarter, but at a slower pace than earlier in the year, a closely watched survey …

Before the start of the current rugby season both Gloucester and the Sharks, from Durban, would have been full of hope for their domestic campaigns. But soon into their Premiership …