June 2024

Sofa retailer DFS Furniture has issued its second profit warning this year in the face of tricky Red Sea disruptions and weak consumer spend.  Back in March, the popular upholstery …

Des Gunewardena, formerly one half of restaurant group D&D, has spoken for the first time about his acrimonious 2022 departure from the company he founded 18 years ago. Speaking to …

“I haven’t been wrestling crocodiles or anything,” grins Des Gunewardena, formerly one half of restaurant group D&D and one of the most recognisable men in British hospitality. He gestures at …

Special Opportunities REIT has pulled its IPO after falling short of its minimum fundraising target, scuppering the first stock market listing of a UK real estate investment trust in three …

The founder and chief executive of Cambridge-based microchip firm Paragraf has expressed his deep frustration with the current funding environment in the UK. Paragraf CEO Simon Thomas Speaking to City …

The partnership between London’s businesses and universities is a key driver of economic growth and success, says Dr Diana Beech With the capital region home to the highest-skilled economy in …

Railways station operators are being urged to create more competition between resident food outlets, as a study by a regulator concluded passengers are being let down by a lack of …

The economy recorded no growth in April, in a sign of the challenges facing the next government after the election. According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), …

When 7.3 per cent of public spending goes on interest spending, the debt burden is completely unsustainable – and it’s only getting worse, says Paul Ormerod This week’s manifesto launches …

Growth-hungry MPs are welcoming Shein’s big bucks plans to list on the London Stock Exchange, but there’s growing unease among the people who really matter – investors, says Simon Neville …