Estate Planning

Shares in Diageo plunged nearly 10 per cent on Monday morning after it reported a decline in annual profit on Tuesday as issues in Latin America continued to weigh on…

London estate agent Foxtons has bucked a pallid property market to report healthy rise in revenue and profit, and raise its dividend, in yet another sign of the turnaround being…

For the first time in months, there is genuine uncertainty about whether the Bank of England will cut or hold interest rates when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets later…

St James’s Place saw a raft of inflows into its funds in the first half of the year, exceeding analyst expectations that the scandal-rocked firm would be fail to bring…

Standard Chartered has announced a $1.5bn share buyback programme today after the Asia-focused bank performed ahead of expectations in the second quarter of the year. Underlying pretax profit climbed to…

Greggs reported another strong set of results for the first half of the year as customers continued to head to the budget bakery. Total sales for the 26 weeks to…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has annnounced it will extend its probe into the motor finance market today amid ongoing tensions between thousands of consumers and providers over commission arrangements.…

Oil giant BP reported a stronger-than-expected net profit for the second quarter and raised its divided despite earlier warnings of lower refining margins. The oil major posted underlying replacement profit…

Leaving New Zealand wasn’t always the plan for Josh Bayliss but has arguably turned out alright given he’s now the long-established chief executive running Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin empire. The…

Rachel Reeves is shocked – shocked she tells you – at the state of the public finances. Never mind that everyone passingly familiar with spreadsheets, including City A.M., had warned…