London-based tech company Computacenter announced a drop in profit before tax by a third for the first half of the year on weaker than expected demand in the UK industry. The £2.97bn…
As airlines brace for the end of the post-pandemic travel boom, Easyjet is bucking the trend, Guy Taylor writes It has been some week for the aviation industry. An unexpectedly…
London funds house Jupiter saw outflows accelerate in the first six months of the year as investors grew nervous over the departure of star stock picker Ben Whitmore. In its…
Natwest became the latest bank to report a fading boost from higher interest rates as it announced the acquisition of a part of Metro Bank’s residential mortgage book. The FTSE…
Hedge fund Man Group revealed that it generated investment performance of $11.1bn (£8.6bn) over the first six months of 2024, as it started the year off “strongly”. It made net…
Warehousing giant Segro has seen its profit soar to more than £200m after the value of its UK properties increased for the first time in two years. The London-listed company…
Smart has pivoted from being a manufacturer of quirky, ultra-compact cars to becoming part of an all-electric joint venture with Mercedes-Benz and Chinese carmaker Geely. Geely also owns European car…
Property giant Rightmove has called on the Government to retain the stamp duty threshold for first-time buyers, as it announced a solid but “uninspiring” set of results. Revenue at Rightmove…
As a former sevens player, the Olympics is always an exciting time. We see the very best of a bunch of athletes who otherwise go under the radar across the…
Vast quantities of student loans will never be repaid, representing a massive subsidy not just to students themselves but to universities. No other industry is cosseted in this way, failing…