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Chemicals specialist Johnson Matthey has spun off its Medical Device Components business to a private equity firm for over half a billion pounds. According to a notice from the firm …

Lloyds Bank and Paypoint have announced they are expanding their existing partnership, with the lender set to become the main processor of card payments for Paypoint’s 60,000-strong network of small …

Investec Group published its pre-close trading update for the financial year to the end of March 2024, saying it expects double-digit earnings growth after a year of change. The trading …

Mike Ashley has stepped up his involvement in model trains brand Hornby after becoming a consultant to its chief executive. The billionaire majority owner of retail empire Frasers Group is …

Prudential has upped its dividend after reporting strong growth in new business over 2023, which the firm put down to its “relentless focus” on its new strategy. New business profit, …

Inflation fell faster than expected last month, raising questions for the Bank of England ahead of its latest interest rate decision. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed …

Is dismissing ideas about genuine reform of the tax system as “unfunded pledges” really the best the Labour leader can do? Asks Eliot Wilson Taxation runs through politics like a …

The corporate world’s obsession with meetings has gone too far, it’s time to imagine another way, says Simon Neville I hate meetings and in my previous life as a journalist, …

The Institute for Fiscal Studies’ claims that the policy will raise money do not take into account the unintended consequences – economic models rarely do, says James Price I often …

Kate’s doctored photo has plunged us into a trap where we question nothing because we’ve already dismissed it as fake. That’s where the truth goes to die, argues Andy Blackmore …