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Bad data holding back lending to UK’s small businesses, fintech chief warns
High street banks are keen to lend more to small businesses but are being held back by poor data sharing, the head of a government-backed fintech hub has said. Charlotte …
NFL: Chiefs three-peat, private equity and Louis Rees-Zammit
The NFL returns this weekend as the American football season gets ready to dominate our London late evenings. With just 157 days until Super Bowl LIX – this season held …
HS2: Construction of Britain’s longest railway bridge completed near London
High Speed Two (HS2) has completed the construction of the longest railway bridge in Britain to the north west of London. The final deck segment of the 2.1-mile long viaduct, …
FCA clamps down on hundreds more City firms in ‘robust’ enforcement push
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) more than doubled the amount of firms it stripped of regulatory approval last year as it looks to beef up its enforcement action and clampdown …
Water: Tougher regulation will attract ‘global investment’, Steve Reed claims
Steve Reed has claimed that toughening up water regulation will “attract global investment” to rebuild the UK’s sewage and pipeline infrastructure. The environment secretary today insisted his efforts to reform …
Traders up bets on 50 basis point cut as US labour market continues to loosen
Traders concerned about the health of the US labour market will not have had their fears assuaged by two labour market reports released this week. According to figures released this …
Why Asos needed to sell Topshop to pay its debts
Three years after buying the British high street brands Topshop and Topman from Phillip Green’s collapsed Arcadia empire, Asos has said it will sell 75 per cent of its stake …
Competition watchdog to probe Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis tickets
The UK’s competition watchdog has launched a probe into Ticketmaster’s sale of Oasis concert tickets, including the platform’s use of so-called “dynamic pricing”. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said …
‘You’re fired’: The Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar accused of treating Parliament with contempt
Lord Alan Sugar, the star of BBC One hit The Apprentice, has been accused of treating Parliament with “contempt”. The business tycoon was told “You’re fired” in a row over …