Frasers Group, the owner of retailers such as House of Fraser, Jack Wills and GAME, has begun an £80m share buyback. The programme, which begins today and will run for …
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Upper Crust owner swoops in for Aussie-based Airport Retail Enterprises
Upper Crust owner SSP Group has struck an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the shares in the Aussie-based airport food and beverage operator Airport Retail Enterprises (ARE). SSP …
All you need to know about the upcoming by-elections
Three by-elections are taking place this month, in the latest test of the strength of Rishi Sunak’s government. Voters will go to the polls in Tory-held Wellingborough and Kingswood this …
Debenhams slashes losses as sales jump by over £30m
Debenhams slashed its losses thanks to a surge in its sales of more than £30m, new accounts have revealed. The company’s results for the year to February 28, 2023, showed …
FTSE 100 live: London flat as investors await health check on UK economy
London’s FTSE indexes edged into the green on Monday morning ahead of a busy week of UK data which will give investors clues as to when central banks might start …
Siemens ups London Underground train production at UK facility to 80 per cent
Siemens is anticipating far higher production of trains for the London Underground when its new facility in East Yorkshire opens this Spring. The German engineering giant is in the final …
Britain’s ‘science superpower’ ambition will mean nothing if we don’t upgrade our labs
The UK’s scientists are world-leading, but their research will be held back if we don’t upgrade our lab spaces and infrastructure, writes Orestis Tzortzoglou Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement, delivered …
UK government aims to buy back key nuclear site from Hitachi
The UK government is in talks with Japanese technology giant Hitachi to buy back a Welsh site earmarked for major nuclear development. According to a report in the Financial Times, …
School of Hard Knocks lunch raises £100k on proud day for Square Mile
A major success was hailed last Thursday as the great and good of the City of London and beyond descended on Threadneedle Street’s M Restaurant for the annual School of …
SFO boss to promise more dawn raids and swifter action to tackle fraud
The head of the UK’s anti-fraud agency will set out his vision for a “bolder, pragmatic, more proactive” prosecutor this week in his first public speech since taking up the position late …