Financial Planning

Advertising group S4Capital has reported a decline in revenue and operating profit as “challenging macroeconomic conditions” took their toll on the group in 2023. The company, founded by advertising giant …

Vanquis Banking Group has swung to an annual loss and slashed its dividend after the specialist lender saw a jump in impairment charges following a profit warning for 2024 earlier …

A project to build a 500km electricity “superhighway” cable linking Scotland and Yorkshire is to receive £3.4bn in funding, Ofgem has announced. The Eastern Green Link 2, hailed as the …

Pan-African financial services group Old Mutual have seen profits surge 35 per cent last year due to “exceptional sales growth”. The London-listed group, which is Africa’s largest insurer by assets, revealed that profits totalled …

Endeavour Mining, the gold outfit which gave former boss Sebastian de Montessus his marching orders earlier this year after identifying unknown payments in the accounts, has this morning said the …

The BBC director-general’s announcement that the broadcaster will launch “two new brands” has sparked criticism of its “overreach” and “assault on commercial journalism”. Speaking at the Royal Television Society on …

Although the word ‘alcoholic’ may conjure a particular stereotypical image, professional middle-aged women in their 40s and 50s are being highlighted as being more prone to addiction. British women are …

Barracking the Garrick for excluding women isn’t exactly clubbable – how about some healthy competition instead? Asks James Price Is the male-only Garrick Club a posh creche for old dinosaurs …

With the public sector no more efficient than it was in the late 1990s, it’s time to start seriously scrutinising our public services, writes Paul Ormerod There’s no shortage of …

Angry investors in Aim-listed Bidstack are preparing regulatory complaints and plotting legal action after the company’s top brass bought the firm out of administration last week.  Bidstack, which sells in-game …