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John Barnes, the former England and Liverpool footballer, has been banned as a company director after his business failed to pay tens of thousands of pounds in tax.  John Barnes …

A drug kingpin who smuggled and helped to distribute £132m-worth of a Class A drug disguised as printer ink is facing time behind bars after being found guilty. Jonathan Strogylos …

Britain’s competition watchdog has thwarted more deals than its European counterpart over the past five years, as antitrust screening tempers the pace of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Average UK deal …

Raising the minimum rate of contribution on auto-enrolled pensions to 12 per cent could boost the retirement wealth of an average 18-year-old by nearly £100,000, a new report has argued. …

Britain’s competition watchdog has launched a tirade of investigations into whether Microsoft and Amazon’s partnerships with three different artificial intelligence (AI) startups have resulted in relevant merger situations. The Competition …

The London Metal Exchange has outlined plans to clamp down on trading methods used by traders such as Trafigura and Glencore to circumvent sanctions on Russian metals. The commodities giants …

Practice makes perfect, the saying goes. Put in 1,000 hours at anything – even facing down the braying green benches opposite you – and improvement is all but guaranteed. It’s …

An investment trust that was set up to invest in ground rents has seen its net asset value slashed by around a quarter as it has started to factor in …

Boeing reported a net loss of $355m (£285m) in the first quarter as it continues to grapple with the fallout from January’s Alaska Airlines incident. Revenue fell eight per cent …

First coined by Spike Lee during a series of lectures in the early 2000s, ‘The Magical Negro‘ refers to the trope of having a supporting black character come to the …