Barclays has struck a deal to sell its German consumer finance unit to Vienna-based financial group Bawag as the FTSE 100 lender tries to streamline its operations in continental Europe. The…
Inflationary pressures continued to ease in June, according to a Bank of England survey, but progress may slow in the coming months. The Bank’s decision maker panel, which surveys CFOs…
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has binned plans to build an electric vehicle just months after they were first unveiled, citing falling consumer demand. Production of the Ineos Fusilier SUV in both…
Portugal’s centre-right minority government has said it will bring back a tax break for high-skilled foreigners. The country aims to stimulate growth by attracting the international elite to its shores.…
More than a million new cars were registered in the UK during the first half of the year for the first time since before the pandemic, new industry figures show.…
The construction sector remained in expansion in June, a closely watched survey shows, although the rate of growth eased due to a slowdown in housebuilding. S&P’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI)…
Schroders’ Ground Rents Income Fund has published a its long-delayed full year results for the year to 30 September 2023. The trust revealed that “significant challenges… largely out of its…
An influential City lobby group has urged the next government to explore methods of penalising start-ups that receive taxpayer-funded support if they later opt to list or move valuable operations…
Shares in medical equipment manufacturer Smith & Nephew jumped on Thursday after it disclosed Cevian Capital, Europe’s largest activist investor, had taken a stake. The FTSE 100 firm’s stock price…
The CEO of health property investor Assura warned alongside its first quarter results that the UK’s healthcare crisis is getting more severe and putting unprecedented pressure on the sector’s infrastructure.…