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Ritz Paris, the luxury hotel owned by the Al-Fayed family, saw its profit slashed during 2023 despite sales jumping thanks to its continuing popularity among US visitors. The five-star hotel …

Life sciences firm hVIVO has said it is cancelling its admission to listing on Dublin’s Euronext Growth exchange to focus on consolidating its presence on London’s AIM market. The company, …

French bank Société Générale has struck a deal to sell its UK and Swiss wealth management businesses to Geneva-based Union Bancaire Privée for €900m (£771m) as part of efforts to …

The David Beckham-backed gaming company Guild Esports has received a takeover offer from the investment group DCB Sports after it warned last week it was facing a financial crisis. The …

Lloyds Banking Group has hired an Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive as its first group director of artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics. Rohit Dhawan, who has led AWS’s data and …

Newriver, the London-listed retail real estate investment trust (REIT), managed to shrug off wider issues in the commercial property market during its first quarter thanks to a recent deal. The …

Clarkson, the world’s largest shipbroker, has hiked its dividend and reaffirmed its full-year guidance as it flagged “favourable” supply and demand dynamics in the global shipping industry. In its unaudited …

The company behind Tees Valley Lithium (TVL) said it is making “significant strides” in securing up to $25m (£19.5m) in funding for its Wilton refinery project. The London-listed company Alkemy …

Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, it’s James Chapman, director of Soho Communications, with the pen The real election story One of the biggest stories of …

Rachel Reeves first Budget will reveal how the government really sees the economy – and those promises of growth are looking increasingly elusive, says Eliot Wilson “I think we will …