A double decker bus has crashed into a pub in central London’s New Oxford Street. The yellow bus was photographed smashed through the front windows of All Bar One, near …
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Monzo hits $5bn valuation with new funding round led by Alphabet
Monzo has secured a new $430m (£339m) funding round led by Alphabet-owned CapitalG valuing the digital challenger bank at $5bn (£3.9bn). The firm was previously valued at $4.5bn (£3.5bn) in …
Spring budget 2024: Marks boss warns business rate hike is ‘economically illiterate’
Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Machin has said operating a business under the current government is like “running up a downwards escalator with a rucksack on your back”. Ahead of …
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt’s pension reforms could ‘backfire on British business’, AJ Bell warns
Forcing pension funds to disclose how much they invest in the homegrown companies could “backfire on British business” as savers will shun under-performing UK-focused schemes, AJ Bell has warned. In …
What is the OBR and why does it matter?
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will take centre stage tomorrow when he delivers the Spring Budget but investors are likely to pay just as much attention to the Office for Budget Responsibility …
Spring Budget 2024: Forget a National Insurance cut – a fix on fiscal drag would trap Labour
Unless Jeremy Hunt produces a genetically-modified rabbit of alarming proportion in tomorrow’s budget, the legacy of this Conservative government on matters of tax and spend will be an ugly one; …
Mergers and acquisitions: UK deals dry to pandemic low amid ‘constrained’ conditions
The number of UK mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals continued to fall in the final three months of 2023, with December seeing the lowest number since the coronavirus pandemic began. …
The voice of Celebrity Big Brother: ‘We can all be fake – I’m doing it now!’
Celebrity Big Brother is airing on ITV 1 and ITVX Marcus Bentley is knackered. He’s been the voice of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother for 23 years, ever since …
‘I have no doubts it’ll take many by surprise’: Nando’s hires motor finance veteran as UK chief
Nando’s has hired a veteran of the motor finance industry as its new UK&I chief executive. Mark Standish was previously CEO of MotoNovo Finance for almost 22 years, having started …
The Magic Flute at the ENO: a breathtaking theatrical delight
There’s no ‘curtain up’ in Simon McBurney’s production of Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’. The music, a sudden chord from the brass, starts before the lights even get a chance to …