FTSE 250 finance firm TP Icap’s results were ahead of expectations as its energy and commodities arm boomed. The interdealer broker reported today that 2023 profit totalled £74m, compared to £103m in …
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If you think crime is bad in London, visit a deprived small town
While focus is rightly on Sadiq Khan’s appalling crime record in the capital, what is too often missed is why the public feel unsafe outside Britain’s big cities, says Adam …
Regional REIT weighs options as £50m bond deadline approaches
Embattled property fund Regional REIT has confirmed today that it’s looking at whether it should launch a fundraising effort to pay off its £50m debt. The real estate investment trust …
THORChain breaks volume records as Bitcoin passes $72,000
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. Yesterday, Bitcoin finally properly …
Wage growth slows faster than expected and unemployment picks up
Wage growth came in slightly below expectations as evidence builds that the Bank of England’s interest rate hikes are filtering through into the wider economy, new figures show. Annual pay …
Vandals who attack our heritage must be prepared to face the consequences
Defacing a portrait of a former Prime Minister, as pro-Palestine activists did last week, is an attack on democracy itself, argues Bella Wallersteiner When a protestor drenched a portrait of …
How I went from working at Nando’s to owning my own coffee business
Wycliffe Sande spent seven years working a full-time job at Nando’s before (finally) turning his coffee roasting side hustle into a business. Now, the 40-year-old founder of Blue Turaco – …
UK proposes new laws to crack down on push payment fraud
New legislation to crack down on push payment scams via banking apps will be brought to parliament, the government has announced today. The government is set to bring forward a …
UBS embarks on its £11m legal fight against director of collapsed commodities trader
UBS Switzerland’s £11m lawsuit against the director of a collapsed London-based commodities trader goes to trial today (Tuesday). Anil Kumar was the director of London-based Vincom Commodities, a company that …
Both Tories and Labour are being dishonest about immigration
In last week’s Spring Budget, the Chancellor was clear that he did not want to build an economy that was reliant on cheap foreign labour. “Our plan,” Jeremy Hunt said, …