British gas owner Centrica has hiked its dividend and promised further buybacks as full-year earnings beat consensus forecasts. The FTSE 100 energy firm reported earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and…
Lloyds Banking Group’s profit has taken a hit after the firm set aside additional funds for potential motor finance payouts. The FTSE 100 lender’s pre-tax profit was down 20 per…
Hays has reported another drop in profit as it struggles amid a long-running in the recruitment sector. Group net fees, a key performance indicator in the recruitment sector, dropped 13…
Some players aren’t happy with the US Open’s drastic rethink of mixed doubles, but tennis should be applauded for a move that is good for women’s sport, says Ed Warner.…
Chile was the most capitalist country in Latin America and had prospered as a result. But since the election of socialist Gabriel Boric in 2021, all that has changed, says…
Misbehaving MPs, right-wing foot fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag. Catch up on the latest gossip in this week’s edition of The Capitalist 1987 and all that The City might…
A system that funded defence initiatives while simultaneously delivering prosperity showed up the Soviet Union for what it was. Economic freedom is our most powerful weapon, says Matthew Lesh How…
My favourite explanation as to why UK pension funds have shrunk their investments in UK equities from around 50 per cent in the 1990s to a paltry 3 per cent…
AEG’s Paul Samuels helped make the Millennium Dome into the O2. He tells us about the world of sponsorship, and how his career has shaped up since, in this week’s…
A third of small businesses expect to cut jobs in the near future due to fears that the government’s upcoming workers’ rights package will leave them facing painful tribunals and…