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Shop price inflation fell to its lowest level since May 2022, helped by supermarkets continually slashing their prices.  A new reading by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed shop price …

Aidan Rushby can still remember the guilt he felt the day he told investors he was no longer in it for the long run. Carefully drafting a letter to shareholders, …

Business leaders are piling fresh pressure on the government to scrap its controversial tourist tax as data shows it is eating away at the UK’s GDP and banishing international visitors.  …

Representatives of small and medium-sized businesses (SME) have hit out at “misleading” and “inaccurate” comments made by the chief executive of a banking resolution scheme in parliament last week. Mark …

FLUTTER said yesterday that New York would be its “natural home” in another blow to London’s bruised and battered stock exchange.  The owner of PaddyPower and – more pertinently – …

The all-time high energy transition investment levels seen in 2023 will need to triple and remain consistent through the next six years to meet net zero targets, a new report …

HSBC has been fined £57.4 million by the Bank of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority for “serious failings” over customer deposit protection. The fine represents the second highest penalty ever imposed …

Diageo, the drinks giant behind Guinness and a host of top-shelf spirits, has seen growth slip in every region across the world, dragging profits sharply southward. The FTSE 100 firm …

A post Global Financial Crisis policy of zero interest rates has facilitated investments which deliver poor returns, writes James Sproule Productivity is often seen as the key for sustainable growth. …

The billionaire co-founder of PayPal Peter Thiel has invested in the drug friendly alternative to the Olympics, the Enhanced Games. The Enhanced Games has promised the freedom to use banned …