Ofcom has dished out its biggest fine of the year after accusing telecoms giant Virgin Media of failing to protect vulnerable customers. The media regulator has hit Virgin Media with …
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FTSE 100 Live: Reeves on brink with calls for City watchdog probe
Good morning and welcome back to the City AM liveblog. It was quite the Budget week to end November and for many more questions were created than answered. Whilst Labour …
Regnology Completes Acquisition of Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting Business
Regnology, a global leader in regulatory reporting and supervisory technology, today announces the successful closing of its acquisition of Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Regulatory Reporting (FRR) business. This milestone …
Lady Mayor: Higher taxes will discourage investors at critical time
Higher taxes on dividends, pension contributions and savings risk discouraging investors at exactly the moment we need them, writes Lady Mayor Susan Langley This week, as we welcome the Prime …
Business confidence drops to post-pandemic lows after Budget
Business confidence in bosses’ own organisations fell to the lowest level in over five-and-a-half years after the Budget, a leading survey has suggested, as the absence of growth policies in …
Class actions surge in UK, but public sees lawyers as main winners
Public awareness of class actions in the UK has reached the highest level since 2020, with the majority of the public believing they make money for law firms and litigation …
Paddington musical review: the bear’s a bit clunky, but the show is warm and fuzzy anyway
Paddington musical review and star rating: ★★★★ It feels like a fairly strange point in history when The Guardian “exclusively reveal” Paddington bear, transplanted from Michael Bond’s novels to the …
Half of young investors check their accounts at least once a day
Half of investors aged under 35 check their digital investment accounts at least once a day, research for a major bank suggests. This compares with only 11 per cent of …
UK economy set to cool as weak consumer confidence damages spending
The UK economy is expected to cool in 2026, as the softening labour market and subdued consumer confidence caused a drop in household spending. The economy is set to slow …
Starmer to argue in favour of welfare reforms and investment measures
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will set out plans later today on how the Budget will enable the government root “out excessive costs” and reform the welfare system, as pressure over …