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HSBC surpassed analyst profit expectations in its annual results as its new boss reiterated its focus on slashing costs.  The FTSE 100 lender published its first set of results with …

Budget airline Jet2 has reported a boost in profit before tax but warned margins may come under pressure in the near future due to a raft of cost pressures. Jet2 …

Glencore has launched a $1bn (£792m) share buyback programme despite recording a 16 per cent drop in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, deprecation and amortisation (EBITDA) in 2024. The firm’s …

BAE Systems has forecast more than £30bn in sales in 2025 as governments across the globe face pressure to hike military spending. The London-listed defence giant said it expects sales …

As a newly minted Picture Editor and thus part of the management team of a then-popular left-wing national newspaper, I sat in on a discussion about why the poor ate …

The government’s tax squeeze on businesses, and ministers’ lack of private sector experience, shows that the “political system is broken” in the UK, a top entrepreneur has claimed. Edward Lovett, …

A key personal finance deadline is approaching. Savers with Individual Savings Accounts have until April 5 2025, to use their annual tax-free allowance, which shields up to £20,000 of savings …

Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos are set to continue cutting their investment in sport beyond Manchester United with the company’s commercial deal with Tottenham Hotspur unlikely to be renewed.  Spurs …

Inflation picked up faster than expected at the start of the year, official data shows, as concerns grow about the persistence of price pressures in the economy. The headline rate …

Growth is impossible if we continue on as we are but the Spring Budget is a chance for change, writes Steve Rigby. Here’s seven ways the Chancellor could make an …