The government and two City regulators are looking to overhaul the way that consumers claim compensation from companies after a string of high profile scandals triggered an avalanche of claims. …
Financial Planning
Reeves’ championing of co-operatives is an exciting step for growth
Rachel Reeves’ plan to revive co-operatives represents an innovative play for growth, writes City MP Rachel Blake Last night, I attended the Chancellor’s Mansion House speech, where she set out …
Is Brexit back on the agenda after Mansion House?
Brexit seems to be back on the agenda. Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Governor Andrew Bailey focused their Mansion House speeches on the UK’s sluggish economic performance since the financial crisis. …
TT Electronics rejects second ‘undervalued’ proposal from Lord Rothschild’s Volex
The board of listed-manufacturer TT Electronics rejected an ‘unsolicited’ proposal from Volex, after its chief Lord Rothschild urged shareholders to engage this morning. Listed manufacturing specialists Volex informed its shareholders …
Budget tax hike could destroy 100,000 jobs, Deutsche Bank estimates
The hike to employers’ national insurance in last month’s Budget could end up costing the economy over 100,000 jobs, according to research from Deutsche Bank. In last month’s Budget, Chancellor …
How a Brit could become the first ever T100 Triathlon world champion
This weekend in Dubai the first ever T100 triathlon world champions will be crowned and Britain’s India Lee knows that it will take something special to stop runaway leader Taylor …
Typhoo Tea: Jobs at risk as historic brand nears collapse
More than 100 jobs are at risk after it emerged that Typhoo Tea is on the verge of collapsing into administration. The Bristol-headquartered business, which can trace its roots back …
Aston Martin Vanquish 2024 review: Veni, vidi, Vanquish
Remember when Daniel Craig replaced Pierce Brosnan in the role of James Bond? Britain’s least secret agent was as sharp and urbane as ever, but a newly powerful physique lurked …
Mike Ashley’s empire tightens grip on Boohoo as crunch vote nears
Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has continued to up its stake in Boohoo as a war of words over the future of the fast-fashion giant rumbles on. The owner of the …
Has Rachel Reeves talked the UK economy into a downturn?
Were all the warnings true? Economists and business groups had been cautioning for weeks in the run-up to the Budget that the government’s negativity might impact economic activity. And now …