Financial Planning

Diageo, the FTSE 100 drinks giant, is reportedly mulling the sale of three non-core brands, including summer time favourite Pimm’s.  The alcoholic maker is said to have hired bankers at …

The UK will depart the ‘outdated’ Energy Charter Treaty after failing to reach agreements on modernisation for the framework. Set up in 1994, the treaty self-describes as providing “a multilateral …

High interest rates on mortgages helped property lender Together post profits of almost £50m during the final three months of 2023, according to new figures. The Cheshire-based company achieved an …

Some 59 MPs have called for Sir Lindsay Hoyle to resign as Speaker of the House of Commons following an acrimonious row over votes on an Israel-Gaza ceasefire. A so-called …

Sales on direct investment platforms trended downwards last year but still remained strong, as a new competitor to the market has surged into the field. Total direct market assets totalled …

The away goals rule divides opinion but has been part of the fabric of the Champions League and other European club competitions since its introduction in 1965.  In a nutshell, …

The current music biopic boom continues with Bob Marley: One Love, the officially sanctioned biopic of one of the most influential artists of all time. Kingsley Ben-Adir (Barbie, One Night …

The City’s most generous philanthropists have been urged to help tackle investment in cancer treatments in a response “on par with Covid-19”. A coalition of scientists including three Nobel Prize …

The private hire taxi firm Addison Lee has reached a settlement with three drivers who were set to take them to the employment tribunal in a long-running battle over workers’ …

The first 90 minutes of this exceptionally stylish King Lear at the Almeida contain some of the best moments of Shakespeare I’ve seen on the London stage, while the final …