Financial Planning

Trucking firm Wincanton has today announced it has squeezed a higher price out of the French giant Ceva Logistics, which made an offer for its UK-based peer back in January. …

Acquisitive outsourcer Bunzl has hiked its dividend and brought two more firms into the fold, bringing its total acquisition spend to £5bn in the last two decades. In its full …

The former CEO of the Financial Reporting Council Sir Jon Thompson has been brought onto the board of Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group, as it brings in “new high-calibre directors”. Frasers …

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its final report on the housebuilding market in Great Britain today, and it makes for daming reading for the sector. The investigation …

Maidstone United co-owner Oliver Ash appears to be unsure whether the non-league club’s FA Cup windfall is a financial “game-changer”, but tonight’s fifth-round clash with Coventry City could make it …

Commuters are bracing for chaos this morning after a signalling fault halted Thameslink services across Kent, Sussex and Surrey. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the company said: “Due …

Re: Labour confirms £28bn green investment pledge has been scrapped Labour’s recent U-turn on green investment is disappointing but not unexpected. With the general election less than a year away, …

The Labour leader will have his work cut out convincing voters in the countryside that he has their interests at heart, says Eliot Wilson Keir Starmer’s first job was on …

The once-vital business card looks set to become a thing of the past in the UK after new survey data revealed a sharp decline in their use.  More than half …

The UK’s major miners face multiple challenges.  The first of these is operational – Glencore and Anglo American, two of London’s largest commodity outfits, have bled profits in 2023.  For the …