Standard Chartered has announced a $1.5bn share buyback programme today after the Asia-focused bank performed ahead of expectations in the second quarter of the year. Underlying pretax profit climbed to…
Greggs reported another strong set of results for the first half of the year as customers continued to head to the budget bakery. Total sales for the 26 weeks to…
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has annnounced it will extend its probe into the motor finance market today amid ongoing tensions between thousands of consumers and providers over commission arrangements.…
Oil giant BP reported a stronger-than-expected net profit for the second quarter and raised its divided despite earlier warnings of lower refining margins. The oil major posted underlying replacement profit…
Leaving New Zealand wasn’t always the plan for Josh Bayliss but has arguably turned out alright given he’s now the long-established chief executive running Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin empire. The…
Rachel Reeves is shocked – shocked she tells you – at the state of the public finances. Never mind that everyone passingly familiar with spreadsheets, including City A.M., had warned…
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. The great political circus…
Whoever becomes the next Conservative leader must get their story on what the Tories did wrong – and right – straight, writes Henry Newman Does it matter who the next…
The 2024 Paris Olympics signal a homecoming for the modern Games, but you’d be forgiven for not realising. Set up in the 1890s, the Olympics have Frenchman Baron Pierre de…
Ambition A.M. meets Charlie and Jack Rubin, co-chief executives of natural cleaning brand Purdy & Figg, to see how they’ve managed to achieve rapid growth in just under three years.…