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Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor during the infamous Liz Truss mini-budget, is to quit as an MP at the next election. The former Conservative chancellor took to social media to announce…

The City of London Police has said it is “not able to progress further criminally” with 11 out of 12 allegations of serious misconduct made against the Confederation of British…

UK construction companies have said they’re increasingly hopeful that the downturn which has hit the sector over the past year or so is coming to an end. According to S&P’s…

Virgin Money warned of further cost-cutting and layoffs to come today after slashing its headcount in the first quarter of the year. In a trading update this morning, the London-listed…

Scottish housebuilder Springfield has won a £15.3m contract to build affordable housing in the region. In an update this morning, the London-listed firm said it would be working with Highland…

London’s FTSE 100 posted strong gains on Tuesday morning as a bumper buyback announcement from BP sent the capital’s premier index higher. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.71 per cent…

UK fintech investment dropped by $12.3bn (£9.8bn) last year, falling 34 per cent, but the country remained the lead investor in Europe. Fintech investing across the Europe, Middle East and…

London insurtech Artificial Labs has received a £4m shot in the arm from Europe’s leading publicly listed fintech fund Augmentum. The fresh round of funding will help Artificial to build on…

UK oil giant BP has emerged from the last few months of instability with a set of results beating analyst forecasts, despite a halve in profits from the year prior.…

The Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill has said interest rate cuts are a matter of “when” rather than “if” policymakers “reward the economy” for progress on inflation. Policymakers…