Personal Finance

Mondi is set to buy its smaller rival DS Smith for £5.1bn, the firms revealed in a stock exchange announcement. The deal, which had been rumoured since last month, saw…

Electrical retailer Currys has received approval to sell its entire Greek business arm to Greek power generation and supply giant Public Power Corporation (PPC) for £179m.  Last year the firm…

Just Group profits have surged 47 per cent, as the firm, which specialises in financial products for the retirement market, benefited from higher interest rates. The firm reported an underlying…

Life insurer Royal London said it was looking to push further into the booming bulk purchase annuities market today as it posted a 19 per cent rise in profit for…

Wealth manager Mattioli Woods is set to be snapped up by a London-based private equity outfit after waving through a £432m deal to its shareholders today. In an announcement this…

The government must still provide more funding for Transport for London (TfL) despite turning around £162m in annual profit, London’s Mayor Sadiq Khan has said. London’s transport operator is forecast…

This weekend against England at Twickenham, Ireland can move within one game of the Six Nations Grand Slam. If they achieve an unbeaten campaign in 2024 they’ll become the first…

International Women’s Day marks a pause point where we can stop to reflect on the successes and achievements of women around the world, but also the challenges faced by females…

Former Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May will quit as an MP at the next election, she has announced. The ex-Tory leader made the announcement to a local paper in her…

Mike Ashely’s Frasers Group is putting Matches Fashion, the luxury online fashion retailer, into administration less than three months after buying it in a cut-price deal worth £52m.  In a…