The reflexive anti-capitalism of activists calling for book festivals to divest themselves of Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship can only harm the arts, says Alys Denby The arts should always be anti-establishment.…
Labour is not, and has never been, a socialist party. It is a social democratic party whose mission is to save capitalism from itself, not replace it with a new…
Scottish asset manager Baillie Gifford has ended its sponsorship of the Edinburgh International Book Festival after a row over the company’s investments in fossil fuels and companies benefiting from Israel’s…
Gambling giant Flutter Entertainment has confirmed its primary listing is now in the United States, not London, as its stock dipped this morning. This morning, the Betfair and Paddy Power…
Construction firm Galliford Try has secured the contract to extend a controversial immigration detention camp in Oxfordshire. The £70m contract will see the London-listed construction firm construct a 400-bed “immigration removal” centre…
A member of the UK government has said Donald Trump’s conviction on Thursday night was “extraordinary” but wouldn’t be “drawn into” any further comment. Mel Stride responded to the news…
Losses at embattled oil services provider Petrofac almost doubled to more than $400m (£314m) during 2023 after its delayed accounts were finally published. In what Petrofac has described as a…
Superseed Capital, a venture capital fund investing in early stage companies focusing on AI and software as a service, has invested almost half a million pounds over the last three…
Listed online-only building materials firm CMO’s revenue and profits suffer a significant drop over the last financial year as the group blames a “difficult market backdrop”. CMO Group reported on…
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced Britain took part in a new round of airstrikes against Houthi rebels, insisting it was in “self defence”. In an announcement on Friday morning,…