US inflation reached its lowest since March 2021 in July, coming in at just 2.9 per cent and further strengthening the case for an interest rate cut from the Federal …
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How Astrazeneca became the London Stock Exchange’s first £200bn company
Astrazeneca has become the first UK-listed company to achieve a market valuation of £200bn, a landmark achievement for both the pharmaceutical giant and the London Stock Exchange, as investors have …
John Lewis redundancies: What does the law say about department store job cuts?
More UK retail jobs are set to be lost after John Lewis revealed plans to cut its headcount by more than 150 in the coming months. The move means the …
Electric Moke review: driving a reborn icon of the Swinging Sixties
Question: what do The Beatles, Madonna, George Russell, Jennifer Lopez, The Beach Boys, Cher, Hunter S Thompson, Brigitte Bardot and Kate Moss all have in common? The answer, obviously, is …
‘Untenable’ that average Conservative voter is 63 years old, Mel Stride admits
The average Conservative voter being 63 years old is “completely untenable,” leadership hopeful Mel Stride has admitted. The shadow work and pensions secretary was asked by Times Radio about a …
Visa guidelines must be reassessed to avoid ‘another blow’ to UK talent, tech founders warn
The UK government must reassess visa guidelines as the hike in salary threshold has posed a threat to business growth and global tech leadership, a group of tech founders have …
Meet London’s top insurtech companies
In the heart of London, where tradition meets innovation, insurtech is the City’s most exciting growth sectors. According to the World’s Top Insurance Companies 2024 report, issued by CNBC along …
Rising London rents are ‘a pressure cooker ready to explode’ as home ownership ‘inching out of reach’
“A pressure cooker ready to explode” is how one expert has described the current situation in the UK housing market as data showed rents jumped close to 10 per cent …
Social media has shown there is a little piece of the devil in us all
What role does social media play in the rising tide of social unrest and the seemingly ever-growing levels of hatred and division? I used to think that it took a …
Mars to gobble up Pringles owner Kellanova in £28bn deal
Mars, whose brands include M&M’s, Snickers and Skittles, is to buy food giant Kellanova for $35.9bn (£27.9bn), it has been confirmed. Kellanova, which was created when the Kellogg Co, which …