Sainsbury’s food sales have continued to grow with the supermarket gaining a boost from its one hour grocery delivery service and its Aldi price match scheme. The London-listed group, which …
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Brits flock to cash ISAs as tax hikes bite
Savers have continued to funnel their money into cash ISAs in a bid to avoid higher taxes following frozen thresholds, new Bank of England figures have revealed. Households deposited £4.2bn …
Private fund manager Mercia Asset Management gears up for boost from Mansion House Compact
Mercia Asset Management has said it plans to reclassify as a trading company and cease to be an investing company as the firm focuses on its profitable funds under management …
Profit soars at Supreme thanks to growing demand for disposable vapes
Vape-maker Supreme has lauded an “outstanding” financial performance that saw profitability at the AIM-listed firm almost double in the space of a year despite a “challenging” backdrop, prompting it to …
Upside down art: Rachel Cusk turns fiction on its head in Parade
Everyone is imagined! Parade questions the viability of character, finds Lucy Kenningham It is an arresting image. The artist paints his pieces upside down. At first sight the paintings looked …
Ripple XRP Ledger Apex 2024: uniting innovators and investors in Amsterdam
Blockbeat Publisher Kaitlin weighs in about events in the web3 space. I had the pleasure of spending a few days with the “XRP Army” in Amsterdam during XRP Ledger Apex …
Motor finance test cases against Close Brothers and Firstrand head to Court of Appeal
A test case containing three cases relating to motor finance commission will be heard at the Court of Appeal this week. Three individuals are having their claims related to motor …
London-based investment firm Octopus Ventures poaches SVB boss Erin Platts
The long-time boss of Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) UK arm, who stayed on after its collapse and rescue by HSBC last year, has been poached by London-based investment firm Octopus …
What makes King’s Cross London’s best train station? Competition
Passengers on the East Coast mainline enjoy fierce fare competition and a choice of routes, so why isn’t this successful model replicated elsewhere on the network? Asks Tony Lodge What …
Is Keir Starmer the Gareth Southgate of politics?
Like the England Manager, the Labour leader helms a united team ready to face up to 14 years of hurt (electoral defeats). But the nation’s hopes could so easily turn …