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Hunt calls Dorneywood summit to boost flagging UK stock market

Sat, 27/04/2024 - 09:34
Jeremy Hunt is convening a summit aimed at enticing more companies to London's stock market amid an accelerating exodus of businesses being picked off by overseas and financial predators.

'Do you have any idea of the suffering you have caused?': Ex-Post Office boss accused of 'lying throughout' at inquiry

Fri, 26/04/2024 - 17:30
A former top Post Office executive has denied lying "throughout" her two days of testimony at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.

Superdry landlord M&G eyes challenge to rescue plan

Fri, 26/04/2024 - 11:16
The owner of Superdry’s flagship store in central London is weighing a challenge to a rescue plan that would impose steep haircuts on the struggling chain’s landlords.

NatWest becomes latest UK bank to report sharp drop in profits

Fri, 26/04/2024 - 06:26
NatWest Group has become the latest UK banking giant to report a sharp drop in earnings for the first three months of the year.

There's a new trade war brewing - over global dominance in the electric car market

Fri, 26/04/2024 - 04:22
There's a trade war brewing between China and the West, at stake is who will dominate the global market for electric vehicles.

Russia sanctions-busting? Big questions remain over UK car exports

Fri, 26/04/2024 - 02:02
The extraordinary, unprecedented and largely unexplained flows of millions of pounds of British luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia continued in February, according to new official data.

Double glazing giant Everest crashes into administration

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 17:39
One of Britain's biggest double-glazing suppliers has crashed into administration, leaving insolvency practitioners engaged in a race to salvage hundreds of jobs.

'This isn't over': Unions vow to fight rejection of plan to save Tata Steel jobs

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 15:05
Unions have warned of a bitter fight ahead after their plans to avert thousands of job losses at Tata Steel were rejected by the company.

Would nationalisation get the railways back on track?

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 13:08
Labour have promised to renationalise nearly all passenger railways within their first term if they win the next election. But will it leave the railways better off?

Former top Post Office executive says she never 'knowingly' did anything wrong

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 12:57
A former top Post Office executive has told the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that she never "knowingly" did anything wrong.

Supercar maker McLaren hit by £375m impairment charge

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 11:05
McLaren Group, the British supercar maker and Formula One team-backer, has given lenders signs of an improvement in its financial performance even after a £375m impairment charge propelled it to a record loss last year.

Barclays profits down amid sluggish mortgage demand

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 10:14
Barclays has reported a 12% fall in profits for the first three months of the year after mortgage lending and deposits dipped.

Sales down at Nestle after price hikes

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 06:31
Nestle, the world's biggest packaged food company, has reported a fall in sales after hiking its prices.

Sainsbury's 'winning over shoppers from rivals' as profits rise

Thu, 25/04/2024 - 06:11
Sainsbury's has claimed it is winning over customers from its rivals after reporting higher than expected profits.

Labour denies railways will be given 'lower priority' under renationalisation plans - as Tories warn of 'wildcat strikes'

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 22:30
Labour has denied the railways will be given "lower priority" if they are brought back into public ownership as the party pledged to "sweep away" the current "broken" model.

Labour promises publicly owned rail - as Tories slam 'unfunded nationalisation'

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 22:30
Labour will promise to deliver the biggest shake-up to rail "in a generation" by establishing the long-delayed Great British Railways (GBR) organisation and bringing routes back into public ownership.

Former England and Liverpool star banned as company director over unpaid taxes

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 20:40
John Barnes has been banned as a director after his company failed to pay almost £200,000 in tax.

Meta shares take $125bn hit as Facebook owner raises spending forecasts

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 16:46
Shares in Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, have fallen sharply after the company revealed it had raised its cost forecast for the current year.

Ryanair sues over 'terrible' summer flight delays

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 14:50
Ryanair is suing air traffic control body Nats over last summer's flight chaos when more than 700,000 passengers were hit by cancellations and delays.

Suez Canal traffic falls 66% after attacks on Red Sea shipping

Wed, 24/04/2024 - 13:04
Shipping traffic through the vital Suez Canal artery has plunged by 66% since cargo was forced to divert due to attacks on vessels, according to official figures.

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