Labour grapples with plans for a British wealth fund – without the wealth
Top bosses from Aviva, Equitix and Brunel Pensions are also involved, giving an indication of the type of institutional investors...
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Why weaning Britain off foreign workers could come at a high price
Weaning Britain off immigrant workers will come at a price, bosses warn.Rose Carey, a partner at high-end law firm Charles...
Labour wants you to think the Tories caused the mortgage crisis – don’t believe a word
The short-term effects of the announcement were acute. But the Truss mini-Budget should be understood as a “miscalculation” that sped...
Economic growth slows as Britain heads towards election
Adding to the positive sentiment, S&P Global’s flash UK PMI also showed the manufacturing sector enjoyed its fastest growth in...
Barclays increases mortgages after election call – but others cut rates
Mr Sunak said that the fall in the Office of National Statistics headline rate meant the Tories’ “plan is working”. Barclays...
Small is beautiful again so buy these funds
The previous year Wotton saw pharmaceutical company Clinigen, registrar Equiniti and software provider Proactis all fall to private equity buyers.After...
Why a summer interest rate cut is still in play despite inflation ‘shocker’
The reaction is a blow for Sunak – but, given Bank of England officials have repeatedly hinted at summer cuts,...
Citi fined £62m after ‘fat finger’ trade triggered £1.1bn share sale
Citi has been fined £62m by UK regulators after a “fat finger” trade triggered a flash crash on the European...
What is inflation and when will the Bank of England cut interest rates?
Interest rates are expected to fall this year as inflation drops back towards the Bank of England’s 2pc target.Borrowing costs...
How James May and Jeremy Clarkson became the unlikely faces of a cryptocurrency scam
“Our provisional research estimates that 80 per cent of scam ads involving celebrities feature me or Elon Musk,” Lewis says....
