The stock market influencer behind the so-called meme stock frenzy of 2021 has triggered a fresh surge in shares of GameStop, the struggling US videogame… Read More »GameStop stock resurgent as influencer Roaring Kitty places big bet
Britain’s biggest water company has been told it faces a fine of more than £40m over the payment of a shareholder dividend in spite of… Read More »Ofwat hits ailing Thames Water with £40m fine over dividend payment
Launching his plans for Great British Energy, a state-owned clean power company, Sir Keir Starmer promised the new entity would reduce bills, create jobs and… Read More »How do Labour and the Conservatives’ energy pledges measure up?
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will vow on Friday to “get working within months to build clean power across the United Kingdom” if his party… Read More »Starmer vows to kick off clean energy plans ‘within months’ of a Labour win
For anyone who cares about newspapers, the announcement that London’s Evening Standard is to close its daily print edition and replace it with a weekly… Read More »End of an era at the Standard is heartbreaking – but print still packs a punch
Rishi Sunak’s committee of business advisers refused to publicly back the government’s economic policy record on Tuesday amid an escalating row over Labour’s efforts to… Read More »Sunak business advisers stay neutral as election business row rages
The Conservatives have promised to cut taxes for pensioners by creating a new “age-related” tax-free allowance – dubbed “triple lock plus”. Currently, people can receive… Read More »Conservatives promise tax cut for pensioners with ‘triple lock plus’
An Indian pharmaceutical group is closing in on a deal to snap up Nicotinell, the anti-smoking aid, from Haleon, its FTSE-100 parent company. Sky News… Read More »Indian pharma group readies swoop on anti-smoking aid Nicotinell
One of Britain’s biggest housebuilders is exploring a £1bn takeover bid for Cala Group, a rival player in the sector which has been put up… Read More »FTSE-100 housebuilder Persimmon weighs £1bn bid for rival Cala
In the 15-year scandal of the Post Office, this may be remembered as the day that hundreds of sub-postmasters, subject to the greatest miscarriage of… Read More »Sub-postmasters beam at inquiry as former Post Office boss finally faces their questions