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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Lloyds Banking Group PLC
      Lloyds digital shift puts thousands of jobs at risk

      Over 2,500 positions under review as part of restructuring at UK high street bank

      Lloyds website
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Greensill Capital
      MP questions David Cameron’s role in Greensill Capital

      Nick Smith asks Insolvency Service to consider whether foreign secretary was a ‘shadow’ director of the collapsed finance company

      David Cameron
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Black Friday
      Online Thanksgiving Day shopping hits record as US consumers splurge

      Soaring holiday spending driven by demand, not higher prices, as retailers deepen discounts

      Shoppers browse Coach leather goods at the Macy’s flagship New York store on Black Friday
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depthDiageo PLC
      Diageo’s destocking hangover puts new chief under pressure

      Recent profit warning brings back memories of stockpiling issues as group adjusts to end of pandemic drinking boom

    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      LexBoots UK Ltd
      Boots: one step closer to the block Premium content

      The transfer of pension obligations fixes one of the parent company’s problems

      People walking in front of a Boots store
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      LexTransport
      Harland & Wolff: pier pressure prompts Scilly Isles ferry operator bid Premium content

      Reason behind ISSG’s rejection of offer is abundantly clear

      A passenger ferry en route for the Scilly Isles
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Daily Telegraph
      Jeff Zucker hits out at rival Telegraph bidders for ‘slinging mud’

      Former CNN boss says other media groups turned on his Abu Dhabi-backed deal after he cut them out

      Jeff Zucker
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK ministers set out plans to make regulators better promote growth

      Proposals come as government seeks to kick-start economy and reinvigorate City of London

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Fund management
      UK asset managers given go-ahead to launch ‘tokenised’ funds

      Treasury backs blueprint for blockchain-based technology which industry says will cut costs for end investors

      BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      KPMG UK
      KPMG extends pay freeze to 12,000 UK staff

      The Big Four firm already kept pay flat in its deal advisory unit because of a prolonged slowdown in dealmaking

      KPMG Europe’s offices in Manchester
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      Boots UK Ltd
      Boots offloads £4.8bn pension scheme to Legal & General

      Deal could pave way for sale of pharmacy chain and comes on same day as £4bn Co-op agreement

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      BP PLC
      How BP’s ‘Sun King’ court enabled the rise and fall of Bernard Looney

      Former employees say oil major has tended to overlook its rising stars’ mis-steps

      A montage of Bernard Looney and the BP logo
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK retail industry
      UK retailers increase Black Friday discounts while customers cut spending

      Shops are having to work harder to tempt customers, who are proving savvy about bargains

      Retailers are having to work harder as the sluggish economy and the cost of living affect people across the UK
    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      BBC
      BBC falling short on moving music and radio spending out of London

      National Audit Office watchdog says broadcaster’s plan for relocating projects and jobs outside capital ‘under-developed’

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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Wilkinson Hardware Stores
      Wilko bosses and auditor to be quizzed by MPs over retailer’s collapse

      Former CEO and chair of discount chain and EY representatives will face questions

      Shoppers walk past a Wilko store in Putney, London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      LexVirgin Money PLC
      Virgin Money: challenger valuation due to its challenging outlook Premium content

      Bank’s conservative stance on the economy is well founded, as is the market’s caution with the shares

      A woman walks past a Virgin Money cash machine
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Lawrence Jones
      British tech tycoon Lawrence Jones guilty of rape and sexual assault

      Founder of web-hosting business UKFast convicted of attacking three women

      Lawrence Jones
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK economy
      UK business activity grows marginally in November

      Better than expected PMI data raises hopes that economy will avoid stagnation in final quarter

      Customers at an Itsu restaurant in Battersea, London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Virgin Money PLC
      Virgin Money profits hit by rising bad loan provisions

      Challenger bank reports drop in earnings as cost of living crisis is set to drive up credit card arrears

      A Virgin Money bank in London
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Hipgnosis Songs Fund
      Hipgnosis seeks new auditor as it faces legal action

      PwC refused to reapply for the job at troubled music rights investor

      Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      UK energy
      UK energy price cap to rise by 5% in January

      Move by energy regulator will see bills rise to £1,928 a year for a typical home

      A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use and a central heating thermostat dial at a home in London
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      UK energy
      New low-carbon generating schemes exempted from UK windfall tax

      Move is one of several steps taken by the government aimed at boosting investment in clean energy

      Wind farm structure
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Rio Tinto PLC
      Rio Tinto to pay $28mn penalty in US settlement over Mozambique mine

      SEC also fines former chief Tom Albanese $50,000 after a five-year legal battle

      A view of the Zambezi river in Mozambique
    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      UK’s biggest companies excluded from business rates freeze

      Large retail chains that provide ‘lion’s share’ of jobs and investment will bear the brunt, lobby group says

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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      Autumn Statement
      AI and quantum research at centre of science and tech announcements

      Government to boost spending on computing power by £500mn to develop artificial intelligence

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