London needs another wave of innovation like the post-2008 boom
The financial crisis birthed a generation of fintech innovators — what will the Covid crisis bring?
Billionaire boss of B&M Value Simon Arora to retire after 17-years
Arora and brother Bobby acquired the Liverpool-based chain in 2004 and have grown it from 21 stores to 1,100
Musk could take $43bn Twitter takeover bid directly to shareholders
The Tesla CEO has lined up $46 billion in financing to support his takeover attempt, a new filing shows, including $21 billion of his own money
THG rejects multiple ‘unacceptable’ takeover bids after stock collapse
Shares in the online retailer have dropped 85% since last summer amid concerns about corporate governance and plans to focus on its small, but fast-growing, platform business Ingenuity
Rishi Sunak must act now to tackle ‘horrific’ energy bills
Even energy bosses want the Chancellor to intervene on soaring heating bills
Reform company law to avoid another P&O Ferries scandal, say bosses
‘We need to update our laws so that a decision like that can never be made in a British boardroom ever again’
Vaccine maker Oxford Biomedica pauses production
Shares in the FTSE 250 company slumped as much as 10% as it warned revenues will be lower this year than last
‘Desperate’ banks drive City hiring boom as job ads hit two year high
London finance job ads jump 73% as senior bankers see average pay rises of 22%
Record increase in factory costs fuels stagflation fears
Raw material costs for manufacturers jumped by 19.2% in March, the biggest leap since records began, stoking fears that inflation could climb higher than expected
Fourth rate rise in a row looms at Bank of England
City economists think the Monetary Policy Committee will hike the UK’s interest rate to 1% at its next meeting on May 5