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Shares in Close Brothers, the most exposed lender to car finance in relative terms, have more than halved since the FCA announced its review at the start of the year, prompting the lender to embark on ...

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce plans for five new freeports in the Budget on Wednesday as the Labour government takes up the contentious Conservative policy to boost investment.

As one Big Four accountancy firm creates a new ‘managing director’ grade, does what you’re called at work actually count?

The UK’s AstraZeneca, which is working on an oral GLP-1, also views the drugs as part of a combination strategy. In other ...

For Radhi Devlukia-Shetty, Diwali is a festival doesn’t only have spiritual and religious importance. As someone who lives in Los Angeles, 5,000 miles from her family, she says that celebrating the ...

Black holes, space-time . . . Roger Penrose’s work won him a Nobel — but tore his family apart, as Patchen Barrs reveals in a fascinating biography ...

A sell-off in US Treasuries has sent ripples through markets from gold to currencies, as investors warn that volatility is ...

Get responses to queries about tax, pensions and personal finance in a live Q&A from 12 noon the day after the Budget ...

By December, the BoJ will have additional data points, including October and November inflation, that will help it gain confidence about the trajectory of the “wage-price virtuous cycle”. If the data ...

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One man takes on the choucroute garnie, pretzels and pork knuckles of eastern France’s haute-calorie hinterland ...