Legal and General pledges ‘fresh perspective’ as profits slip below expectations March 6, 2024 In its full-year results this morning, the FTSE 100 firm said operating profit for the year stayed flat at £1.67bn
Gambling giant 888 admits defeat in war for US gamblers March 6, 2024 888 operates SI-branded gambling sites in the US but has admitted profit margins are too low across the Atlantic
Bankers might need to disclose their Instagram accounts to the FCA: regulatory expert March 6, 2024 Speaking on Following the Rules podcast, Rob Mason, director at Global Relay and former FCA regulator, explained that the FCA have "absolutely committed" to doing more on non-financial misconduct.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt poised to double AI funding through Alan Turing Institute March 6, 2024 Jeremy Hunt is set to announce a doubling of funding for the Alan Turing Institute, the national hub for AI, in his Spring Budget tomorrow.
It will be headline-grabbing, but will it make a difference? March 6, 2024 Cost, cost, cost: that will be the word of the day today. A tax cut will “cost” £5bn; a freeze will “cost” another £15bn. “Can Jeremy Hunt make the sums add up?” commentators will squeal. All of it is absurd, and not just because a tax cut doesn’t “cost” a thing: it simply means less [...]
Women now have the means to invest, so why aren’t they? March 6, 2024 Susannah Streeter takes the Notebook pen ahead of this year's International Women's Day to talk about the gender investment gap.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today March 6, 2024 Asian markets falter with China stocks leading the decline, while bitcoin retreats from record highs. Apple's iPhone sales in China drop sharply. Attention shifts to the UK's Spring budget and Fed Chair Powell's testimony.
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt to say ‘lower tax means higher growth’ as he slashes NI March 5, 2024 Jeremy Hunt will today unveil a spring budget designed to reverse his party’s lagging polling numbers, headlined by a 2p cut to National Insurance.
Blackstone and Thomson Reuters to offload £1.9bn LSEG stake March 5, 2024 A group of LSEG investors including Blackstone and Thomson Reuters are offloading a four per cent stake in the firm worth £1.9bn, the London Stock Exchange owner has said today
Lex Greensill sues government over alleged ‘misuse of private information’ March 5, 2024 The founder of Greensill Capital, Lex Greensill, has filed a lawsuit against the Department for Business and Trade over the alleged "misuse of private information".