Nine arrests made after XR activists occupy four City insurance HQs including the Walkie Talkie February 27, 2024 The climate group says they 'occupied' lobbies of the various offices and buildings in protest of their profits from drilling for new oil and gas licences.
Post Office: Former chairman claims CEO was ‘set to resign over pay’ February 27, 2024 The chief executive of the Post Office is under investigation amounting to an “80-page” dossier and was close to quitting as he was “unhappy with the salary”, the former chairman Henry Staunton has claimed in a bombshell evidence session.
FTSE 100 live: London markets flat despite inflation boost, miners rise February 27, 2024 Markets were also given a lift by the news that shop price inflation slowed to 2.5 per cent in February, the lowest level seen in two years.
City of London’s ‘Can of Ham’ tower to be new HQ for infrastructure firm Costain February 27, 2024 Engineering firm Costain is moving its headquarters from Maidenhead to the City of London.
Bank’s Ramsden: ‘More evidence’ needed that inflation has been tamed before rates can go down February 27, 2024 Markets expect the Bank of England to start cutting interest rates in the summer, with three cuts priced in for 2024.
London’s ‘strength reflected across UK’ as it leads record-breaking year for tech start-ups February 27, 2024 The UK has seen a record-breaking jump in new tech start-ups, new research finds, with London taking the wheel as the nation’s influential tech hub. The number of new tech companies in the UK jumped 22 per cent to 51,017 last year, according to analysis by audit, tax and consulting firm RSM UK, up from [...]
Post Office chief doesn’t ‘believe’ ex-chair Staunton’s payment delay claim is ‘true’ February 27, 2024 Post Office chief executive Nick Read has told MPs he doesn’t “believe” former chairman Henry Staunton’s claim he was told to delay Horizon compensation payments is “true”.
FCA urges Brits to ‘make money work harder’ by shopping around for savings rates February 27, 2024 Banks came under intense pressure from politicians and regulators last year for failing to pass through the Bank of England's rate hikes into savings products.
Horizon campaigner Alan Bates says Britain should sell ‘dead duck’ Post Office to Amazon for £1 February 27, 2024 A campaigner at the centre of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has urged the government to sell the “dead duck” organisation to “someone like Amazon for £1”.
Citi’s investment banking market share drops to lowest level since 2000 February 27, 2024 Citigroup's share in the global investment banking market fell to its lowest level on record last year, according to new data, as investors demand for the bank to catch up to its Wall Street rivals.
