More London mansions up for sale as billionaires go bankrupt February 12, 2024 A Kensington mansion has become the capital's latest luxury property to go up for sale in insolvency proceedings as wealthy London homeowners face their assets being liquidated to pay down debts.
Two-year mortgage rates have biggest monthly drop since 2022 as Santander is latest to cut February 12, 2024 Average two-year fixed mortgage rates have seen their biggest monthly drop since December 2022, according to a financial information website, despite mounting economic pressure squeezing lenders' margins.
Natwest’s margins in focus as lender gears up for year of big changes February 12, 2024 Natwest looks to shrug off the turmoil of the recent debanking saga and prepares to sell its government-owned shares to the public.
The UK currently wears the fintech crown – but complacency will quickly lose it February 12, 2024 The UK's fintech scene is thriving now, but that doesn't mean we can afford to rest on our laurels, writes Kelly Devine.
Fujitsu received £3.4bn from Treasury-linked deals February 11, 2024 Fujitsu is set to have received more than £3.4bn through contracts running with Treasury-linked organisations since 2019 despite its role in the Post Office scandal, MPs have found. Around £1.4bn worth of deals have been awarded since the High Court ruled that there had been numerous bugs and errors in its Horizon software. More than [...]
Capital Economics: AI ‘bubble’ now more of a risk for markets than interest rates February 9, 2024 While it was still "too early" to be confident that interest rates won't cause some imbalances, "the chances of a systemic financial event are diminishing".
Bank of England staff fed up with ‘rewards’ – despite £25m bonus payouts and inflation botch-job February 9, 2024 Staff at the Bank of England have reportedly taken issue with their salaries, according to an internal survey, as Parliament warns that much bigger pay packages in the private sector could draw away top talent.
Victoria Scholar: The economic clouds are parting – for housebuilders, at least February 8, 2024 Victoria Scholar is head of investment at interactive investor and writes a fortnightly notebook for City A.M. In a surprise announcement, Britain’s largest homebuilder Barratt Developments has offered to buy smaller FTSE 250 rival Redrow in a £2.52 billion deal. The announcement skyrocketed shares in Redrow, while Barratt extended its year-to-date declines. The new ‘Barratt [...]
Bank urged to ‘release brake pedal’ as starting salary inflation drops to 34-month low February 8, 2024 Starting salary inflation slipped to its slowest rate since March 2021 and was comfortably below the series average
‘About a third’ of Facebook Marketplace listings could be scams, MPs told February 7, 2024 A director at TSB Bank has warned a group of top MPs that Facebook Marketplace and cryptocurrency investment are major breeding grounds for scams amid calls for Big Tech to take more responsibility for a wave of fraud on social media.