Council tax revaluation on high-value homes to disproportionately hit London and South East November 15, 2025 Rachel Reeves is set to introduce a council tax surcharge on expensive homes in a move that will disproportionately impact London and the South East, according to reports. The Chancellor is currently finalizing plans to plug a £25bn black hole in the public finances, and last week ruled out a major rise to income taxes. [...]
Amex cites sponsorship strategy for Gen Z and Millennial credit card surge November 14, 2025 The surge in Millennials and Gen Zers taking out American Express cards is “definitely” down to the financial services provider going big on sponsorship, it says. The New York-headquartered card issuer states that over 60 per cent of Amex’s new global consumer card acquisitions “represent Millennials and Gen Z”, something they attribute to their drive [...]
Autumn Budget: What does the income tax U-turn mean for your salary? November 14, 2025 In a major U-turn, Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ is understood to have ripped up plans to hike income tax in the looming Autumn Budget. Reeves was poised to hitch up income tax by 2p at the end of the month, whilst cutting national insurance – for lower earners – by the same amount. While the decision [...]
Allianz Achieves Record Results and Expects a Full-Year Operating Profit of at Least 17 Billion Euros November 14, 2025 3Q 2025 This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251113803211/en/ Double-digit growth in operating profit and shareholders’ core net income Total business volume rises 5.21 percent with contributions from all segments Operating profit increases 12.6 percent to 4.4 billion euros, with particular strong contribution from the Property-Casualty segment Shareholders’ core net income [...]
WRU chiefs should eat humble pie over empty Wales rugby stadium November 14, 2025 The redeeming factor for Wales in their 28-52 loss to Argentina in Cardiff is that only 50,000 had to watch it inside the Principality Stadium. That’s not because the team’s national arena has a 50,000-seat cap for this game, or because renovation works forced the closure of a stand. It was because millions of Welsh [...]
£100k earners have become Britain’s invisible middle class November 14, 2025 Six-figure earners are now Britain's invisible middle class, but they're an afterthought when it comes to banks, writes Ziad Mabsout.
Crystal Palace: Steve Parish casts doubt on long-term future and eyes return to Adland November 13, 2025 Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has cast doubt on his long-term future in football, revealing that he is tempted by a return to the advertising industry. Parish, 60, made his fortune with marketing production company Tag Worldwide before leading a consortium of wealthy Palace fans who rescued the club from administration in 2010. Subsequent stake [...]
Penderyn: The spirit of Welsh whisky November 13, 2025 Whisky Business: City AM’s monthly look at the world of whisky. Since the early 2000s, around 100 new whisky distilleries have opened in the UK (exact numbers are difficult to confirm). The boom has been particularly notable outside Scotland, where producers, unencumbered by the rules governing Scotch whisky, have been able to set up experiments with [...]
Mary Kay Ash Foundation® Gifts $500,000 Grant to Advance Cancer Research and Early Detection at Baylor Scott & White Health November 13, 2025 Funding includes support for groundbreaking clinical trial and multi-year gift to Texas Cancer Interception Institute; Foundation honored with Circle of Care Award for two decades of partnership
OptionMetrics Exhibiting at QuantMinds International, November 17-20 November 13, 2025 Leading options data provider meeting with quantitative finance professionals at QuantMinds’ “nexus of quant and innovation”.