Hill and Smith shareholders set for bumper payday after profits pass £100m March 12, 2024 Shareholders are set for a bumper pay day after international construction and infrastructure firm Hill & Smith significantly increased its dividend following its profits passing the £100m mark.
Firstgroup hikes full-year profit forecast as open access drives growth March 12, 2024 Firstgroup said it expects higher than expected profits in 2024 because of soaring demand for its open-access services run by Lumo and Hull trains.
Opinion: Standing at the Sky’s Edge erases Sheffield’s Asian population March 11, 2024 Standing at the Sky's Edge erases Sheffield's Asian population
Thames Water not included in £180m sewage cleanup plan. It has an £8bn bill instead March 11, 2024 It is understood the environment agency is disappointed that Thames Water did not make a fresh funding commitment, and was unable to accelerate investment.
Six Nations wrap: Grand Slam dashed, Quesada, Gatland and the Wooden Spoon March 10, 2024 Everybody thought Ireland would walk to back-to-back Grand Slam titles this year while many expected Italy to again be the whipping boys of the Six Nations. In round four, however, these two assumptions were shattered in what was one of the great weekends of Six Nations rugby in recent history. Here’s what we learned. Six [...]
‘Ticket sales alone can’t save London theatre – the 2024 budget is a lifeline’ March 10, 2024 'The 2024 budget is a lifeline for small London theatres like ours'
For Black Boys review, Garrick Theatre: Hopeful and enlightening March 9, 2024 For Black Boys is an entertaining and enlightening show about the Black male experience
Improv theatre is sweeping London – but is it actually any good? March 8, 2024 In improv a form of comedy unlike any other, truly collaborative, ephemeral, non-repeatable, is born and dies on the day you attend.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today March 8, 2024 Asia follows Wall Street's upward trend, with gold eyeing its best week in five months and oil prices climbing. Investors eagerly await the U.S. non-farm payrolls report, which is set to influence market sentiment and decisions ahead.
Hunt’s budget was more a salad buffet than a proper City lunch March 7, 2024 Sky News’ City Editor Mark Kleinman on the budget, the latest on the Woodford fallout, and another bank tie-up