Harpreet Kaur: Firm founded by winner of The Apprentice collapses November 3, 2025 A company founded by Harpreet Kaur, who won The Apprentice in 2022, has been shut down owing to a six-figure sum. Oh So Yum was placed into voluntary liquidation at the end of October, according to filings with Companies House and The Gazette, with Paul Palmer of Marshall Peters appointed to oversee the process. Harpreet [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Brave Bison eyes takeover, Ryanair earnings jump November 3, 2025 Good morning from the City AM liveblog team. A motor finance battle, hefty impairment charges and the shadow of 2008 all cast over banks third-quarter results but beneath the fog investors are rewarding the FTSE 100’s top lenders for another bumper quarter. The FTSE 350 banks index has risen nearly four per cent in October [...]
UK unemployment rate to hit 5 per cent next year, EY predicts November 3, 2025 The UK’s unemployment rate is set to rise to five per cent in the beginning of next year before falling back, a leading forecaster has said. In its latest update on forecasts for UK growth, EY ITEM Club has suggested that the UK jobs market is set to see a further decline in the next [...]
London should be the engine that saves us from decline November 3, 2025 We should be proud of our great city, but also clear-eyed about its failings on housing, crime and the cost of living, says Lawrence Newport London is like nowhere else on earth. As Matt Clifford said last week at Looking For Growth’s event Make or Break, London is the city that birthed the electrical age, [...]
Serra at Chancery Rosewood review: dining at the US Embassy November 2, 2025 The most high profile hotel opening of 2025 has arrived with Mayfair’s Chancery Rosewood. Adam Bloodworth eats at SerraTerribly wealthy international visitors must be excited by the prospect of London right now. There has been a sprint of uber-luxury hotel openings where rooms cost north of a grand per night, and the Chancery Rosewood is [...]
Defence Secretary announces £9bn investment to modernise military housing November 2, 2025 More than 40,000 homes for military families are to be modernised as part of a £9 billion overhaul of armed forces accommodation. Defence Secretary John Healey said the Government would undertake “the biggest renewal of armed forces housing in more than 50 years” in a drive to “back Britain’s military families”. The plan will see [...]
Business confidence at ‘rock bottom’ as tax rumours spook directors November 1, 2025 Business confidence remained at “rock bottom” in October as Budget rumours test executives’ nerves amid fears of rising costs and a collapse in growth, a top industry group’s survey has indicated. Rachel Reeves has publicly said that tax hikes are under consideration at this year’s Budget while rumours have suggested big businesses could be hit [...]
Londoners race to invest as the rest of the country falls behind October 31, 2025 Londoners are gearing up to invest in the stock market in 2026 but the rest of the country is failing to shift away from cash savings. According to fresh research from wealth manager Stratiphy, nearly 70 per cent of Londoners are planning on investing in the next 12 months, in a bid to secure higher [...]
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Fresnillo moves into Canadian market after major acquisition October 31, 2025 FTSE mining giant Fresnillo is set to break into Canada after it agreed terms to acquire gold exploration company Gold Probe Inc. The Mexico focused mine operator will purchase Probe for CAD$780m (£423.7m) including access to its Val d’OR mining camp in Quebec. Under the terms of the deal, Fresnillo will acquire 100 per cent [...]