UAE developer Arada secures majority stake in London housing development November 17, 2025 UAE-based developer Arada has bought an 80 per cent stake in Thameside West, a waterfront mixed-use development set to deliver 5,000 housing units in the capital. The £2.5bn deal is Arada’s second large-scale investment in the London residential market in the space of less than two months, following its purchase of local developer Regal in [...]
Three Budget pleas from a tech entrepreneur November 17, 2025 With a few key measures, the government could could demonstrate that it's behind entrepreneurs this Budget, writes John Cotterell.
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. [...]
Lord Turner’s crypto scepticism is painfully out of touch November 15, 2025 In an interview with City AM, Lord Adair Turner compared buying crypto to buying tulips in 1635. Bepi Pezzulli writes a rebuttal.
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 [...]
Rachel Reeves panics markets by ditching plans for income tax hike November 14, 2025 Rachel Reeves is understood to have scrapped plans to break Labour’s manifesto and hike income tax in the forthcoming Autumn Budget. The Chancellor was poised to hike income tax by 2p whilst cutting national insurance by the same amount in a move that would break Labour’s pledge to not raise taxes on ‘working people.’ Over [...]
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 [...]
£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.
Landlords have just under six months to prepare for the Renters’ Right Bill November 13, 2025 The government has set a date for the commencement of the Renters’ Rights Bill, with landlords given just under six months to prepare for the wide-ranging changes. The bill, which will remove so-called no-fault evictions, strengthen tenant protections and digitalise the sector, promises to shake up the market for both landlords and tenants – with [...]
Will the Budget push the economy off the cliff? November 13, 2025 Downing Street is in chaos and the economy has flatlined. Now, with just a couple of weeks to go until we find out what’s really in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, Britain’s bosses are getting restless. It used to be the case that Chancellor’s went quiet in the run-up to a Budget, keeping their powder dry and [...]