In the autumn of 2022, energy prices reached record highs – threatening another 80 per cent hike in the price cap. This would have taken typical bills to almost £4,000, had the government not ...

But when it comes to the US, traders have largely got what they wanted – a pro-business, pro-Wall Street, pro-crypto president. Stock markets saw their best start to a president’s term since 1985, and ...

WH Smith was started from a single store in London in 1792. Although the high street business still employs about 5,000 people, over the past decade it has become a “focused global travel retailer”, ...

However, this changed over the course of 2024, with rental growth slowing significantly, as the chart below shows. Last ...

In the latest half year, a combination of domestic growth and international expansion produced 6.5 per cent higher gross profit of £9.8mn on £150mn of total payment volumes. Int ...

Budget uncertainty led to a muted start to the 2024-25 venture capital trust (VCT) fundraising season. However, with VCTs emerging unscathed by the chancellor's plans and the tax year end drawing ...

That uncertainty, combined with the continued good health of the US economy, is why the Fed is expected to sit on its hands ...

Finals: Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Patria Private Equity Trust (PPET), Shell (SHEL) AGMs: Auction Technology (ATG), Greencore (GNC), Hollywood Bowl (BOWL), Treatt (TET) Companies paying ...

But, arguably, it is a better time overall to build an income portfolio: there should be some strategic bond fund and gilt fund exposure, but balanced out with dividend-paying stocks. Companies can ...

Brokers' investment trust recommendations for 2025 have come later than last year, presumably thanks to the drama currently ...

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Burberry (BRBY), consumer confidence, Paragon Banking Group (PAG) and Renew Holdings (RNWH) A 4 per cent drop in like-for-like sales for the quarter covering Christmas would be seen as a negative for ...