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ALEX BRUMMER: Flybmi collapse is a sign of budget airline woesALEX BRUMMER says the rise of new discount airlines, challenging the dominance of established players such as EasyJet and Ryanair, means that there is …
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Business lending to small and medium firms should be regulatedThe banks are putting the horrors of the financial crisis behind them. But disgraceful behaviour towards small and medium business customers is the …
High Street tycoon Philip Day eyeing up shops that will be closed by Marks & SpencerThe entrepreneur, worth an estimated £1.2 billion, reportedly wants to turn them into new branches of his Days department store business. He opened …
Grant Thornton is still auditing Mike Ashley's accountsGrant Thornton has netted almost £17m in fees over the past decade for audit work on the holding company for Ashley's business interests, Mash …
Cancer therapy centre company backed by Neil Woodford is plotting a £320m floatSouth Wales-based Proton Partners will aim to raise £50m via junior market Nex Exchange, it is understood. Woodford has previously invested in it, and …
US bank Citigroup looking to buy its London skyscraper offices for a reported £1.2bnIn a boost to the capital ahead of Brexit, the firm is said to be in talks with property owner AGC Equity Partners about acquiring 25 Canada Square …
Cybersecurity firm Darktrace dragged into legal battle between tycoon Mike Lynch and US authoritiesIts boss, Nicole Eagan, has been interviewed by the FBI as part of its probes into Lynch's affairs, court documents show. Lynch faces criminal charges …
Billionaire Brexiteer Sir Jim Ratcliffe to relocate to Monaco in bid 'to 'save £4bn in tax''I'm amazed as this is a super-rich person. We're not talking about someone who is on his …
Porsche warns UK customers of 10 per cent price rise after no-deal BrexitGerman car firm wants 'clarity on future relations between the UK and the …
How punitive rents encourage more imaginative alternativesTenants and others who found unusual ways to keep a roof over their head in an era of record costs Renting a property in the UK can be a bleak …
TONY HETHERINGTON: Mike Carter, a 'Guardian' of your legal needs? Hardly...We gave Mike Carter of Guardian Legal Limited a cheque for £3,619. But we changed our minds about his services and cancelled within the allowed 14-day …
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Sales gush at Diversified Gas & Oil as expert snaps up sitesWhen we recommended Diversified, the shares were 71p. Today, following a series of acquisitions, daily production has surged and the stock price is …
Takeaway delivery firm Just Eat faces mounting pressure to merge with rivalJust Eat's shares have plunged 12 per cent in the past year and the firm, which issued a profit warning in November, has dropped out of the FTSE 100 …
Spreadbetting firm Plus500 warned it would suffer huge blow from tighter regulationOne of the hedge funds betting against the company's shares told a New York conference in May last year that new rules could hit Plus500's profits by …
Britain's top banks poised to reveal biggest profits since financial crisis erupted in 2007Figures out this week are tipped to indicate that Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC and RBS made a combined profit of £23.9 billion last year – an 85 per cent …
You can cash in on growth in emerging markets (and still buy British)Anyone investing for the long term should place a slice of their portfolio in overseas stock markets. Part of this globalisation process should …
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Could fracking bring you a deep well of profit?Hunting makes specialist tools and components that play a critical role in the construction of wells and the extraction of oil and gas from them. Its …
Bankers Investment Trust is an investor-friendly trustRun by Alex Crooke of investment house Janus Henderson, the trust has 52 consecutive years of annual dividend increases under its belt and Crooke is …
Trusted firms exploiting their status to peddle risky investments including mini-bonds and diamondsFirms are exploiting their 'regulated' status to promote unregulated investments such as mini-bonds, precious stones and certain property …
Customers of rewards scheme Avios now able to track their points balance via a current accountThis is a result of a partnership between the travel programme and Monese, a mobile app-based current account …
Debenhams shares rocket on back of financial lifeline but long term future still cloudy
Owner of luxury London department store Liberty mull a £300m sale
FTSE 100 has more CEOs called Steve than from ethnic minorities, research finds
Debenhams closing in on deal with its lenders to save it from collapse
Mike Ashley tables bid for Patisserie Valerie as he looks to expand his High Street empire
Energy bills: are your cuppas costing more than you thought?
Living nearby an 'outstanding' school adds £40k or more to house prices
How to make your savings last for the longest holiday of your life
Has Ocado boss's £20bn gamble gone up in smoke?
Boris Johnson warns soft Brexit will make the UK a 'colony' of Brussels
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