Wednesday, 4 November 2026
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The government has promised retirees they will be excluded from paying tax on the full new state pension after official figures paved the way for an inflation-beating increase above the tax-free personal allowance.
Channel 4 has poached the Channel 5 owner Paramount’s £300m-plus TV advertising sales business from Sky, in a huge boost days after the broadcaster announced it is to cut 340 jobs.
The Bank of England is changing the criteria used to determine which firms are required to submit Form BT monthly.
Firms manage $7.3tn in assets and could afford to transition away from fossil fuels yet invest in natural gas and coal-fired plants to power datacenters
The Committee discussed ongoing efforts to attract and develop new talent in the securities finance industry. Recent industry-led events have helped reach a wider audience but members noted hiring strategies which are n…
Overall grocery inflation in Great Britain rises to 2.3%, as Ocado and Lidl gain market share
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
Leading retailers are breaking the law by failing to properly refund customers for returned goods, a Which? investigation has found.
Donald Trump is facing a rare backlash from the US Congress as Democrats and some Republicans push for guardrails on the world’s most powerful AI companies.
Carmaker builds on relationship with British armed forces by seeking to cash in on Europe’s rearmament drive
More than 1,200 people, including Ben Fogle, sign letter saying domestic contracts will help preserve UK manufacturing
Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group
Younger drinkers in England and Wales will be able to prove their age with a digital ID starting this week as new laws give pubs, off-licences, nightclubs and restaurants the right to use biometric scanning technology t…
The militant group in Yemen captured the islands of Greater and Lesser Hanish, near the chokepoint of the Bab al-Mandab strait
When Brianna Beyrouti looks back on her former life in the city of Portland, Oregon, she says she had been financially "drowning".
Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations
On 10 September 2026, Premier Payment Solutions Ltd, which traded as PPS Money and MTBS (together, 'PPS Money'), entered liquidation. Bai Cham and Gary Shankland of BTG Begbies Traynor were appointed joint liquidators.
Crispin Odey’s ban from the financial services industry has been upheld by the Upper Tribunal, which found he lacked integrity.
In this country, the years before 1873 have a name: the “Gründerzeit”, or “founders’ era”.
Welcome to the McGuireWoods Quarterly Securities & Capital Markets Update, a series of updates that reviews important securities law developments from the previous quarter and alerts readers of significant consideration…
Firm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyer
Today, we are discussing the future of euro cash – the most tangible symbol of our common currency, and one that remains firmly rooted in the daily lives of Europeans.[1]
Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline.
Thames Water has amended the blueprint of a planned mega-reservoir in Oxfordshire as the struggling utility tries to convince regulators that construction should go ahead amid warnings of “catastrophic consequences”.