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Car manufacturers have welcomed a high court verdict that rejected most of the allegations in a “dieselgate” claim brought on behalf of 1.6 million UK owners of polluting cars.
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On 1 July 2026, Logbook Lending Limited (trading as AFPremier.co.uk, pawnmy.co.uk, LBL Asset Finance, Log Book Loans 247) entered administration. Paul Appleton, Adam Shama and Robert Ferne of BTG Begbies Traynor (London…
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Nigel Farage’s aide George Cottrell and his mother, Fiona Cottrell, have been interviewed under criminal caution by Scotland Yard detectives, the Guardian understands.
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Understanding who is exempt from registering as an investment advisor can be helpful for those entering the financial advisory field. The Dodd-Frank Act and SEC regulations outline specific exemptions for private fund a…
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The Bank of England (the Bank), the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the FCA will start overseeing the first critical third parties (CTPs) on Monday 13 July 2026, following designation by the Treasury.
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Ministers are drawing up plans to set legally binding debt targets for England’s water companies as they look for ways to avoid another corporate failure such as Thames Water.
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A passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece.
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Facial recognition technology in shops will soon alert police in real time to the presence of serious offenders, with civil liberties groups warning of a “dangerous escalation” towards surveillance and criminalisation i…
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The French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become Vodafone’s largest shareholder after buying a 16% stake for £4.4bn.
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“Everything I wanted was finally coming to fruition. A house, a change of job and getting married,” says Liz Hurst, looking out to sea on a hot evening in Blackpool.
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Financial products and services shape some of the most important decisions we all make – from saving and borrowing, to protecting ourselves and our families when things go wrong.
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Big name artists including Oasis with their highly anticipated reunion tour, Coldplay and Beyoncé helped to attract a record number of fans to travel to watch live music last year, helped by a surge in overseas visitors…
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Exclusive: Plan to improve skills of thousands of financial sector workers to keep pace with tech revolution
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The board of easyJet has given the green light to a possible £5.7bn offer from the US private equity firm Apollo, as the low-cost airline becomes the subject of a surprise bidding war.
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European stock markets have opened broadly higher this morning – the UK’s blue chip FTSE 100 index is up 0.3%, led by a 11.7% rise in Vodafone after the news that the French billionaire Xavier Niel has bought a £4.4bn s…
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South Korean chip maker SK hynix set pricing for its mega US listing on Friday, aiming to raise $26.5bn as it takes advantage of the AI boom in what will be one of the world’s biggest ever stock sales.
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George Cottrell’s mother, Fiona, at centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations
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Vapes could be sold in plain packaging as part of a range of proposals to stop them being marketed to children.
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Aviation lawyer Amanda Applegate skipped her annual vacation last month as a surge of wealth from AI startups and SpaceX sent a wave of tech investors shopping for private jets, burying her in paperwork for aircraft-pu…
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The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced the leadership and objectives of its task forces to advance the conduct of monetary policy.
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Capita has revealed that the bill for cleaning up its mess at the crisis-hit Civil Service Pension Scheme could wipe up to £40m off annual profits – a day after its chief executive apologised to MPs for a “very poor ser…
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A couple of decades ago, Tesco was going to bestride the globe. Little ol’ UK, plus Ireland, didn’t offer enough room for the country’s biggest supermarket chain to expand, ran a theory that was encouraged from outside …
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Interest rates may need to increase this year to keep rising prices under control, according to the Bank of England's chief economist.
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Measures aim to make it easier for victims to gain compensation, with firms such as Bolt and Lime held responsible for damage