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One of the top bosses at TSB says it is a ‘great fallacy’ that interest rates are important for savers By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 One of the top bosses at TSB has said it is a ‘great fallacy’ that … Read more

It’s the classic journey for a successful British technology business: company is established, grows quickly, raises money, earns a stellar reputation – before being bought by a larger American rival. The British founders get a large cheque and everyone seems happy.  But last week the tables were turned. This time it was a British software … Read more

The eye of the storm…If you’ve ever been there, you know it’s not a comfortable place to be. The UK has weathered the first leg of a Category Five economic hurricane. Destructive, disruptive and painful – with so many lives and livelihoods already lost.  Yet beyond the eye lies the second leg, which is invariably … Read more

Airlines want British and US governments to introduce testing at airports to end quarantine and unlock £200bn in trade between the nations By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 Some of the world’s biggest airlines have called on the British and US … Read more

Controversial financial betting firm Plus500 poised to take on traditional stockbrokers by launching conventional share trading service By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:49 BST, 29 August 2020 Controversial financial betting firm Plus500 is poised to take on traditional stockbrokers by launching a conventional share trading … Read more

American private equity barons circling Britain’s largest office developers after their share prices collapse by 50% By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 American private equity barons are circling Britain’s largest office developers after their share prices collapsed by almost 50 per … Read more

Unions preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as they enter talks with the Big Four lenders By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Unions are preparing for up to one in ten bank branches to close as … Read more

Treasury says widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates eating into £25bn a year raised through the tax By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 29 August 2020 Widespread evasion and avoidance of business rates is eating into the £25billion a year raised through the … Read more

US private equity giant KKR eyes bid for stricken BT as telecom giant’s share price plummets BT has seen its share price almost half this year The slump in shares at BT has put it on the radar of a number of suitors  Interest from KKR will cause alarm in the BT boardroom, the City and … Read more