Direct Line agrees £3.7bn Aviva takeover
Direct Line’s board has agreed to accept Aviva’s £3.7bn takeover of the insurer, bringing to an end the firm’s run as an independent company. In a stock exchange announcement this morning, Dire
Shop staff ‘facing Christmas crime wave’ with more shoplifting cases unsolved
Shop staff are facing a “Christmas crime wave”, an MP has warned as new figures revealed an average of more than 650 shoplifting offences a day went unsolved in the past year. In the year to March
That video call could have been an email: After four years, are Brits sick of WFH?
There is a brilliant novelty about working from home. Household amenities are always within reach, transport fares are reduced to the difficulty of moving from your bed to the desk, and no one steals
London’s poshest district is nearly 100 times pricier than the north of England
Knightsbridge has been named the most expensive district in London and the UK, with the average house price coming in at a whooping £21.4m. That’s nearly 96 times the average price of a home in the
Business confidence ended 2024 at low point on jobs and prices fears
Business confidence fell to its lowest level in 2024 during December, as fears around layoffs and price increases hurt opportunity for business growth. Business confidence ticked down by two points to
Housing sales end year on a high but fears about mortgage rates linger
The London housing market has ended 2024 on a high, although buyers remain price-sensitive and concerned about the cost of mortgages. Over 280,000 homes worth £104bn are in the sales pipeline for 202
Chris Hohn: Hedge fund boss’s pay slumps to just £42m
Hedge fund boss Chris Hohn took a £233m pay cut this year, as his fund paid out around £340m in charitable donations. The head of TCI Fund Management, Hohn took home $53m (£42m), down from the $346
Wingstop UK bought in £400m sale by private equity giant
The UK franchise of Wingstop has sold a majority stake in its business to US private equity giant Sixth Street. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, it is understood that the value of the sa
Honda and Nissan unveil merger plans as talks continue
Honda and Nissan have signed a deal to proceed with talks to unify under a joint holding company, it has been announced.
What’s in store for bitcoin in 2025 as Donald Trump returns to the White House?
2024 was definitely the year of the bitcoin: The first bitcoin spot ETFs were approved in the US, the cryptocurrency reached an all-time high, and the fourth bitcoin halving occurred in April. The pri