Qatari sheikh sells Hyde Park mansion to fellow Royal for £39m
Transferring a luxury property between family members could be to take advantage of tax benefits or to avoid certain taxes associated with inheritance or property ownership.
Magic circle law firm Freshfields ups NQ salary to £150,000
As the salary war in the legal market battles on, magic circle law firm Freshfields has just increased its NQ lawyers' salaries to £150,000
HSBC scraps bonus cap for hundreds of top UK bankers after tense annual meeting
HSBC shareholders have waved through the lender's proposal to remove an EU-imposed bonus cap, paving the way for it to hand bigger payouts to hundreds of top UK bankers, after a tense annual meeting d
Co-op Live: How Manchester’s new icon turned into a national joke
The Co-op Live has turned into a national Jon Robinson
London rejects most planning applications despite housing crisis
The majority of councils refusing at least one in two submissions for new housing in 2023 are disproportionately in London, new data shows.
HSBC dished out $19bn to shareholders last year – and there’s more to come in 2024
HSBC dished out roughly $19bn (£15.1bn) to shareholders in respect of last year and expects continued strong payouts in 2024, its management has said, as Europe's biggest bank looks to weather econom
FCA chiefs set for Westminster grilling over ‘name and shame’ plans
The grilling will be the latest in a series of skirmishes between the regulator and Westminster after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt waded into the debate this week, urging the FCA to “re-look” at the mea
Frasers boss Mike Ashley drops £50m lawsuit against Morgan Stanley
Mike Ashley has dropped his £50m lawsuit against US bank Morgan Stanley, after nearly three month since the trial concluded
UK economy continues recovery as services sector hits highest level of growth in a year
The UK services sector saw a spike in new orders in April but cost pressures also increased at the fastest rate since August.
Anglo American shares surge as Glencore reportedly mulls a takeover
Shares in Anglo American have shot to the top of the FTSE 100 this morning after reports that rival Glencore was mulling a potential bid for the firm.