The outlook for the rest of the year is also subdued, with the Office for Budget Responsibility estimating that growth for 2025 as a whole will come in at just 1 per cent, roughly in line with last ...

For now the London spot price is the most reliable gauge of price. Jobless claims ticked up to the highest since 2021. Labour market is still tight, not much hiring or firing...goes to the point that ...

One point worth bearing in mind, however, is that although Next’s chief executive Simon Wolfson has consistently displayed uncanny strategic foresight in an industry which, by its very nature, is ...

Flutter Entertainment (FLTR) upped full-year guidance after a solid second quarter, with group revenue up 16 per cent to $4.2bn (£3.1bn) and adjusted Ebitda climbing 25 per cent to $919mn. Average ...

Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), the largest name in the AIC Renewable Energy Infrastructure group by market capitalisation, saw its generation of renewable power come in at 2,581 gigawatt hours (GWh), 14 per ...

The FTSE 100 slid about 0.3 per cent early doors due chiefly to a raft of blue chips moving ex-dividend. Hikma, which reported today, led the actual fallers, slipping about 8 per cent after profits ...

Zegona Communications (ZEG) is unlike most companies. The group hunts for unloved European telecoms assets, aiming to turn them around before selling them on at a profit. It rewards its executives ...

Clearly investors cannot take it for granted that companies are safe from episodes of poor judgment, whether of their own making or the parties they deal with, despite the oversight of regulators and ...

The US spending bill passed last month – known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act – has received a lot of criticism for its forecast impact on government debt. What has been less discussed is the ...

Japan has often disappointed investors, with countless false dawns and extinguished equity rallies. As the country tapers its bond market purchases after years of lax monetary policy, is there an ...