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The FTSE 100 hit a new record close, up 52.41 points at 8433.76. The index reached a new intraday high of 8,455.77 earlier in the session.
A leading financial crime expert says Britain is a major target for scammers and they are at the forefront of adopting AI technology.
Home sellers are having the 'wool pulled over their eyes' by estate agents looking for additional financial kickbacks.
Britain's largest property portal now expects average revenue per advertiser to rise by £75 to £85 on the £1,431 made last year, having previously anticipated a £100 to £110 increase.
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Some 55 per cent of future retirees expect to give financial support to relatives in later life, compared with 37 per cent of current retirees, according to a study by St James's Place.
Light Science Technologies had plenty to celebrate this week.
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British Airways' parent company, which also runs Iberia and Aer Lingus, revealed its operating profits climbed to €68million (£58.5million) in the first quarter.
My uncle has £14,000 in Dart Charge fines after he was unable to log in to settle his crossings, now the bailiffs are at his door and he is considering bankruptcy.
Since 2022, households have cut their oven usage by 48%, according to new research from Utilita Energy. Gemma Hatvani's already ditched her oven - have you?
Concord, which is indirectly controlled by Alchemy Copyrights, said its $1.25 (£1) per share bid valuing Hipgnosis at £1.21billion would not go any higher.
Anyone listening to the recent utterances from Andrew Bailey could not but feel that he regards the battle against inflation in Britain as won.
The Bank of England yesterday left interest rates on hold at 5.25% but strongly hinted at a cut this summer - possibly as soon as next month.
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My mortgage deal is ending in January 2025. Currently it's in joint names with my husband who has recently become self-employed in April this year.
I want to buy a new TV and need some advice on how big it should be and how high up the wall I should place it.
North Sea producer Harbour Energy is closing in on a near-£9bn takeover in a swoop on most of the oil and gas assets owned by Wintershall Dea.
Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the companies they must create a special committee to provide regular updates to the government.
ITV, whose recent hits include Mr Bates vs The Post Office, starring Toby Jones (pictured), said revenues fell 7% in the first three months of the year.
The former prime minister (pictured) was a close adviser to Greensill, whose finance firm collapsed in 2021, unleashing a major lobbying scandal.
Wood Group updated the market on its performance just a day after it revealed it had turned down a takeover £1.4bn offer from Dubai rival Sidara.
BBVA took an offer of £10.5bn directly to Banco Sabadell's shareholders after the board rejected the same proposal earlier in the week.
The Bank of England is likely to make its first cut to base rate in summer, according to the latest forecasts.
Ford will go ahead with plans to kill off another of its hugely popular petrol models after 2025 to accelerate its switch to electric vehicles.
The FTSE 100 hit a new closing high, up 27.30 points at 8381.35. It reached a new intraday record of 8,396.25 earlier in the session.
Avon Protection flagged reports which claimed Russia was using chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Watches of Switzerland said it secured the deal in a bid to expand further into the lucrative luxury jewellery market.
For those looking to rent in London, the areas that have seen a sharp increase in popularity are now typically seven to 11 miles from the capital's centre.
The used car market has seen 16 months of consecutive growth, which is thanks to new model supplies returning to full delivery capacity. This has seen average prices drop.
The Bank of England has opted once again to hold the base rate at 5.25 per cent.
The Bank of England has now held base rate since last summer and the next move is tipped to be a cut. Our calculator lets you work out what a move up or down could cost you.
With not one but two mortgage spikes fresh in our minds, a flurry of rate rises has got home owners and potential buyers worried again.
Supportive measures to boost share ownership and IPOs could add some much-needed oil to the machine.
BAE Systems expects 'further positive momentum' driven by the recent US military aid package for Ukraine and the UK Government's commitment to raise defence spending.
More than 20 lenders have hiked their mortgage rates this week, pulling some of the most competitive home loans from the market, including several deals below 5 per cent.
It's safe to say the pub chain - led by Sir Tim Martin - is a marmite type of establishment, with more than 800 sites across the country that many love to hate.
Argentum Exploration found 2,364 silver bars in 2017 on the wreck of the SS Tilawa was attacked and sunk during its journey to South Africa in 1942.
Scottish Power has said that our meters have come to the end of their life expectancy and need replacing with a smart meter. Is there anything we can do?
My partner and I are expecting are first child on the 31st of July. I would like to put some money away for them at birth and then yearly until they are 18.
A total of 21% of homeowners have already replaced or plan to switch their natural lawn with artificial grass, according to survey by insurer Aviva.
IAG rose 3.7%, while Easyjet added 2.9% and Wizz Air increased 5.3%. Shares in IAG, are up almost a fifth this year.
The new Mini is a curious confection. A British icon with roots going back to 1959 but for 2024 the fourth-generation battery-powered Cooper E and SE are being built in China. Is it any good?
I think I deserve compensation for the items I had to buy, the inconvenience and the airline's poor communication.
The bank won't lend us as much as we thought, but the seller won't reduce the price. What are our options?
Estate agents and surveyors are reporting that the usual spring bounce across the property market has failed to materialise.
Premiums for customers renewing their policies climbed by 38% to an average £515 a year while for new customers they climbed 25% to £599.
Snoop Dogg is a partner in cannabis-focused venture capital firm, Casa Verde, which invested £8m in Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies in 2018.
James Watt, who is dating former Made in Chelsea star Georgia Toffolo (pictured), set up the Scottish brewer with Martin Dickie in 2007.
Centrica's Chris O'Shea (pictured) was grilled by MPs about energy costs just months after it was revealed that his pay doubled to £8m in 2023.
The high street lender said it is axing 36 of its remaining 211 sites, leaving it with just 175. Following the closures, TSB will have shut 459 branches since 2015.
Independent regulation has not been an unalloyed success as users of the sewage-tainted water utilities and get-rich-quick energy firms could testify.
FCA chief exec Nikhil Rathi (pictured), revealed the probe was underway as he defended his controversial proposals to lift the veil of secrecy.
The rejection came as it emerged Bristol-based chipmaker Graphcore has also become a target with Japanese investment giant Softbank eyeing a bid.
While the quarterly performance represented a slowdown in sales, the firm noted that trade was impacted by a Bank Holiday weekend happening a week later than last year.
Martin Sander, general manager at Ford Europe, said any restriction on new petrol car availability would also likely push up prices for buyers.
The FTSE 100 closed at a new record high, up 40.38 points at 8354.05. It also hit a new intraday high at 8,365.28 earlier in the session.
Direct Line said its average premium for motor and home insurance stood at £599 for new customers and £515 for renewal customers, against £478 and £373 by the same point a year ago.
JLR has started offering £150 per month towards the cost of its in-house insurance for buyers of new Range Rovers to encourage sales in light of theft concerns.
Outflows from UK-focused equity funds totalled £665m last month, taking the total amount of capital withdrawn to £21.3bn during thirty-five consecutive months of selling, Calastone says.
Elizabeth Fletcher, 90, from Hemsworth, in West Yorkshire (pictured with daughter Wendy) uses her state pension to fund the fees for her care home.
The Treasury Committee has called for the FCA to force banks to be more transparent about why decisions to debank small businesses are made.
The exhibitions organiser said it would repurchase £500million of its shares in 2024, 47 per cent more than previously planned, having already bought about £180million so far this year.
It's the late-night discussion that many couples juggling a growing family, stretched finances and long working hours will have - and a hot conversation point among new mums.
Tesco will use artificial intelligence to give eligible Clubcard holders 'personalised' challenges. This is Money explains how the trial will work.
In February, HM Courts and Tribunals Service cut the opening times on its phone line in half, reducing them to between 9am and 1pm Monday to Friday.
The 365-day notice account is being offered by saving and investing platform Prosper, in a deal that This is Money has secured exclusively for readers.
The Bank of England could leapfrog the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank this week with its first base rate cut.
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Ritchie Wilson was thrilled to discover in February that he had an extra pension pot worth up to £40,000 on his Scottish Widows account.
Providers pushed up their rates in April, with several offering more than 5% on a one-year fixed rate cash Isa. But those have all disappeared.
The latest British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor revealed sales dropped by 4 per cent year-on-year.
At its annual general meeting yesterday, Plus 500 said two-thirds of participating shareholders opposed its remuneration report.
Disney posted a profit of £37m for its Disney+ arm - which makes shows such as Only Murders In The Building (pictured) in the first three months of 2024.
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves' choice of language to describe the Tory economic narrative and the timing of her intervention is strange.
The first one may have divided opinions as much as Marmite, but now Rolls-Royce has launched the second generation of its vast Cullinan SUV with a host of tweaks.
In June last year, Michelle Rendle woke in the middle of the night to find her husband, John, 39, having a seizure - the start of a nightmare for their family.
One of our children has some episodes of depression and anxiety and sometimes irrational behaviour. They have threatened suicide in the past. They also have a gambling issue.
I booked to see Take That at the new Co-op Live venue in Manchester. The concert has been moved to the AO Arena, Manchester.
For years, bungalows suffered from a lingering stigma of being outdated, unimaginative or deemed only for older homeowners but that's now changed.
TOBY WALNE joined 33-year-old traffic warden Stacey for a day as she patrolled the streets of Stratford, London handing out £100 fines.
London Capital & Finance raked in £237m from 11,625 savers - many of them retired and elderly - before going bust at the start of 2019.
On another record-breaking day on the stock market, the blue-chip index rose above 8300 for the first time to an all-time high of 8335.
Zalando, which sells brands such as Nike and Sweaty Betty, thinks business will be boosted by the Euro 2024 football tournament.
BP chief exec Murray Auchincloss (pictured) said leaving the City is not on the agenda as he comes under pressure to close the gap with Shell.
A desert mega city is one of a series of projects that Saudi's crown prince hopes will make the kingdom's economy less dependent on oil.
A report on banking services for small companies took aim at the 'unfair' practice of denying accounts to legitimate businesses.
I purchased six outfits at a cost of about £12,000 from Matches ahead of a family wedding. But a few days later I heard that its owner Frasers Group had put the firm into administration.
The FTSE 100 hit a new record close at 8313.67 - and a new intraday high at 8,335.68 earlier in the session. Among the companies with reports and trading updates today are BP, Wayve and IWG.
The managers are stock pickers who back their judgment. If they like a stock, they build a big position. As a result, the trust has only 16 holdings.
Reading-based Cohort specialises in high-tech systems and software that help to keep countries and their armed forces safe.
Spectra's technology is known as the last line of defence against those intent on defrauding countries, companies and consumers. At £2.17, the shares are a buy.
Hargreaves Lansdown* has launched the £100 refund for new and existing customers.
The office space provider reported group revenue flatlined at $912million in the first three months of 2024, while system-wide turnover grew by 2 per cent to $1.04billion (£820million).
Octopus Energy is now worth more than £7bn after two of the group's biggest shareholders upped their stakes in the business.
First Direct has relaunched its £175 switching deal just two weeks after its last switching deal ended due to demand from customers.
They have been described as sitting ducks: UK-listed companies that really ought to be more highly valued and are therefore ripe for being picked off by cash-rich foreign predators.
Shrinking appetite for EVs means the UK automotive sector has been forced to revise its sales forecasts for 2024, downgrading electric car market share to fewer than one in five (19.8%).
We have teamed up with consultancy The Lang Cat to compile a list of the most-recommended funds by the UK's top six investment platforms.
The number of new mainstream models that are manuals has more than halved in six years, with Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Lexus no longer offering showroom models.
House prices rose by 0.1% in April, according to the latest figures from Halifax, following a 0.9% fall in March.
New rules and higher rates resulted in a jump in the number of savers opening accounts at the start of this year's Isa season.
The BoE has so far followed the Fed's lead - but markets are starting to consider whether we might start to see divergence between the US and other central banks.
Suranga Chandratillake says he fears that start-ups being bought up by foreign predators or listing overseas could see none left in British hands.
The sheer amount of borrowing already threatens to engulf Thames Water, the UK's largest supplier, which is scrambling to agree a fresh rescue plan.
Investors looking to buff up their portfolios will be interested to learn that the reluctance to commit money to large and small projects could be ending.
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My father has art apparently worth about £78,000. He was duped into paying more than £25,000 in fees linked to a promised sale, but the deal fell through.
Implanted in the minds of citizens is the idea that the cost of mortgages and credit for consumers and enterprise is high as a result of the Truss tantrum.
Almost a third of homeowners have let their mortgage slip onto their lender's standard variable rate for at least a month - and doing so could cost them dearly.
Renault is coming for the Nissan Qashqai with its latest unveil: The new Symbioz. The hybrid five-seater family car becomes the eighth SUV from the French brand.
Savills had previously expected house prices to fall by 3% this year, but revised this to a 2.5% rise on the back of falls in the cost of mortgage debt.
Savills' forecast is the latest to take a more upbeat view. Lloyds, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, also recently said it saw prices rising this year.
Rathi (pictured) will be questioned over the proposals - which have provoked a fierce backlash - at the Commons Treasury select committee.
Container vessels have been rerouted around the southern tip of Africa since to avoid attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea.
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I am intrigued by these fights over money - since money isn't scarce from the sounds of it so it would seem like you are clashing over different views on spending.
My pension provider says I am in the unusual position of being able to access my pension at 55 for a short period, but then being denied access again until I'm 57. Why?
March was the 32nd month in a row where there were net withdrawals from UK equity funds by British private investors, according to the Investment Association.
Ministers and Stock Exchange bosses should take an 'activist approach' to ensure the UK doesn't miss out to Amsterdam or New York, according to Tory MP Greg Clark.
Daniel Kretinsky is preparing to table a new takeover offer ahead of a May 15 deadline.
Companies on the AIM have suffered a 15.4% fall in the average value of the daily trading of their shares, underscoring wider concerns about the UK stock market.
Nik Jhangiani intends to join Diageo as chief financial officer this autumn following an eight-year spell at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP).
The penthouse is part of Flete House Tower, which is set in 12 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds in the village of Ermington, two miles from the town of Ivybridge.
The AA attributes the drop to high costs coinciding with effective anti-diesel campaigns in towns and cities, leading to drivers switching from diesel to petrol, hybrid and electric cars.
A British tradie who went from sleeping in a car in London to running his own handyman business has revealed why he is still moving to Australia as a skilled migrant despite the rental crisis.
And that's especially the case with the value-for-money 1-litre petrol TCe 90 that I've been driving after the model was quietly reintroduced into the Clio range.
Lord Fowler was Health Secretary from 1981-87, during Margaret Thatcher's premiership. After quitting politics he toured Africa with Ken Clarke and Leon Brittan.
Founding investor Mike Lynch has yet to comment. And it is also tough to work out the position of the Darktrace Employee Benefit Trust.
If we are to ease the tax burden on the young, we have to make work more attractive for the old. Simple as that.
Case received a bonus of £10.4 million. It makes him one of the highest paid bosses of any firm listed on the London stock market.
City and Wall Street experts predict Disney will report a profit of around £3.6 billion for the six months to March, thanks in part to a cost-cutting programme.
By making use of another tax-free saving scheme once their child reaches adulthood, parents saving into Junior Isas could boost their savings by £10,000 thanks to free Government bonuses.
Currently, many who pay for car or home insurance monthly, rather than annually, face interest charges of more than 20%.
We have been granted an exclusive invitation to the Bank of England's inner sanctum where His Majesty's high-tech money was designed.
The building society is denying its 16 million members a say on the deal that would create Britain's second biggest savings and loans group.
They are piling billions into accounts paying a higher return, new analysis shows, giving banks a headache.
Researchers found that 15 per cent of drivers are anxious that they will be ticketed and fined because rules are too hard to follow.
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Fixed mortgage rates have edged up since February, after almost six months of consecutive rate cuts by lenders.
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