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Financial sector confidence about UK economy drops sharply

Subhadip 29/03/2016 Comments off

Fears over the UK’s faltering economic outlook have been underlined by a survey showing a sharp drop in confidence among financial services

Subhadip 29/03/2016 Comments off

Savers have withdrawn almost £6bn from their retirement funds after the introduction of pension reforms last year. New industry figures show that

Subhadip 19/03/2016 Comments off

A council in south-east London has created what it describes as “the UK’s first pop-up village” to house families who are forced

Subhadip 19/03/2016 Comments off

The Hinkley nuclear power deal contains a “poison pill” which could leave taxpayers with a £22bn bill if a future UK government

Subhadip 19/03/2016 Comments off

Sainsbury’s has tabled a £1.4bn takeover of Home Retail Group after South African retail group Steinhoff ditched plans to make a rival

Subhadip 19/03/2016 Comments off

Wafic Saïd, the billionaire philanthropist and arms deal fixer, is considering legal action against Barclays after the bank forced him to close

Subhadip 14/03/2016 Comments off

China’s Anbang bought New York’s famous Waldorf-Astoria hotel from Blackstone in 2015 Chinese insurer Anbang has agreed to buy a US luxury

Subhadip 14/03/2016 Comments off

Oil prices have fallen by nearly 3% after Iran put off plans to join nations proposing a freeze on production. Oil minister

Subhadip 14/03/2016 Comments off

Eurozone industrial production grew at its highest rate in more than six years during January, driven by a sharp increase in output