Parties urged to put £395bn wealth fund in manifestos
Lakshmi Narayanan, chairman of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, believes the UK can 'easily' have a £395billion fund within three to five years.
Lakshmi Narayanan, chairman of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, believes the UK can 'easily' have a £395billion fund within three to five years.
The London-listed company's sales are expected to fall to £900m, an 11 per cent drop from last year when it broke the £1billion barrier for the first time.
Marks, perhaps the most quintessentially British business in the Footsie, is providing something of an antidote to the pall surrounding the City.
Bidders for Anglo American and Royal Mail owner International Distributions Services must put forward formal offers in the coming days - or walk away for at least six months.
Edwina Currie, 77, is an author and one of Westminster's most colourful alumna, writes Angela Epstein. Liverpool-born Currie served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher.
It has been a good year for those who like a large slice of their Isas and pensions to be invested in the UK stock market.
Whitbread, the former brewer turned hotelier and restaurant group, is one of many businesses that offers 'perks' to its shareholders.
This week TV presenter Anne Robinson said she had 'given away' her £50million fortune to avoid inheritance tax.
Am I biting into the world's most expensive hash brown? It's the question that always haunts me as I tuck into one of the 'All You Can Eat' breakfasts at the Premier Inn.
The variety of different battery-powered vehicles in showrooms has grown by more than 500% in the last decade, with only 16 electric variants on sale in the UK back in 2014.
Rachel Reeves recognises that if she is to march into No 11 Downing Street on July 5 it would be a big mistake to hit voters with huge tax rises straight away.
Nearly 1,500 branches have been swept away - or put on death row - since the beginning of 2022 and I wouldn't be surprised if the total surpasses 2,000 by the New Year.
The private equity-style windfall will be triggered on Friday after a sharp rise in the value of Melrose's shares since 2020 when the incentive scheme was introduced.
Having survived since the end of the Ice Age in England's largest freshwater expanse, the Arctic char is under threat like never before from raw sewage.
The US and China are racing ahead while the UK has the lowest download speed of a G7 country.
It had been set to take place as early as next month in the largest sell-off to the public since Royal Mail listed on the stock exchange in 2013.
In an embarrassing U-turn, London Tunnels has appointed Dutch investment bank ABN Amro to handle the flotation on the Euronext exchange.
According to scientists, methane accounts for around 30 per cent of global warming and is up to 80 times more harmful than carbon dioxide.
London is currently vying with New York for the blockbuster £53billion float, which would see Shein slip straight into the blue-chip FTSE 100.
Let's step back from the politics, of which there will be more than enough in coming weeks, and focus on the economic inheritance of the next Government.
After two difficult years, UK smaller companies manager Neil Hermon is convinced that 'things can only get better'.
The great and the good were at the Chelsea Flower Show this week, keen to see and be seen at what is undoubtedly the most flourishing event of the business calendar.