The audit watchdog must cut the Big Four down to size
There needs to be more responsibility and independence beyond box-ticking so that accounts are properly scrutinised. Questionable accounting methods have...
Analysis
Giant Tesla batteries to store green power in Dorset
The California-based company’s lithium-ion batteries will provide a combined capacity of 15 megawatts (MW) to Dorset and its surrounding areas, storing energy...
‘I’ve lost my job and am about to give birth’
It’s supposed to be one of the happiest times of your life, but for many women being pregnant and going...
Antonio Horta-Osorio exits Lloyds Bank after a stormy decade
Antonio Horta-Osorio is no stranger to risk. The Portuguese banker takes breaks from running one of Britain's biggest lenders by...
Straight-talking Amanda Blanc looks to put wind in Aviva’s sails
The firm could be separated into life and non-life divisions, or UK and international, for example. Significant divestments could offer...
Stamp duty holiday would make 88pc of English property transactions tax-free
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to announce plans for a temporary stamp duty holiday that could save the average English...
An autumn stamp duty holiday will paralyse the property market
The current, fragile property market is like a house of cards: one gust of wind and it will all come...
230,000 renters to lose their homes in summer of evictions
Almost 230,000 renters could lose their home when the Government’s ban on evictions comes to an end in August. An estimated...
Big Tech companies have got universities in their sights
“Part of our education system is doing what they need – our Caltechs and MITs and so on are doing...
Agents warn of a bubble in frenzied country property market led by fleeing Londoners
Coronavirus has brought a dramatic change. Fiona Pengelly of Strutt & Parker estate agents in Salisbury said: “Since the market...
