Lloyds Banking Group has announced it is axing the Halifax brand, meaning the 173-year-old former building society’s name will disappear from UK high streets.
Read more →A housing shortfall, record home costs and cuts to subsidies are intensifying the US affordability crunch
Read more →Up to 150 former WH Smith high street stores are to close after the high court approved a swingeing restructure that could affect thousands of jobs.
Read more →We’re interested in hearing from people who have bought gold coins, bars or other precious metals through specialist dealers or online brokers
Read more →The FCA has announced Kirsty Cooper will take up the role as Chair of the Listing Authority Advisory Panel (LAAP). Clare Woodman and Matt Hammerstein have been reappointed as Chair of the FCA Markets Practitioner Panel …
Read more →It has hosted everything from Miss World to the Chemical Brothers. Now the vast London venue has become a city within a city boasting offices, hotels, a theatre, commanding views – and even a school
Read more →Panel proses shared framework for responsible AI development as adoption grows unevenly across world
Read more →Average price of typical home little changed at £277,484 in June, says Nationwide, while housebuilder shares fall
Read more →The likely next prime minister would rather be in Warrington than Washington, but foreign policy will dominate his agenda more than he thinks
Read more →Robert Jenrick and MP for Lincoln among those whose constituencies could be hit by cuts to road infrastructure plans
Read more →Airlines and airports say passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours for biometric checks
Read more →“The UK housing market is proving to be a study in resilience rather than exuberance,” said Anthony Codling , housing analyst at RBC Capital Markets. The average price of a home dipped £540 in June from May but rose alm…
Read more →I moved into my new house 14 months ago, and soon afterwards applied to ScottishPower, with whom the solar panels are registered for a feed-in tariff (Fit), for transfer of ownership of the panels and the tariff.
Read more →Track record of Welsh Water shows public ownership is not the answer to all the woes in the utilities sector
Read more →Typical bill will surge by £220 a year from Wednesday, forcing 13.5m homes to spend over 10% of income on fuel
Read more →Japan has ambitious targets to increase overseas visitor numbers, but there are growing concerns about overtourism. One possible answer is two-tier pricing
Read more →Andy Burnham has set out his economic plans for Britain. Neal Lawson , from the Burnham-aligned group Mainstream, explains the thinking behind it
Read more →Anthropic has said the US commerce department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than three weeks after the company was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over na…
Read more →President’s crypto ventures have eclipsed in revenue much of his property portfolio that took decades to accumulate
Read more →Ally of PM-in-waiting says four-year boost for the armed forces is an ‘unexploded bomb’
Read more →Keir Starmer’s defence investment plan leaves behind spending problems that his successor will not be able to avoid.
Read more →Sir Keir Starmer cuts civilian investment while deepening reliance on American power. That doesn’t feel like national renewal
Read more →New defence secretary goes along with £1.5bn addition to spending plan that led to his predecessor’s resignation and Starmer’s in turn
Read more →“Believe Westminster, and the bond vigilantes are the ever-present, always hovering threat to political stability,” writes Aditya Chakrabortty ( It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own M…
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