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MARKET REPORT: Liz Truss cheers up UK’s small band of frackers
Conservative party leadership frontrunner Liz Truss has cheered up the UK's small band of frackers. At a party hustings event in Cheltenham, Truss said she believed it should be allowed, after the Government banned fracking in 2019…
ALEX BRUMMER: Litigation risk of finding cures in life sciences
Emma Walmsley will have had better weeks. Having successfully re-engineered GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and steered its consumer health care arm Haleon to the London market, the company itself – along with other big pharma groups – is in the…
Ultra-pricey steak restaurant raked in £7m in its first four months of trading
Touch of class: Turkish butcher Nusret Gokçe shot to fame in 2017 for the flamboyant manner in which he salted steakAn ultra-pricey steak restaurant opened by social media sensation 'Salt Bae' raked in £7million in its first four…
What you need to know about having a home swimming pool
This summer, it's not just sales of rosé wine and ice cream that have rocketed during the heatwave. Interest in swimming pools has also surged.'This sweltering summer has undoubtedly inspired people to install swimming pools,' says Sallie…
Window shopping: Stained glass or acoustic? Solid wood or plastic?
Your front door isn't there to keep people out, it's there to welcome them in.Along with the windows — those peep-holes into your life — the style and colour tell friends and strangers alike who you are and what they can expect when they…
How to find a lost savings account, pension, investment account or insurance policy
As the cost of living crisis goes from bad to worse, new research has revealed that Britons may have as much as £50billion sitting in inactive or dormant accounts.There are roughly 20million people with unclaimed money festering in…
TBC Bank declares £22.8m share buyback programme
London-listed TBC Bank has announced a share buyback programme as it posted another robust set of quarterly results.The Georgian bank said it had approved the purchase of up to 75 million Georgian lari (£22.8million) of its own stock, with…
BUSINESS LIVE: UK GDP shrinks 0.6%; GSK and Haleon litigation panic
The FTSE 100 has closed up 0.5 per cent to 7500.9, while the FTSE 250 has ended the day up 0.5 per cent to 20338.96. Among UK companies with reports and updates are GSK, Haleon, 888 and Flutter Entertainment. Read the Friday 12 August…
888 Holdings shares plummet as online gambling is hit by slowdown
888 Holdings shares plummeted on Friday after the gambling group revealed a massive drop in profits.Pre-tax profits at the Gibraltar-based business tumbled by two-thirds to £14.4million in the first half of 2022 as loosening Covid…
Will savings rates keep rising and are cash Isas a good option? This is Money podcast
Rising bills and the cost-of-living crisis are forcing many to dip into savings pots, if they have one to begin with.At the same time, with base rate rising to try and curb inflation, savings deals have become far better than they have been…
