Nearly half of Britons believe wealthy have a duty to give to charity

Almost half of the British public believe high-net-worth individuals have a duty to donate to charity, according to new research unveiled at the third Giving and Impact Summit, where more than 140 philanthropists, wealth advisers, business leaders...

Former RAF pilot steers CAB through turbulent turnaround

A former Royal Air Force fighter pilot who once flew Tornado jets at supersonic speeds is now navigating a different kind of high-pressure environment: the financial markets.Neeraj Kapur, 60, chief executive of CAB Payments, is leading a turnaround...

The debate about the presence of Russian oligarchs and their vast assets in the UK after the Putin regime’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the problem of money-laundering up the political and regulatory agenda.

UK’s development finance institution British International Investment (BII) will invest Rs 19 billion into a new dedicated, four-wheeler electric passenger vehicle arm which India's automobile company Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) will incorporate....

UK’s export credit agency, UK Export Finance, in its annual report and accounts for 2021-22, has revealed that they had provided £7.4 billion to UK businesses for the purpose of exports, with 81 per cent going to SMEs, totalling £6 billion,...

The latest data on gross domestic product indicates that UK economy has slowed faster than economists had expected, while business confidence has fallen sharply in recent months. Analysts are already cutting forecasts for earnings next year...

US pharmacy giant Walgreens has dropped plans to sell Boots, saying buyers were unable to raise enough funds due to instability in financial markets. Walgreens said it had various offers for the pharmacy business after it put Boots up for sale...

Ofgem has published plans to cut baseline annual rates of return to 4.75 per cent for the five years from April 2023, down from about 6.8 per cent under the current regime. This means the companies that own the UK’s local electricity distribution...



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