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Top financier Edi Truell launches £245 million bid for troubled banknote printer De La Rue
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:00 GMT, January 9, 2025 <!--
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MARKET REPORT: Boost for pawn broker H&T as consumers falter
By GARY PARKINSON Updated: 22:00 GMT, January 9, 2025 <!--
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Greggs shares are falling after demand declines in the second half of 2024
The company's annual turnover was approximately £200 million higher than the previous yearBy HARRY WISE Updated: 16:47 GMT, January 9, 2025 <!--
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Mortgage interest rates are set to rise as financing costs reach their highest level in 27 years
Fixed-rate mortgages could rise in the coming weeks, experts sayBy ED MAGNUS Updated: 16:38 GMT, January 9, 2025 <!--
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Jaguar sales take a dive after a fierce backlash against the ‘woke’ brand, but the…
Jaguar sales figures have fallen by more than a quarter in the past year due to the legendary British car brand's dramatic 'woke' rebrand. The company was torn for ditching the iconic "growler" emblem used on grilles and hoods for decades…
Government bond yields show Britain can’t borrow for growth, so let’s give savers a good…
Rachel Reeves has a problem – and it's now bigger than the problem she inherited as chancellor.Borrowing costs in Britain have risen since the chancellor's autumn budget and 30-year government bond yields have hit a 27-year high.Reeves and…
Saba lures Herald shareholders with a cash exit offer
The hedge fund, which is trying to take control of seven London-listed funds, is hoping to win over Herald Investment Trust investors with the offer of a cash exit.Saba Capital is seeking to overhaul the boards of seven trusts in which it…
Do you own one of the most wrecked cars of 2024? Number one is a hugely popular Ford family…
The most scrapped vehicle in 2024 was the Ford Focus, new findings show.Scrap Car Comparison data shows the Focus made up 6.3 percent of all vehicles scrapped last year, up two percentage points from 2023, as a greater share of blue-oval…
Interest rates could reach 2.5% by the end of 2027, one economist predicts: what would that mean for…
An influential economic research firm predicts that interest rates will fall to 2.5 percent by the end of 2027, a much larger drop than the market consensus of 3.75 percent. Economists at Oxford Economics believe that the Bank of England…
We downsized and got a smart meter… why have our Octopus utility bills skyrocketed? TAP ON THE…
Two years ago, my husband and I downsized from a three-bedroom house to a two-bedroom apartment. Since we moved, our energy bill has almost quadrupled.Our supplier, Octopus, charges us almost £430 a month for electricity. In our previous…