Banks and Finance

Crunch meeting at Thames Water amid scramble for £750m

Business
Robert Johnson

If the company is put into special administration, it is estimated that as much as £5bn of financial support would be needed to ...

HSBC shares plunge after China crisis sparks ‘messy’ quarter

Business
Robert Johnson

In April 2020 – at the height of the pandemic – it sank 9.5pc, while it fell 19pc in March 2009 during ...

Deutsche Bank orders managers back to the office four days a week

Business
Robert Johnson

Deutsche Bank has become the latest big company to crackdown on working from home, ordering managers back to the office four days ...

Two of Britain’s biggest investments banks combine amid London stock market slowdown

Business
Robert Johnson

Mr Bhoma said some minimal job losses were expected as a result of staff overlaps but said most of the cost reductions ...

Billionaire Tory donor Alan Howard shares in £268m pay day from hedge fund

Business
Robert Johnson

The billionaire Tory donor Alan Howard shared a £268m pay out from his hedge fund last year as bets on interest rates ...

‘NatWest refuses to tell me who paid £2k into my current account’

Business
Robert Johnson

Dear reader, Whereas some people may have been tempted to spend the money as soon as possible and hope no-one noticed, you ...