Ruth Baker has an urgent deadline. The graphic designer and her husband are desperate to buy a four-bedroom house they have found in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, by mid-January so they can apply for a primary school place for their three-year-old son. First, however, they...
Banks that looked set to take steep losses on a long-stalled debt sale for PureGym received unexpected support from this week’s Covid-19 vaccine breakthrough, which boosted demand for junk bonds from the UK’s largest exercise chain and helped lenders make it out...
Three property companies have laid bare the impact of coronavirus on the UK market, with the pandemic hitting valuations and customer interest. Property companies across the UK have been hit hard by both the virus and the government’s response. Commercial tenants have...
The UK’s audit watchdog has urged large companies to disclose information on the impact of climate change on their business in their corporate reporting. The Financial Reporting Council concluded after a review that corporate reporting around climate change...
Schroders said on Tuesday it aims to raise 250 million pounds by floating its new British Opportunities Trust fund next month that will inject equity into high growth companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 and other economic factors were having a dramatic... 