Ask a friend what springs to mind at the mention of ‘self storage’, and the chances are it will be a big, bright yellow building. This would doubtless belong to Big Yellow Group (BYG), the market ...

The government is reported to be considering radical changes to property taxes, inheritance tax (IHT) and lifetime gifting in its search for billions of pounds more in tax revenues. From a Labour ...

The fall in tech shares is a continuation of what’s been happening since Tuesday, when a report suggested AI investment wasn’t really reaping rewards for businesses, amid ongoing concerns about ...

The scale of the accounting error in the North American business is significant given the retailer’s low margins ...

Low prices have left quoted ones open to being snapped up cheaply by foreign investors or private equity. Their greater appetite for debt often means they pay less tax – so the government has to seek ...

The weight-loss obsession is leaving companies with decent prospects in the shade, to the extent that investors should look away from the flashier parts of the pharmaceutical sector to find more ...

The promise of an immediate cash lump sum is an appealing prospect, and one that platforms are not shy about offering to prospective customers. But while cashback offers are not necessarily a bad ...

The focus is now on talks with the Mozambique government that must end in a deal for the mineral sands miner to stay in business ...

There’s no way around the fact that inheritance tax (IHT), and being as tax efficient as possible, plays a part in your ability to build generational wealth. Reports that the government is once again ...

Peculiarly, given it was founded in 1872 and went public in 1985, Adnams is an ‘Access’ stock. Almost as peculiarly, given ...

My column last month (‘’, IC, 16 July 2025), revisited the reasons for remaining of the view that consensus forecasts are underestimating the level of inflation going forward, and consequently ...

An increase in higher-margin consultancy work, which now accounts for 16 per cent of revenues, will help Costain achieve its target adjusted operating margin run rate of 4.5 per cent by the end of ...