13+ hour, 17+ min ago   (514+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have called on Andy Burnham to make good on his support for lower VAT, piling pressure on the prime minister ahead of next month’s Budget. Pub giants, restaurant chains, hotels and some of Britain’s best-known chefs…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (744+ words) One of London’s biggest landowning families raked in record rent from its Marylebone property empire last year, helped by a surge in demand at its ‘cradle-to-grave’ private healthcare district. Howard de Walden Estates, which owns the Harley Street health district…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (334+ words) Private equity giant KKR has struck a deal to buy an AIM-listed construction software company in the latest of a wave of takeovers on the London Stock Exchange this year. In partnership with venture capital firm Accel, KKR has snapped…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (454+ words) The number of parents grouping just under the £100,000 ‘tax trap’ salary in order to maintain access to free childcare will “grow dramatically”, tax researchers have warned, while some households continue to claim the benefit despite earning above the income threshold....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (490+ words) Victoria Beckham’s luxury fashion empire has warned on its future, cautioning that the group will have to seek emergency funding if its lenders demand their money back. The former Spice Girl‘s up-market label returned a profit for the first…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (381+ words) Playtech’s long-running legal feud with rival Evolution has deepened after the gambling software firm claimed a previously-hidden report proved its competitor was “problematic” and made money in banned markets. The London-listed firm has been in fierce spat with Evolution since…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (340+ words) England Rugby chiefs are being forced to wait for a crucial planning meeting over the future of events at Allianz Stadium. Hopes had been raised that a meeting to determine whether the Twickenham arena could significantly boost its number of…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (583+ words) Private equity firms have been circling several UK sectors, driven by a perfect storm of undervalued assets and large cash stockpiles, but the latest Spire Healthcare deal showed that external investment’s strong interest in the private healthcare market has continued....

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (468+ words) The UK is at risk of its booming financial services industry being governed overseas after lagging behind international rivals in digital asset innovation, a new report has warned. Banking industry body UK Finance has issued a rallying call to policymakers…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (555+ words) The hedge fund billionaire Chris Rokos has joined the ranks of ultra-wealthy residents in leaving the UK, in a decision likely to cost the government billions of pounds lost tax revenue. Rokos, the founder of his namesake investment firm Rokos…...