NatWest faces $1.1bn claim over 1991 Argentine shipyard sale
NatWest is facing a $1.1 billion damages claim from Tandanor, a shipyard in Buenos Aires, over alleged fraudulent conduct during its privatisation in 1991, the...
Fly-tipping gangs forced sale of family farmland, says Earl Spencer
Earl Spencer has said organised fly-tipping forced his family to sell the 310 acres of Northamptonshire farmland it had farmed since 1893. Writing in the...
Help to Buy returns £1.74bn as ministers review scheme revival
The government has made £1.74 billion from George Osborne’s Help to Buy scheme, figures disclosed in Homes England’s annual report show, as housing minister Matthew...
Eat up and get out: why dawdling diners are killing UK restaurants
A restaurateur friend of mine, who I shall not name because he has to keep serving these people, rang me recently with a tale of...