Families told to hold their nerve as inherited property tax fears swirl
Families spooked by reports that the capital gains tax ‘uplift on death’ could be scrapped should treat the speculation as a prompt to get organised,...
Student loans sold like phone contracts open a serious trust gap
Young people’s faith in student finance has been badly shaken by findings from the Treasury Committee that official promotion of loans, likening repayments to a...
‘This is just how it is’: the lie driving mothers out of work
One in five women in the UK steps back or drops out of her career after having children. Zoe Duce, who spent a decade building...
Covid support abuse behind more than half of 3,280 director bans
More than half of the 3,280 company directors banned in Great Britain since 2023 were caught abusing Covid-19 financial support, new figures reveal, proof that...
Xavier Niel seizes top spot at Vodafone with £4.4bn stake swoop
French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel is to become the largest shareholder in Vodafone, the group behind the UK’s biggest mobile network, after agreeing a £4.4...
Athena, the brand behind Tennis Girl, goes up for sale
Athena, the poster retailer that decorated a generation of British bedrooms and gave the world the Tennis Girl, is up for sale, offering entrepreneurs and...