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Barlcays has signed up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment. Image: Shutterstock Thirty organisations including Barclays, Royal Mail, and John Lewis have signed a commitment to recognise the importance of promoting staff wellbeing and good mental health. The Mental Health at Work Commitment provides a framework of six core …

A quarter of FTSE 100 firms are expected to pay a dividend of 6 per cent or more this year, but new analysis suggests income hunting investors should tread with caution. Seven big hitters in the UK’s index of top listed companies are forecast to pay more than 8 per …

21 October 2019 Transport / Logistics Services Parcel price comparison website Parcel2Go has posted revenues of over £100 million for the first time. By comparison, nine years ago revenues were just under £16 million. Strong international parcel growth drove the revenue increases, in a large part due to a weak Pound …

The past year has a seen a flurry of FTSE 100 chief executives announce their departures, with three in October alone. Tesco’s Dave Lewis, Imperial’s Alison Cooper and BP’s Bob Dudley have all revealed plan’s to leave their top jobs this month, following a five-year trend of high turnover of …

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson smiling in the House of Commons in London on October 19, 2019, during a debate on the Brexit deal. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. …

Prince Harry has admitted that he and William are travelling on ‘different paths’ in the first public acceptance of a rift between the brothers. In a candid interview, the Duke of Sussex acknowledged there had been deepening tensions between himself and William, following months of speculation about the state of the …

  By Press Association 2019 British newspapers The front pages are dominated by Brexit machinations and “Bad Blood Brothers” in the royal family. The Financial Times says Boris Johnson will today make a new attempt to win Parliament’s backing for his Brexit deal, with the paper predicting he will win the …

Sitting on a stage in a hall in central London, trade union leader Terry Pullinger belted out a number common on the terraces of Millwall FC — the football club whose fans are known for their fearsome reputation. Moments later the auditorium erupted, after it was announced that members of …

In the eight years Paul Johnson has been director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), he has seen three prime ministers, two general elections and – so far – one Brexit referendum. Read more: Government almost matching Labour’s spending pledges, says IFS If that wasn’t enough, Britain’s political leaders …

By now, we all know the Harry and Meghan drill. Their royal mission in life is to ‘shine a light’ on hardship, to raise awareness and funds for good causes, while still being ‘authentic’ in themselves. And truly, they are to be commended for this. If they so wished, the …