FTSE CLOSE: Footsie climbs as banks pass stress tests and US stocks start December on a positive note
The Footsie closed higher, lifted by bank stocks which jumped after clearing the latest Bank of England stress tests.
The Footsie closed higher, lifted by bank stocks which jumped after clearing the latest Bank of England stress tests.
Does Peugeot's latest hot hatch have what it takes to repeat the success of 80s icons like the 205 GTi? Ray Massey gets behind the wheel of the new 308 GTi and covers 600 miles to find out.
Tickets to see Adele on the UK leg of her European tour are already being resold for up to ten times the value just hours after they have gone on sale.
The Chancellor may have given those getting tax credits a reprieve from an imminent slashing of their income but they will soon need to get their head round a new system - universal credit.
By mid session, the FTSE 100 index was up 35.5 points, or 0.6 per cent to 6,391.6 despite European markets staying weaker - Germany’s Dax 30 index and France’s CAC 40 index both off 0.1 per cent.
The closely-watched Markit/CIPS manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 52.7 last month, following the 16-month high of 55.2 reached in October.
Marshall, who is best known for leading the Garden Centre Group out of financial difficulties, told the Financial Times that he had been looking at Homebase for the past couple of years.
The deal with China's CMC Holdings and CITIC Capital gives City Football Group a valuation of around $3billion.
Farmers are being warned once again to be extremely vigilant of any suspicious calls, texts or e-mails this month as they become major target for fraudsters.
It equates to a total first-year home makeover cost of £6.8billion, based on the near-670,000 moves that happen each year, according to the study by insurer Aviva.
Merlin Entertainments, which also operates Madame Tussauds, Thorpe Park and Legoland theme parks, said a recent Halloween event at Alton Towers helped lift visitor numbers.
Bankso resort in Bulgaria, La Thuile in Italy and the French, Les Deux Alpes, have topped the list for the best resorts to hit the slopes on a budget.
Another online challenger bank is set to launch next year after being given the green light by the Bank of England today. Tandem joins Atom Bank, launching in 2016.
The retailer also received £2.4m compensation from its landlord in London’s Regent Street after agreeing to close a loss-making store as the building is being redeveloped.
The investment giant – which runs £283.7bn – has seen almost a third wiped off its value over the past 12 months. This has fuelled speculation that the company is looking for a buyer.
The upmarket retailer said annual profit for the year to July rose 31 per cent to £5m, and sales jumped 19 per cent to £88m.
Deferred prosecution agreements are special plea bargains allowing prosecutors to suspend a prosecution for an agreed period of time, and then drop it.
Research from savings and investment firm Hargreaves Lansdown suggests those hoping for a strong end to the year could be in luck.
The figures provide ammunition for the Bank, which is expected to unveil a crackdown on risky lending, including buy-to-let mortgages.
The Government has promised to fund the rollout of superfast broadband coverage across 95 per cent of the country under its Broadband Delivery UK plan.
The collapse of a dam holding back waste water from the Samarco iron ore operation in Minas Gerais in Brazil has killed at least 13 and six are still missing.
Large retailers source their trees from Denmark and Norway, and the strength of the pound against those countries’ currencies has meant your tree could be around 15 per cent cheaper.
The City benefited when the UK became the first choice location for natural resource stocks. The collapse in commodity prices has changed that.
It is recognition that has been craved by President Xi Jinping and his cohorts, but which should give the rest of us pause for thought as China and its currency gain inexorably in power and influence.
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