Mike Lynch’s estate wins right to challenge £920m HP fraud ruling
The Mike Lynch appeal will go ahead after the Court of Appeal gave the late tech entrepreneur's estate permission to challenge the £920m fraud award to Hewlett Packard on four…
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Amazon accused of rigging ad auctions as FTC and 22 states allege $20bn overcharge
An Amazon advertising lawsuit filed by the FTC and 22 US states alleges the company manipulated its ad auctions to overcharge more than a million advertising customers by an estimated…
Cost of new government borrowing nears 30-year high as October budget looms
UK borrowing costs are close to their highest level in almost three decades, with newly issued government debt yielding an average of 3.8 per cent this year, as Andy Burnham…
easyJet heads back into the FTSE 100 as Entain, Aston Martin and Persimmon face the drop
A recommended £5.7 billion takeover offer from Apollo has set up an easyJet return to the blue chip index in this week's FTSE 100 reshuffle, which would also promote Ithaca…
Scan.com raises $220m to fund US push ahead of flotation talks
A $220 million Scan.com funding round backed by Aviva will bankroll a bigger push into the American market, as Britain's largest private medical imaging company prepares to meet London Stock…
Vodafone, Heathrow and JCB head to Reform UK conference as party woos business
Some of Britain's biggest companies, including Vodafone, EE, Heathrow and JCB, will be at this week's Reform UK conference in Birmingham, where Nigel Farage's party is staging its first dedicated…
Allica Bank applies for Swedish banking licence in first move beyond the UK
Allica Bank has asked Sweden's financial regulator to approve its first move outside the UK, applying for a Swedish banking licence months after a $155 million funding round valued the…
Call blocker firm fined £190,000 for making the nuisance calls it claimed to stop
A company that sold devices promising to protect elderly people from nuisance calls has been fined £190,000 by the ICO for making more than 758,000 of them itself, every one…
Burnham’s business rates adviser called for £9bn tax cut for high streets
The man appointed by Andy Burnham to lead the business rates review for pubs and hotels has previously called for the tax to be cut by up to £9bn a…
Colman’s Mustard put up for sale as Unilever clears path for £48bn McCormick merger
Unilever has put Colman's up for sale ahead of the planned merger of its food division with US spice giant McCormick. The Colman's Mustard sale is designed to head off…