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I have a friend, Tony, a minicab driver whom I first met as a client when he was driving for the local minicab firm. On that first job, having transported me safely to my destination, he entrepreneurially suggested it would be financially beneficial to...

Sir John Vickers produced an elegant and sensible Interim Report into the banking industry. He concentrated on two main problems.

‘Retirement,' has replaced ‘spending more time with the family' as the euphemism for leaving high-profile jobs.

Premier UK Strategic Growth manager Simon King tells Asset TV's Sam Shaw why he is adding capital goods firms to his £60m portfolio

The renaissance in UK manufacturing is a welcome rebalancing after two decades of import reliance, says Gervais Williams, managing director of MAM Funds.

Baring High Yield Bond manager expects to benefit from further spread compression in asset class after two years of solid outperformance

Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation fell by a surprise 0.4% to 4% in March as the cost of food and drink lowered, but it is still double the Bank of England's target.

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BlackRock's Mark Lyttleton has cut his banking exposure on concerns a heavier burden of regulation and increased capital requirements are clouding the outlook for the sector this year.