Scraping the barrel: The gold rush in whisky cask investment schemes

The sector has certainly had a bad press, and there has been lots of squabbling and finger-pointing, often by those with a vested interest. Tom Bruce-Gardyne lifts the lid on this murky world for City AM’s Whisky…

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Office cycle racks empty as e-bikes pile up – could the solution be obvious?

It doesn’t tell you anything about how people are getting to work. That distinction has been missing from the debate about unused cycle storage in London’s office buildings. Research from the London Property Alliance…

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City chairman: Successful planning systems are not those that always say yes

Whatever the political differences between them, there is now broad recognition that Britain needs to invest, build and compete more effectively if it is to raise productivity and living standards. Closer to home, the…

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City finance jobs shrink as Budget fears add to cautious mood

Finance jobs in London shrunk in September as employers weighed up the raft of economic pressures and uncertainty around the forthcoming Budget. City vacancies tumbled 30 per cent to 1,200 by the end of the third…

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Rocket Padel raises £7m ahead of West London and East Croydon club openings

The funding round values the business, which runs five clubs in Denmark, four in the UK and is building its first in Spain, at an undisclosed eight-figure sum, it said. Rocket Padel says the UK is its biggest growth…

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One pub shuts every day as Burnham tax cuts ‘not enough’

About 360 pubs are expected to have called last orders in the whole of 2026, with 295 watering holes having shut for good so far this year, according to research from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). Andy…

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Roofing scammers con homeowners out of thousands of pounds

The consumer advice charity says one in 10 of all the scams it recorded over the past year were related to roofing, making it the most common type of scam brought to them. It can leave victims like Crystal, from the…

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Trump faces growing backlash over plans to import diesel from Russia

Trump on Friday announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to release 300,000 tonnes of diesel immediately "to the American and global marketplace" followed by several other shipments. That is despite…

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Rampant inflation could land Healey with £35bn bill, IFS warns

The Chancellor has been warned that soaring borrowing costs could cause his fiscal headroom to all-but vanish, though the influential think tank has said inflation poses a bigger challenge. The IFS has found that higher…

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Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age

The new model, unveiled at the Paris Motor Show, is a small city runabout with retro styling which harks back to one of the company's most famous designs. As a "concept car" intended to show Citroen's direction of…

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