Brook & Ledger — UK business, markets, and money — for people who read the numbers first.
Today, through the title partnership with Qatar, the Qatar Goodwood Festival has evolved into far more than one of the UK’s premier horse racing events, it has become a powerful symbol of the growing relationship between…
Read moreIn the latest sign that London’s prime property market is facing a prolonged slowdown, the firm’s administrators said its owners had run out of cash. The developer’s now-deleted website boasted a portfolio of 20 luxury…
Read moreBut there remains a feeling that the Rainbow Nation, and the wider African continent is being ignored by global sport. Fifa’s Gianni Infantino reportedly offering Morocco the 2030 World Cup final to secure his presidency…
Read moreThe yield, or interest rate, on 30-year French bonds has risen to its highest level since September 2008 – the start of the financial crisis – at 4.8558%, up one basis point (0.01 percentage point) today, Reuters reports…
Read more"I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless," Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal. The comedy promoter was buying supplies in the store in East Dulwich, in south-east London , for a…
Read moreA Freedom of Information (FOI) request by consulting firm RSM UK found that applications from skilled tech workers dropped seven per cent to 34,936 in 2025, down from 37,376 the previous year. Applications have now…
Read moreThe Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the approval will allow Virgin to run up to 20 daily return services between London and Paris, Brussels or Amsterdam, with the agreement running from to . The ORR said it was "a…
Read moreSazerac told BBC Wales in a statement it had agreed to buy the vodka start-up, with the deal, first reported by Sky News, expected to earn Swansea-based founders Charlie Morgan and Jackson Quinn over £100m each. Former…
Read moreThe chair of Monzo will make an early exit from the UK fintech next month following a period of a turmoil in the neobank’s boardroom. Garry Hoffman will step down from his role as soon as next month, ending his tenure…
Read moreHundreds are jeering around the ring, where the crowd have been whipped into a feverish mob. Villagers are peering from the rooftops to get a glimpse of the fight. But before long, the anger is tempered by a matronly…
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