Nine in ten investors would back UK stocks if stamp duty scrapped October 9, 2025 Rachel Reeves is facing renewed calls to scrap stamp duty in a bid to boost the City’s market attractiveness on the global stage. Almost nine in ten UK retail investors said they would hike their investment in the country’s stocks if the levy – often dubbed a ‘shares tax’ – was scrapped, according to fresh [...]
Stokes and Archer in $4.5m raise for Indian medical treatment firm October 7, 2025 England cricketers Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer have taken part of a $4.5m raise for a company that will offer UK patients medical treatments in India. The duo will join India’s KL Rahul through their 4Cast vehicle, as well as lead investor Nexus Venture Partners, in investing in The Medical Travel Company, which claims to [...]
JP Morgan scraps Nutmeg in launch of new personal investing brand October 1, 2025 JP Morgan is to scrap its Nutmeg brand and roll its services into a new consumer wealth management business as it intensifies its battle with market leader Hargreaves Lansdown. The new service, dubbed JP Morgan Personal Investing, will offer managed investments, pensions, and ISAs alongside digital financial planning tools and dedicated relationship managers. The bank [...]
FTSE 100 Live: Asos and Close Brothers lead City stocks’ fall as economic growth slows September 30, 2025 Good morning from the Morning Wire liveblog team. When Rachel Reeves prepared her inaugural budget last year, she had little in the way of good news to impart to the people of Britain. The chancellor said she’d been left a bad inheritance, and had to raise tens of billions of pounds in extra taxes to plug spending [...]
We need more retail investors to get Britain growing, Rachel Reeves told September 29, 2025 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told to introduce measures in the Autumn Budget which will encourage more people in the UK to become retail investors. Speaking on an up-coming episode of Morning Wire‘s Boardroom Uncovered show, ClearScore CEO Justin Basini said that more people needed to be persuaded to start investing as a key way [...]
Gold seals record high as Trump heads for government showdown September 29, 2025 Gold has once again smashed a record high, spurred on by tensions in the US as President Donald Trump heads for a showdown with congressional members. The yellow metal breezed past the $3,800 mark this morning with a 1.2 per cent gain as investors flocked to the safe haven asset whilst political tensions in Washington [...]
Michael Vaughan issues Autumn Budget plea to Rachel Reeves September 18, 2025 Cricket legend Michael Vaughan has issued a plea to Chancellor Rachel Reeves to help out start-ups and small-to-medium-sized (SMEs) businesses in her Autumn Budget on 26 November. Vaughan, who has recently invested in health and wellness supplement start-up Uthful, hit out at the employers’ National Insurance increase included in last year’s Autumn Budget for causing [...]
Hargreaves Lansdown and Schroders agree investment tie-up September 8, 2025 Hargreaves Lansdown and Schroders Capital have sealed a tie-up to open up private assets opportunities to thousands more investors. The partnership will offer access to private investments, known as long-term asset funds (LTAFs), to Hargreaves Lansdown’s customers via self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs). The new style pensions will allow retail investors to invest in private assets [...]
Brits losing out on hundreds of pounds in iPhone upgrades September 8, 2025 Brits who upgrade their iPhones are losing hundreds of pounds due to the rapid depreciation of big ticket tech items, according to new analysis. With the launch of the iPhone 17 set for Tuesday – holding a hefty price tag of £900 – those choosing to upgrade from old models will be met with a [...]
Phoenix Group: FTSE 100 giant changes name to Standard Life September 8, 2025 Pensions giant Phoenix Group is set to change its name to Standard Life as it adopts the name of the brand it acquired seven years ago. It follows widespread speculation that the board had been considering a name change. The firm stated that Standard Life was its most reputable name and that the change would [...]