Author: Nathan Bissitt

MPs have taken aim at an “alpha male culture” they see as damaging the City, despite continuing efforts to bolster diversity. The Treasury select committee said it was clear the financial services sector was shooting itself in the foot when it came to its

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A federal judge has cleared AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner, the entertainment company that owns HBO, Turner and Warner Bros. The ruling brings to an end a six-week antitrust trial which heard regulators argue that the deal, worth $85m (£63.5m),

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Tesla has announced it is cutting 9% of staff, risking 4,000 jobs worldwide, in a move designed to improve profitability. In a leaked email to employees, Elon Musk said the cuts to the electric carmaking company are part of a restructuring which is needed to focus

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The PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) partner who audited BHS’s accounts in the year before its controversial sale by Sir Philip Green is facing a 15-year ban and the biggest personal fine in the history of the profession’s regulator. Sky News can reveal that Steve

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A giant Middle East sovereign wealth fund is close to buying a stake in the British pensions buyout firm which has struck deals with blue-chip companies including EMI and B&Q-owner Kingfisher. Sky News has learnt that the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has

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For many of us, bureaucrats obsessing about ‘elf ‘n’ safety’ are one of the great curses of the modern age, although you will not find Halma’s shareholders in agreement. The company, based in the Buckinghamshire town of Amersham, entered

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Yahoo’s British subsidiary has been fined £250,000 by the UK’s data watchdog after losing the data of more than half a million people. The fine is equivalent to just less than 50p for ever British user who was affected by the attack and follows another

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Shoe maker Christian Louboutin has won a key European legal battle to protect his products’ signature red soles as a trademark. The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of the French luxury brand after it sought to prevent Dutch high street chain Van Haren

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Troubled high street retailer New Look has slumped to a £234m annual loss but said its turnaround was on track as it seeks to switch focus from edgy fashion to offer basic cheaper clothes. New Look’s results also showed an 11.7% fall in UK sales, underlining the

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