Author: Nathan Bissitt

The “City Superwoman” who has played a vital role in increasing the number of women in British boardrooms is to spearhead the first mainstream fund that will invest in UK companies based on their gender balance. Sky News has learnt that Dame Helena

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The bookmaker which owns The Tote will axe more than 4,500 jobs if the Government implements plans to slash maximum stakes on gambling machines to just £2. Sky News has learnt that Betfred has told ministers that almost 900 of its shops – more than half its UK

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Sir Philip Green’s retail empire has reported a 42% drop in profits for its last financial year, before pressure on high street retailers gathered momentum. Taveta Investments, home to the Arcadia group of brands including Topshop, Dorothy Perkins, and Burton,

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The social media giant revealed hundreds of millions of accounts were fake as it published content removal numbers for the first time. The company removed 583 million fake accounts, although these were not all active at the same time. The figure comes alongside newly

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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Make the most of summer trends with an ice-cream franchise. Source: Feed Burner

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On the face of it, today’s news from the Office for National Statistics is excellent, with unemployment falling and the number of people in work growing by far more than expected. And earnings growth, while only rising by 2.9% in the three months to March, is at

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Vodafone’s chief executive Vittorio Colao will step down on October 1 after more than 10 years in charge of the world’s second-largest mobile phone company. Nick Read, group chief financial officer, who will become chief executive designate from July 27,

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Tesla’s chief executive Elon Musk has told staff the firm is undergoing a “thorough reorganisation” after two of its cars were involved in crashes last week. The tech billionaire’s email to employees also comes amid production problems and

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Slashing maximum bets on gaming machines will leave Britain’s biggest independent bookmaker at risk of being swallowed by an overseas rival, its chairman and chief executive warned ministers on Monday. Sky News has obtained a letter sent by Roger Devlin, the new

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Investors in UK bookmakers have taken a punt on a surge in sports betting in the United States following a ruling that paves the way for it to be legalised in the country. A 1992 law called the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) meant that Nevada,

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