Anne Ashworth

So attractive are the valuations of UK shares at present that some analysts argue that 'everything is for sale'.

The fifth baron Rothschild, better known in the City as Nat Rothschild, is to some an aristo playboy with a racy business past, and an even more colourful love life.

Takeover mania has the stock market in its grip with two multi-billion pound bids sealed last week alone. Nothing so unusual about that, you might think - except that both were led by women.

Aviva boss Amanda Blanc (centre), Vodafone chief Margherita Della Valle (left) and Nationwide's Debbie Crosbie (right) have all made huge takeover deals this year.

The period between or 'betwixt' Christmas and New Year - now dubbed Twixmas - is becoming a time when 50- and 60-somethings can escape for a relaxed mini-break.

Most investors make a New Year's resolution to revamp their portfolio. But, in 2025, an unusual amount of uncertainty surrounds this annual makeover.

You deposit a lump sum or contribute monthly and acquire your very own slice of the world's starriest companies.

That's the question that investors are asking themselves about the UK.

A report is set to reveal 69 per cent of workers deal with failings in service - for which their own and other firms are responsible.

Despite the stellar stock market gains of 2024, an era of American exceptionalism seems to be only just beginning, which means that ignoring the US could be costly.