Category: News Wire

Texts, emails and voicemails could be considered a valid will by courts under a radical overhaul of inheritance laws being proposed by the Law Commission, reports Sky News. It believes present rules concerning wills are outdated and need to be brought into the “modern world” because they are “failing to protect the vulnerable” by not […]

Mike Ashley swoops on video games retailer after profit warning forced by shortage of Nintendo Switch consoles.

The operator of Southern Rail will spend more than £13m on “customer improvements” after reaching an agreement with the Department for Transport, reports The Telegraph. The Go-Ahead group, which has experienced 18 months of disruption due to repeated industrial action, said the payments were a result of the impact of those strikes on train performance. […]

The competitions watchdog has pinpointed more than 350 local areas where competition could be damaged by Tesco’s planned £3.7bn takeover of Booker.

Aldi is not only showing rivals how to do it on pricing: now the budget grocer is leading the way on customer service.

Landmark moment as cards now account for more than half of all purchases, according to British Retail Consortium.

A Unite spokesman says the Government “doesn’t have a strategy” to deal with the rise of technology following a new report.

Fees for unplanned overdrafts are to be scrapped for the 20 million customers of Lloyds Banking Group, which includes the Halifax and Bank of Scotland.

Struggling FTSE 100 education publisher Pearson has agreed to sell a 22 per cent stake in Penguin Random House in a bid to raise around $1bn (£776m).

Marks & Spencer’s share price dropped this morning, as the retailer posted yet another quarterly drop in clothing sales – although the rate of decline is beginning to slow under new chief executive Steve Rowe.

BAML and UBS will be paid a “success fee” despite the Co-op Bank being rescued by its existing investors.

Evidence shows parts of aggressive tax avoidance scheme promoted by Anderson Group have been closed abruptly.

The author of a government review into work practices is calling for an end to the “cash-in-hand economy”.

The BBC is considering a cull of its mobile apps in the next phase of its rearguard action against the growing influence of Netflix and Amazon.

Stagnant pay for men over past two decades and fast-rising earnings for women mean families relying on dad’s pay alone are more vulnerable to hardship.