Average prices rose by 0.7% in August to £262,954, says HalifaxThe average UK house price reached a fresh record high in August while annual inflation cooled to a five-month low, after the partial end of the stamp duty holiday in England and Northern I…
Retail sales in surprise fall in Great Britain; European shares drift lower – business live
ONS says transportation delays resulted in shortages of electrical goodsAstraZeneca publishes positive results from Covid-19 antibody therapyApple delays office return to JanuaryM&S shares jump after rare profit upgradeIntroduction 1.05pm BST Here …
Vectura board unanimously accepts Philip Morris’s controversial takeover bid
UK health firm, which makes asthma inhalers, said the tobacco company’s bid was ‘fair and reasonable’The board of the UK asthma inhaler maker Vectura has unanimously recommended that shareholders accept a controversial £1.1bn takeover bid from the toba…
FTSE 100 climbs, lifted by bumper profits at Shell and Lloyds; pound rises – business live
European stocks hit record highsLloyds swings to profit and resumes dividend paymentsAstraZeneca Covid vaccine sales triple but are a fraction of Pfizer’s $7.8bnPharma firm Advanz fined over thyroid drug pricingIntroduction 10.44am BST Mitchells & …
European shares bounce back, as UK house price growth cools – business live
FTSE 100 back above 7,000, lifted by Barclays; pound rises against euroAsian shares fall for fourth day as markets reel from China regulatory crackdown; Hong Kong stages late reboundSheffield Forgemasters nationalisedBarclays shareholders to get £800m …