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Blackstone sells 3,000 homes worth £405mn to UK’s biggest pension fund

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Private equity myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Blackstone has sold 3,000 homes to...

Bandwidth boost for 70,000 homes and businesses as UK Government vows to fix broadband divide in Wales

First UK Government contract signed in Wales under monumental new deal to end plight of poor broadband, as...

Bank of England turns £78,000 into £900,000 in charity auctions

Banknotes with a face value of £78,430 have raised more than 11 times that amount for charity following a series of auctions.New £5, £10,...

Sainsbury’s calls for business rates cut to boost UK retail

Sainsbury's and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) have warned that the UK retail sector is facing a crisis, with thousands...

How did CEO pay get so high in UK and can we do anything about it?

The bosses of Britain’s blue-chip companies are raking it in, having seen their pay rise to the highest level on record last year, according...

The ‘risk-taking’ Indian billionaire with big plans for BT

In replacing Mr Drahi on the share register, BT will be hoping...

Will an IPO Rush Pull the London Stock Market Out of a Rut?

Several big companies are looking at potential London share listings, including miner Anglo American Platinum Ltd., Hong Kong conglomerate CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd. and...

Indian ownership of British companies

- India's Bharti Enterprises said on Monday it would acquire a 24.5% stake in BT, worth 3.2 billion pounds , to...

Blow for Xi as investors scramble to quit China

Foreign investors have pulled a record £12bn out of China in an...

Sunil Bharti Mittal: who is the Indian tycoon now BT’s largest shareholder?

As India’s economy has risen in recent decades, so have a clutch of billionaires who control key industries. For Sunil Bharti Mittal, the rise...

Business rates system ‘no longer fit for purpose’ says Sainsbury’s boss

The boss of Sainsbury’s has said the business rates tax system is “no longer fit for purpose” and warned that current planned increases will...

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