Britain's most senior statistician has quit as head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the wake of criticism of potential inaccuracies in some of its economic data.
Metro Bank is the latest London-listed company to face a backlash over its pay plans after drawing opposition to a proposal which could see top executives paid up to £60m apiece.
Sir Keir Starmer was at home in Downing Street, watching Arsenal lose in the Champions League, when he got a call from Donald Trump that he thought presented the chance to snatch victory from the jaws of trading defeat.
A London-listed marketing specialist backed by Rupert Murdoch and Lord Ashcroft is extending its acquisition spree with a near-£20m swoop on a division of Centaur Media.
The chair of Severn Trent, the FTSE-100 water company, is to add to her portfolio of directorships by taking the helm of Whitbread, the Premier Inn-owner.
The Bank of England has cut interest rates from 4.5% to 4.25%, citing Donald Trump's trade war as one of the key reasons for the reduction in borrowing costs.
Donald Trump has hailed the trade deal with the UK as "full and comprehensive" as he promised it would cement the relationship between the two countries for "years to come".
US senators are attempting to ban presidents and their families from investing in and promoting cryptocurrency, calling it a "profoundly corrupt scheme".
