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The television drama Succession ended two years ago, but the fictional squabbling of the Roy family reflects how many family firms – where a family or the founder retains a major stake – are still vie

The sale after 17 years of the last of the government’s stake in NatWest has led some to claim that this was good news for the banking sector. The stock overhang has been removed and the sale has got

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This year’s “unusually good run” for beleaguered British shares shows “there is life in the old dog yet”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. True, the FTSE 100’s 10% year-to-date gain isn’t sen

Companies in the news and how they were assessed