The ‘dower principle’ of passing on a residence while still alive can have advantages if you’re trying to minimise IHT — but there are pitfalls ...

That Ozempic (or Wegovy, the name by which the weight-loss version of the drug semaglutide is marketed) should have proliferated in an industry that has always venerated thinness will hardly come as a ...

Typically, FT Alphaville Pub Quiz winners take victory by the slightest of margins. Last night was an exception. Around 150 willing victims were in attendance at Ping Pong Bow Bells House last night ...

Shirley Bassey has sung the theme song for three James Bond films: Goldfinger, Moonraker — and which other? HMS Dreadnought, launched on Trafalgar Day 1960, was Britain’s first what?

Australian property listings group REA, which is majority owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, has made its fourth offer in a month for UK rival Rightmove and repeated its call for the company’s board ...

The zeal for converting grand country estates into multiple high-spec residences is reaching a new high — opening up the ...

Neha Dixit’s vivid chronicle of an urban migrant’s struggle to survive plays out against the backdrop of modern India ...

In the third in a series, the ‘Great British Sewing Bee’ judge plants damsons, figs, apples and walnuts — a gift to future generations ...

Schneider is now reaping an additional benefit from its focus on the hardware required for the energy transition. Earlier this week it announced a $237.5mn tax credit transfer deal with Kimberly-Clark ...

The chair of Vale Base Metals has said mining group Vale is eyeing a possible public listing for the business at the end of 2026, which he said could be worth $40bn.

There are reasons to complain about the prime minister accepting gifts. The one thing it’s not is detached from normal people — most would do exactly the same ...

Acquiescence can be a reasonable form of defence for companies facing activist advances. Nearly a third of 146 chief ...