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Anna Wise

Anna Wise is a business reporter on PA Media's City desk, covering a range of topics including economic data, investor news, and key updates in the banking industry. She worked as a press officer for financial services agencies before doing her NCTJ multimedia training in 2022.

One half of UK rap duo Krept & Konan has said that building a business has taken some of the ‘pressure’ off his music career (Samsung/PA)
Business

Rapper and entrepreneur Krept says cash can ‘go as quickly as it comes’ in music

Top European markets have ended the week in the red (Nick Ansell/PA)
Business

Global stocks weaken amid ‘lacklustre’ UK economic growth data

Investors in tobacco giant Imperial Brands will be hoping to see the group report an uptick in earnings (Imperial Brands/PA)
Business

Imperial Brands to show cigarette demand holding up against anti-smoking plans

Almost three-quarters of respondents to the Make UK survey expected their energy costs to increase this year (Alamy/PA)
Business

TT Electronics rejects takeover approach worth £250m by Lord Rothschild’s Volex

Central London office space are in high demand and shops expanding, Landsec says (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

Central London office space in high demand and shops expanding, Landsec says

European stock markets enjoyed a rebound on Thursday (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

European stocks rise while US market rally wanes

Employees at the group will get the bonus payment this month (B&M)
Business

Budget B&M ranges ‘resonate’ with shoppers as incomes remain squeezed, boss says

Consumers are once more buying brands, Premier Foods has said (Premier Foods/PA)
Business

Shoppers returning to brands as cost-of-living pressures ease – Premier Foods

The pound continued to weaken against the dollar (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

UK’s FTSE 100 treads water and pound weakens as US inflation edges higher

UK watchdog is set to urge the Supreme Court to act quickly over the car finance mis-selling issue (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

UK watchdog to urge Supreme Court to act quickly in car finance mis-selling case

A Bank of England policymaker has said she will ‘move big’ on interest rate cuts (John Walton/PA)
Business

Bank of England policymaker pledges to ‘move big’ when ready to cut rates

NatWest Group has appointed Paul Thwaite as its permanent chief executive (Alamy/PA)
Business

NatWest blocks apps including WhatsApp from work devices

FTSE 100-listed business services company DCC has told investors it is plotting to break up the group (Alamy/PA)
Business

DCC shares jump after revealing break-up plan

Business

DCC shares jump after revealing break-up plan

FTSE 100-listed business services company DCC has told investors it is plotting to break up the group (Alamy/PA)
The company said adjusted earnings declined by almost a quarter to £886 million last year (Alamy/PA)
Business

Asda’s share of UK grocery market slips while Lidl draws in shoppers

The FTSE 100 moved higher amid a boost from banks (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

Banks boost FTSE 100 while European stocks rebound

Sign up to a home workout plan (Alamy/PA)
Business

Home workers spend more time sleeping and exercising, survey shows

London’s challenger stock exchange Aquis has been bought by Switzerland-based rival SIX (Tim Goode/PA)
Business

London’s Aquis stock market agrees £194m takeover by Swiss group

London’s challenger stock exchange Aquis has been bought by Switzerland-based rival SIX (Tim Goode/PA)
Business

London’s Aquis stock market agrees £194m takeover by Swiss group

Lidl is set to mark the festive season by driving its own version of a cola Christmas truck to cities across the UK (Lidl/PA)
Home News

Lidl’s tongue-in-cheek Christmas truck will tour the UK this winter

A weak day of trading for miners and retailers helped drag the FTSE 100 to a three-month low (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Business

Retailers help drag FTSE 100 to three-month low as firms warn over tax rises

Bank of England chief economist cautions over global economic ‘disturbances’ (John Walton/PA)
Business

Bank of England chief economist cautions over global economic ‘disturbances’

Jaguar Land Rover says aluminium shortages drag on profits (JLR)
Business

Jaguar Land Rover says aluminium shortages dragging on profits

The Bank of England has cautioned over a ‘gradual approach’ to cutting interest rates (Aaron Chown/PA)
Business

Bank says ‘gradual approach’ to interest rate cuts needed after Budget

The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

Bank of England cuts interest rates as borrowing costs to fall ‘gradually’

People walking near the Bank of England (AaronChown/PA)
Business

Bank of England poised to cut UK interest rates for second time this year

Stocks in the UK and Europe handed back early gains later in trading on Wednesday (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

European markets fall back but Wall Street surges after Trump victory

The Bank of England has cut UK interest rates (Yui Mok/PA)
Business

Bank of England cuts interest rates as borrowing costs to fall ‘gradually’

People walking near the Bank of England (AaronChown/PA)
Business

Bank of England poised to cut UK interest rates for second time this year

Stocks in the UK and Europe handed back early gains later in trading on Wednesday (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

European markets fall back but Wall Street surges after Trump victory

UK stock markets rally as Donald Trump takes victory in US election (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

Global stock markets rally as Donald Trump takes victory in US election

Business

Global stock markets rally as Donald Trump takes victory in US election

UK stock markets rally as Donald Trump takes victory in US election (John Stillwell/PA)
UK borrowing costs are set to be cut for the second time this year (Jordan Pettott/PA)
Business

Bank of England poised to cut UK interest rates for second time this year

The boss of Primark has said the ‘weight of tax rises’ in the autumn Budget had fallen on the high street (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business

Primark boss says weight of Budget tax rises ‘falling on high street’

The boss of Wetherspoon has warned over price rises following the autumn Budget (Victoria Jones/PA)
Business

Wetherspoon boss warns over price hikes after Budget tax rises

A UK Government-backed business bank has lent about £60 million to people who are out of work (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

Government-backed bank lends millions to people without jobs, data shows

A UK Government-backed business bank has lent about £60 million to people who are out of work (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

Government-backed bank lends millions to people without jobs, data shows

The £15 billion merger between Vodafone and Three in the UK has the potential to be ‘pro-competitive’, the regulator said (Alamy/PA)
Business

Vodafone and Three £15bn merger could get green light, UK watchdog says

Sir James Dyson has said Labour is ‘killing off family businesses’ with the inheritance tax changes (David Parry/PA)
Business

Sir James Dyson says Labour ‘killing off family businesses’ with inheritance tax

<p>A Sainsbury’s Bank cash machine outside a Sainsbury’s Local store </p>
Home News

Sainsbury’s makes price match promise across all stores

Ryanair has revealed its average fares declined by a 10th this year (Chris Radburn/PA)
Business

Ryanair reports 10% drop in average fares amid consumer ‘spending pressure’

An estimated 14 million adults used buy now, pay later payment options in the six months to January 2023, according to the FCA (Alamy/PA)
Money

US buy now, pay later giant Affirm launches in the UK

Top global markets tumbled into the red on Thursday while the pound also weakened (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Business

Global stocks tumble and pound weakens as investors digest UK Budget

Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell its Argos credit cards business for £720 million (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business

Sainsbury’s sells Argos credit card business for £720m

The number of home sales in September was 9% higher than the same month last year (Yui Mok/PA)
Money

UK house sales jumped 9% in September, says HMRC

Under-25s are to face a maximum £2 stake, while adults aged 25 and over will see a £5 limit from September (Alamy/PA)
Money

Current account switching picks up pace in July before interest rates cut

Employees are expected to bear the brunt of higher tax costs on businesses (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Business

Firms ‘set to pass on most of higher tax costs to employees through lower wages’

(Alamy/PA)
Business

Employer national insurance hike to slow hiring and wage growth, critics say

Business

Employer national insurance hike to slow hiring and wage growth, critics say

(Alamy/PA)
Santander’s UK division has delayed the publication of its latest financial results (Laura Lean/PA)
Business

Santander UK delays publishing earnings after major car finance court ruling

<p>Santander’s UK division has delayed the publication of its latest financial results (Laura Lean/PA)</p>
Home News

Santander bank cutting more than 1,400 jobs amid car loan ruling

Honest Burgers has revealed a jump in sales this year (Honest Burgers/PA)
Business

Honest Burgers enjoys sales growth and targets expansion

HSBC has said it will cut senior banker roles over the coming months (HSBC/PA)
Business

HSBC to start cutting top banker roles as it reveals jump in profit

HSBC has said it will cut senior banker roles over the coming months (HSBC/PA)
Business

HSBC to start cutting top banker roles as it reveals jump in profit

The number of mortgage approvals for home-buyers rose to a fresh two-year high in September (Yui Mok/PA)
Money

Mortgage approvals jump but housing market on ‘tenterhooks’ ahead of Budget

Top UK stocks made some afternoon gains (Jordan Pettit/PA)
Business

Oil prices tumble as ‘hopes of de-escalation’ in Middle East rise

Lidl has said it will be opening 10 more shops in the UK before Christmas (Lidl/PA)
Business

Lidl expansion forges ahead with 10 shops to open before Christmas

Consumers are ‘running away’ from traditional fizzy drinks, Dash Water says (iStock/PA)
Business

Consumers ‘running away’ from traditional fizzy drinks, Dash Water says

Bed-in-a-box brand Emma could face court action, the competition watchdog has warned (Emma/PA)
Business

UK watchdog to take mattress seller Emma to court over online discounting

Chapel Down takes itself off market and warns over weaker 2024 harvest (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Business

Chapel Down takes itself off market and warns over weaker 2024 harvest

<p>Addison Lee was founded in 1975 by Sir John Griffin</p>
Business

London’s Addison Lee bought by Singapore-based transport firm for £269m

Barclays and NatWest will kickstart the crucial reporting season for the banking sector (Alamy/PA)
Money

NatWest: Consumer confidence improving but Budget and US election weighs on mood

NatWest Group has become the third high street bank to report higher-than-expected earnings (Matt Crossick/PA)
Business

NatWest earnings jump by a third as mortgage lending grows

The London Stock Exchange Group said it generated a total income of £2.1 billion between July and September (Nicholas T Ansell/PA)
Business

London stock market owner grows income as trading picks up pace

Barclays has revealed its earnings jumped by nearly a fifth in recent months (Tim Goode/PA)
Business

Barclays profit jumps nearly a fifth as investment bank cashes in on dealmaking

Business

Barclays profit jumps nearly a fifth as investment bank cashes in on dealmaking

Barclays has revealed its earnings jumped by nearly a fifth in recent months (Tim Goode/PA)
Lloyds has cautioned that the banking sector needs a ‘competitive, stable’ tax regime (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business

Lloyds finance chief says UK bank sector needs ‘competitive, stable’ tax regime

Lloyds Banking Group reported a pre-tax profit of £1.8 billion between July and September (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

Lloyds reveals stronger-than-expected profit as consumer confidence picks up

<p>The offices of banking giants HSBC and Barclays are pictured at the secondary central business district of Canary Wharf</p>
Business

Europe’s biggest bank announces overhaul with split into East and West

Halfords has said shoppers are still delaying big purchases as autumn Budget looms (Halfords/PA)
Business

Halfords says shoppers still delaying big purchases as autumn Budget looms

Halfords has said shoppers are still delaying big purchases as autumn Budget looms (Halfords/PA)
Business

Halfords says shoppers still delaying big purchases as autumn Budget looms

UK banks paid a record amount in taxes last year, figures show (James Manning/PA)
Business

UK banks pay record amount in taxes after making bumper profits

Volkswagen’s car finance arm has been fined £5.4 million by the UK’s financial watchdog (Niall Carson/PA)
Business

Volkswagen Finance fined £5.4m after taking cars away from vulnerable people

Hollywood Bowl has said it made record sales over the past year (Adrian Brown LRPS/Hollywood Bowl/PA)
Business

Hollywood Bowl grows yearly sales as consumers splash more cash per game

The UK economy could have more to gain from generative artificial intelligence (AI) than any other advanced nation, new research has found (Alamy/PA)
Tech

UK has more to gain from generative AI than any other G7 nation, report finds

Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and NatWest will unveil their third-quarter financial results on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, respectively (Steve Parsons/PA)
Business

UK banks to shed light on consumer confidence as cheaper mortgages hit market

The UK’s top stock market has ended the week in the red (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Business

Housebuilders and retailers drag on FTSE 100 while oil prices retreat

UK banks will shed light on consumer confidence as cheaper mortgages hit market (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

UK banks to shed light on consumer confidence as cheaper mortgages hit market

A record number of UK businesses are facing a serious financial strain, a report has found (Joe Giddens/PA)
Business

Record number of UK firms facing serious financial strain – report

Bank of England deputy governor Sam Woods said the bankers’ bonus cap was ‘damaging’ for the UK (Leon Neal/PA)
Business

Limiting bonuses for bankers was ‘damaging’ to UK growth, Bank deputy says

London’s FTSE 100 hit a five-month high on Thursday (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

London’s FTSE 100 hits five-month high as eurozone interest rates cut

Shares in Rentokil have leapt higher after the world’s largest pest control firm reported rising sales (Rentokil/PA)
Business

Shares in Rentokil leap as pest control giant trims costs

Vertu Motors has cautioned that the new car market is coming under pressure (Danny Lawson/PA)
Business

Vertu Motors: Electric carmakers are slashing prices to meet emissions targets

UK stocks boosted as below-target inflation builds rate cut expectations (John Stillwell/PA)
Business

UK stocks boosted as below-target inflation builds rate cut expectations

The AA has reported higher profits as it cashed in on a growing customer base (The AA/PA)
Business

AA profit jumps as breakdown giant grows income

John Lewis shoppers will be able to take out a loan of up to £35,000 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Money

John Lewis grows finance arm with loans for spending from cars to weddings

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was meeting with small business leaders at Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business

Growth ‘driven by private sector’, Chancellor tells small business bosses

The AA has reported higher profits as it cashed in on a growing customer base (The AA/PA)
Business

AA profit jumps as breakdown giant grows income

John Lewis shoppers will be able to take out a loan of up to £35,000 (Mike Egerton/PA)
Money

John Lewis grows finance arm with loans for spending from cars to weddings

Chancellor Rachel Reeves was meeting with small business leaders at Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Business

Growth ‘driven by private sector’, Chancellor tells small business bosses

A sharp drop in oil prices saw miners and energy firms drag on the FTSE 100 (Rui Vieira/PA)
Business

FTSE wobbles as oil prices drop sharply following Opec outlook

Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer have declined to rule out increasing employers’ national insurance contributions at the upcoming Budget (Alamy/PA)
Business

What could an increase in employer national insurance mean for businesses?

FTSE 100 rises while UK Government hopes to win over global investors (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
Business

FTSE 100 rises while UK Government hopes to win over global investors

<p>Revolut recently said Facebook and Instagram owner Meta was behind 62% of all scams reported to the firm over the first half of 2024</p>
Home News

Bank named in more fraud complaints than any major UK competitor

Former Post Office bosses not ‘held to account’ over Horizon, boss suggests (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
Business

Former Post Office bosses not ‘held to account’ over Horizon, chief suggests

Global stocks moved lower on Thursday as investors digested new data coming from the US economy (Nick Ansell/PA)
Business

UK stocks drag as investors cautious despite US inflation slowing

<p>Post Office CEO Nick Read (pictured) has been giving evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry </p>
Home News

Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’, CEO suggests

TSB Bank has been fined £10.9 million by the UK’s financial watchdog (Aaron Chown/PA)
Money

TSB fined £10.9m for ‘woeful’ systems leaving customers at ‘risk of harm’

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