BUSINESS LIVE: Currys raises outlook; Nightcap losses persist; Assetco has ‘exceptionally difficult’ year

Average property asking prices rose by 1.5 per cent in March to reach £368,118, according to the latest figures from listings website Rightmove.

The data, which looks at the prices of newly-listed homes, showed that the typical asking price has risen by £13,000 since December, though average asking prices are still £4,776 below their May 2023 peak.

The British stock market is enduring a ‘Dark Age’ that has seen international and domestic investors pull billions out of UK funds and shares.

In 2023, ordinary UK investors withdrew a staggering £13.6billion from funds that focus on investing in the British stock market, according to the Investment Association (IA). That is the worst level of outflows since comparable records began.

Hundreds of women who report sexual harassment or bullying at work are being silenced with gagging orders, the Mail can reveal.

More than one-in-four people who have been mistreated in the workplace are asked by their employers to sign ‘non-disclosure agreements’ (NDAs) which prevent them from speaking out in public.

The pound at 8am was 1.2740 dollars compared to 1.2732 dollars at the previous close.