Young people may face many challenges, but they also have many wealth creation opportunities

Withdrawal fees soar to £104m and banks save £120m in ATM shake-up

Bond market movements blamed for removal of nearly 175,000 cash prizes from monthly draw

Over 400,000 teenagers will be eligible to claim funds from later this year

Advisers warn the widening landscape is confusing investors and preventing people from saving

Surprise measures on pensions and investing for children lay in the chancellor’s red box

Lockdown presents a golden educational opportunity, particularly if you work in investment

NS&I scraps planned cuts to prize fund rate 

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US job gains since financial crisis wiped out. Switzerland faces sharpest economic contraction since 1974. UK and eurozone business activity hit by historic collapse this month as lockdowns choked Europe’s biggest economies.

The number of US deaths attributed to Covid-19 surpassed 45,000 on Friday, while the rate of new cases remained flat

In today’s news: UK warns it would be ‘irresponsible’ to discuss easing lockdown. Spain sets out plan to lift its own tough measures. Donald Trump signals a halt to his daily media briefings as US death toll accelerates.

The worldwide Covid-19 death toll rose by 6,365 on Tuesday, pushing the total through 200,000

Eurozone GDP in historic fall, millions more Americans file for unemployment, Shell cuts dividend for first time since second world war and UK's AstraZeneca combines with Oxford on a potential vaccine

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Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez says no other option remains but to maintain the state of alert

Pharma and chemicals group says it will ‘defend itself vigorously’ amid mounting cases

With the disastrous purchase of Monsanto and plummeting shares, some question if it is time to break up the German group

Jim Ratcliffe-led chemicals group adds top-flight team to growing sports portfolio

Concern over use of chemicals drives research into alternatives

New Novozymes chief will need fresher ideas to achieve success

German chemicals group faces surge in plaintiffs alleging cancer link to Roundup

Deal to create one of world’s biggest chemicals groups beset by management clashes

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

US flavouring group seeks first-mover advantage with purchase of nutrition venture

Cheap shale gas has fed an investment boom in products that often end up as waste. Has the petrochemicals industry miscalculated?

Mark Cutifani says polyhalite a ‘very differentiated’ product to potash

Rise in plaintiffs comes as German chemicals group reports 19% jump in sales

German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall

Iodine producer rejects Brexiter’s coronavirus play as ‘probably not very educated’

Zeitgold has raised a Series B round of $29.2 million (€27 million). Overall, the company has raised more than $54 million (€50 million). The company is building a software platform for small companies to automate bookkeeping as much as possible. Vintage Investment Partners is leading today’s round with existing investors Battery Ventures, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures, […]

At the start of the year, it looked like Europe would be in for a “Summer E-Scooters / E-Bike War,” as both regional startups and U.S.-backed unicorns vied for the pockets of city commuters. Consolidation came when German startup Circ was taken over by U.S. competitor Bird at the start of the year. Still on […]

AskRobin, an Estonia-founded fintech that operates a financial services marketplace for “underbanked” customers in Latin America, has picked up $1.7 million in funding. The seed round is backed by VC funds Change Ventures, Vereeni Early Stage Fund, BENE Asia Capital, and Lemonade Stand. In addition, a number of tech entrepreneurs from Estonia participated, such as […]

Banked, a London-based fintech using open banking to enable account-to-account payments at checkout (and beyond), has raised £2.35 million in further seed funding. The round was led by Force Over Mass, with participation from previous investors Backed and Acrew Capital, along with a number of high-net-worth individuals, such as Paul Forster (co-founder of Indeed.com). It […]

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

Countingup, the business current account that “automates” your accounting, has raised £4 million in self-described bridge funding. Leading the round is ING Ventures, with co-investment from Triple Point, CVentures, and BiG Start Ventures. Founded by Tim Fouracre, who previously founded cloud accounting software Clear Books, and now boasting 20,000 business customers, Countingup’s long term vision […]

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

While scientists disagree about their use, donning a mask can have an important social impact

Taxpayers ought to receive a share of the upside after big business recovers

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Rich countries need to fund infectious disease treatments properly

The last time America sold war bonds they were essentially a tax on savers

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

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Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Private lawsuits are a vital tool for upholding standards in the free market system