Forget bricks and mortar — from Oscars to rare whisky, luxury assets are becoming the new collateral of choice in Britain’s growing bridging market. Suros Capital, a specialist in lending against high-value possessions, is carving out a niche by financing deals secured against everything from Warhol paintings and Rolex watches to gold bullion and Banksy prints. Ray Palmer, director at ...
Lloyds Banking Group will close another 49 branches across its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands next year, in the latest blow to Britain’s high streets. The closures, which will take place between January and October 2026, mark a further retreat from in-person banking as millions of customers move online. Lloyds said the shift reflects changing habits, with ...
The Co-op has revealed that a “sophisticated cyberattack” earlier this year has wiped out £80m of profits, underlining the mounting cost of cybercrime for Britain’s biggest companies. In results published this morning, the mutual said the hack disrupted its grocery and funeral operations, leaving gaps on shelves and delaying services, with an estimated £206m hit to revenues. The group said ...
Taylor Budowich, White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel, is set to leave the administration at the end of the month, Fox News has confirmed. Budowich’s exit marks the most significant staff departure of President Trump’s current administration. A longtime Trump advisor and one of his most trusted communicators, Budowich is returning to the private sector. The ...
Eight federal inmates — once on death row for murders, including the killings of fellow prisoners, gang-related stabbings, and the slayings of two campers — have been transferred to a notorious ‘supermax’ prison in Colorado, the Justice Department told Fox News Digital. The news comes as U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi looks to crack down on the previous administration’s sweeping ...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris offered up several criticisms of the Biden White House’s communications team in her new book, painting a picture of a staff that did little to defend her. ‘They had a huge comms team; they had Karine Jean-Pierre briefing in the pressroom every day,’ Harris wrote in her book ‘107 Days’, released on Tuesday and providing ...
A resurfaced clip of Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate telling supporters to ‘let your rage fuel you’ sparked new backlash from her GOP opponent, amid warnings that such rhetoric is contributing to political violence, from the ICE facility shooting to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears shared the clip shortly after a gunman opened fire ...
Roseanne Barr is not holding back. During a recent interview, the comedian called out the television industry’s hypocrisy, especially after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made his return to his show. ‘It just shows how they think. I got my whole life ruined, no forgiveness, all of my work stolen and called a racist for time and eternity for racially misgendering ...
Vice President JD Vance spent most of his North Carolina speech Wednesday talking about public safety and backing law enforcement, but the day’s most viral moment came from a quick exchange with a young supporter in the crowd. A boy near the press area called out during a Q&A session and Vance invited him to speak. ‘I skipped school today,’ ...
The top House Democrat signaled that his party is readying to blame Republicans as the threat of a government shutdown grows larger by the day. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., held a news conference on Wednesday where he said Democrats were ‘ready to get to work, ready to meet with anyone, any time, any place in order to avoid ...