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Tom Saunders
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Business reporter at The Times, specialising in trade. One of MHP's "30 to watch" young journalist Gold winners 2024
Richard Caring has apologised after his restaurant empire sent a letter to suppliers demanding a 2.5 per cent "discount" on bills due to the "current increased cost of trading".

Caring told The Times that the letter (attached) had been sent in error and was "totally incorrect".
June 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Looks like the UK's tariff rate will be 10%, according to the poster Trump is holding up at his press conference.

It looks like tariff rates are discounted by 50% though a global minimum of 10%
April 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
For the first time ever, Rolls-Royce's market cap has surpassed that of BP.

The vast majority of this is down to individual performance.

Though Trump factor - combination of tariffs + European rearmmament likely pushing both over the edge.
March 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is a map of just some of the companies that Neville Taylor was listed as the director of.

www.thetimes.com/business-mon...
January 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Top 10 biggest fallers and risers in the FTSE 100 + FTSE 250 over the last year (excluding the stocks that dropped out of the FTSE 250 altogether).

Read more about the best and worst-performing stocks over the year:
www.thetimes.com/article/911d...
January 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM