Our offices will be closed for the Spring Bank Holiday period on 25th May '26. Whatever the weather, Chamberlain McBain wishes both its clients and suppliers a happy and safe holiday.

Chamberlain McBain remain committed to supporting the School Mock Court programme. Registrations for the 26/27 Academic year open around Easter 2026. Website: www.mockcourt.org.uk

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and/or Twitter

Vistry Group, the troubled London-listed housebuilder, is turning to a former executive at The Crown Estate to help repair its battered finances.

Chancellor John Healey has shown support for expanding Heathrow Airport after Prime Minister Andy Burnham refused to back plans for a third runway.

Major UK banks have seen their share prices fall after reports the chancellor is set to raise tax on lenders in the budget.

An investment vehicle set up by Britain's banks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis is close to striking one of its most unusual deals to date by buying a stake in a supplier of reptile food and associated products.

The owners of ailing Poundland are parachuting in a trio of restructuring experts to its board ahead of a sale or filing for administration which is expected within days.

The culture secretary has warned she is "minded" to intervene in Sky's £1.6bn deal to buy ITV's broadcast and streaming operations.

The government is to publish the long-delayed results of probes into Abu Dhabi's failed attempt to buy The Daily Telegraph - a move which risks stoking tensions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) amid a row over Andy Burnham's links to the owners of Manchester City.

The UK economy has grown, confounding predictions it would shrink, official figures show.

The UK's leading hospitality businesses have committed to hiring 100,000 young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), it has been announced.

Britain's biggest bookmakers are stepping up their efforts to avert a budget tax bombshell in a last-ditch letter warning that half of the betting shops in the prime minister's constituency would be at risk from a further raid.