Peer-to-peer lender’s business model faces challenges

Rationale behind the Spanish bank’s interest in the sector is not immediately obvious

Share sale may return star fund manager to the ascendant

Profits crash but the retailer’s sales and customer numbers are growing

Proposals for independent appointment process bear closer examination

Retailer bucks trend again, but its recipe is not easy to replicate

Addition of eight new directors to board should be welcomed

It is little solace for passengers, but the rail franchisee is a victim of the system

Construction group’s mixed messages are aimed at two different audiences

Paul Pester berating clients for ‘shouting into the void’ did not endear him to many 

Language of Mark Read’s appointment hints at opportunities

Retailer’s mix of products and locations makes it a unique proposition

Grant Thornton’s fine highlights how conflicts of interest are endemic

Rise in rebellions, particularly against individual directors, may be defining moment

CMA probe brings ‘Project Solar’ — merging J Sainsbury and Asda — back to earth

Antivirus software group’s maiden results since listing are hearty enough

Estate agency turns to bank of family and friends for a cash injection

Watchdog has new-found zeal — for naming and fining audit partners

The Sports Direct chief executive receives no salary or bonus

Company is now a honed version of its former higgledy-piggledy self

£50m fine arrives four years after investigation launched into dispute with Whistl

Pointless research loaded charges on to investors that they found hard to identify or control

Only lossmaking division since January has been general insurance

Glasenberg’s recasting as a low-key capital allocator may have DoJ audience in mind

Asset manager’s co-chief executives put their faith in one half of their merged businesses