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Financial services giant Prudential revealed another rise in sales over the third quarter but reported a slight slowdown in growth. (Photo by Chris Young/PA Wire)

Prudential reports slight slowdown in growth as Hong Kong boosts sales

Heading East: Malton-trained four-time Group One winner Highfield Princess' next track appearance looks set to be in the Hong Kong Sprint in December. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Group One-winning Yorkshire sprinter heading east not west for next assignment

A woman carries shopping bags through a shopping centre near Christmas time. PIC: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Why are retailers already stocking their shelves for Christmas? - YP Letters

The new boss of Prudential has vowed to “do things differently” at the insurance giant as he seeks to sharply increase new business profit over the next four years. Anil Wadhwani, who took over at the helm of the firm in February, laid out a fresh growth strategy for the FTSE 100 giant on Wednesday.( Photo by Chris Young/PA Wire)

Prudential boss vows ‘to do things differently’ amid fresh growth strategy

AstraZeneca, London’s biggest listed company, is looking at plans to spin off its Chinese businesses to protect it from geopolitical tension, according to a report.

AstraZeneca ‘mulling split from Chinese business amid rising tensions’

Jeroen Temmerman, ghd CEO, in the company's new Leeds office. Picture: Bevan Cockerill

ghd strengthening its Yorkshire roots to give women worldwide a 'good hair day'

Insurance giant Prudential said its chief financial officer has resigned in light of an investigation into a code of conduct issue relating to a "recent recruitment situation".

Prudential CFO resigns after conduct ‘falls short of standards’

'Children in England are better at reading than anywhere else in Europe or the United States, according to the largest global comparison of literacy levels'. PIC: PA Photo/Thinkstockphotos.

Encouraging children to read shouldn’t be seen as optional - Jayne Dowle

Cathay Pacific are taking part in the free tickets to Hong Kong campaign

How to apply for free flight tickets to Hong Kong this summer

SAME AGAIN PLEASE: Northern Diamonds captain Hollie Armitage holding with Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy from 2022, with team-mates Lauren Winfield-Hill and Katie Levick. Picture by Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com

Winfield-Hill confident Diamonds can repeat 2022 success

Insurance giant Prudential has reported a rise in annual earnings and said 2023 had “started well” as the removal of China’s Covid restrictions have helped boost sales.

Prudential posts earnings rise and sees China reopening boosting 2023 sales

Four people charged in connection with Abby Choi murder. (Dailymotion)

Everything you need to know about murdered Hong Kong model Abby Choi

Alumasc has announced results for the six months ended 31 December 2022.

The Alumasc Group remains confident about delivering its full year expectations

Shoppers, some wearing masks to combat the spread of Covid-19, queue to enter Selfridges department store ahead of their Boxing Day sale in central London on December 26, 2021. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo by NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

No quarantine for passengers from China with Covid

Tom Card pictured at the British Rubber Company, Baildon. Picture: Simon Hulme.

Tom Card pictured at the British Rubber Company, Baildon. Picture: Simon Hulme.

Meet the agricultural tyre boss who is making wellies out of tractor tread

Apple Replay enables Apple Music users to review their listening stats (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Chinese protestors find AirDrop feature limited amid ongoing protests

The Little Bao Boy team in Leeds.

Former investment broker set to make £1m this year with street food business

Interior designer Joan MacLean who helped Michelle style her new home

Bringing Hong Kong home to Yorkshire created a house with spectacular interiors

Banking giant HSBC has seen its quarterly profits jump by one billion US dollars (£884.2 million) compared with last year as it raked in more income from rising interest rates.

HSBC sees profits jump on the back of higher interest rates

Hong Kong's former governor Chris Patten pictured in 2008. Picture: AFP/SAMANTHA SIN/STR

'Hong Kong will remain in handcuffs under Xi Jinping', warns Chris Patten

Patrick McLoughlin is the new chairman of Transport for the North. Picture: Tony Johnson

Land taxes plan to pay for high-speed rail should be explored, says McLoughlin
New Transport for the North chair Patrick McLoughlin says the idea of using Hong Kong-style land taxes to fund the expansion of the Northern Powerhouse Rail route merits serious consideration - but admits some business leaders are “very sceptical” about whether the idea will work in practice.

Yorkshire-based luxury leathersmith, Stuart Coupland has continued to grow Coupland Leather

Coupland Leather secures customers in the US, Dubai and Hong Kong

The battered pigs in blankets with a deep fried Yorkshire pudding

Yorkshire chippy selling deep fried Yorkshire puddings and pigs in blankets

What will be the impact of the North Yorkshire local government reorganisation on resorts like Scarborough?

Don’t let North Yorkshire become elective dictatorship – Paul Andrews

Robert Pilkington

Obituary: Robert Pilkington, businessman

OLYMPIAN: Katy Marchant’. Pictures: Getty Images.

Tokyo Olympics: Katy Marchant knocked out of medal contention in women's sprint

Robert Pilkington

Family pay tribute to figurehead of Graveleys fish and chips after death aged 81

DISAPPOINTED: Huddersfield's Marcus Ellis, right, looks dejected after he and Lauren Smith lose against Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet during a Mixed Doubles Quarter-final match at Musashino Forest Sport Plaza. Picture: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

Tokyo Olympics: Frustrated Ellis and Smith left to regret the one that got away

Weddings should be celebrated in style, whatever you drink.

Weddings are back and here some ideas of what to drink on the big day

Testing and quarantine requirements have been introduced by several countries for UK tourists (Photo: Getty Images)

Tough new travel restrictions set out for UK tourists as Delta Covid cases surge

More than 150 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the Guangdong province (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)

'Delays are piling up': Covid-19 outbreak at Chinese port could lead to Christma...

Group chief executive Noel Quinn said the company’s mandate in 2020 was to “provide stability in a highly unstable environment for our customers, communities and colleagues”.

HSBC beats expectations as profits drop 34% to £6.2 billion
HSBC suffered a 34% drop in pre-tax profit to 8.8 billion US dollars (£6.2 billion) for the year ending December 31, though Europe’s largest bank still managed to beat estimates.

Sandbox’s CEO and COO, Greg Holmes and Cris Holmes

Bradford greeting card company is acquired by Hong Kong-based Sandbox Group

Health Secretary Matt Hancock takes a coronavirus test at a new Covid-19 testing facility in the Houses of Parliament in London watched by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Why Matt Hancock may have missed the key message of Contagion: Anthony Clavane

Michelle Cowan: “I just thought, what am I doing? I could see life passing me by."

Meet the tech entrepreneur who turned her back on a high-flying corporate career

Jerry Cheung - MD - New Era Development

How Jerry Cheung wants to create a gateway between China and Yorkshire

Jerry Cheung is an entrepreneur at the heart of Sheffield city centre's redevelopment.

The Sheffield dream finally coming true – Jerry Cheung

Heathrow Airport has launched a pre-departure Covid testing facility - what it m...

79 pubs are to temporarily close (Photo: Shutterstock)

Greene King is temporarily closing 79 pubs - and some may not reopen

Ceramicist Jenny Chan is making NHS frontline workers from modelling clay at the Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield Picture: Tony Johnson

How working with clay helped Sheffield ceramacist Jenny Chan beat depression

The connection between executive functions and socio-economic status was far less direct for British girls. Picture: JPIMedia

Cultural divide in how rich and poor boys perform in tests

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Photo: PA

Extradition treaty suspended in breakdown of relations with China

Marco Fu will not be present at the world championship qualifiers in Sheffield (Picture: Dave Howarth/PA Wire)

Qualifiers weaker due to pandemic but snooker's World Championship must go on

Protesters chant slogans during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on 1 July 2020 (Photo: DALE DE LA REY/AFP via Getty Images)

This is why people are protesting in Hong Kong, as controversial new 'anti-prote...

File photo dated 30/09/19 of posters and messages covering the walls and pavements in Kowloon, Hong Kong, following widespread and sometimes violent anti-government protests. China's ceremonial legislature has passed a draft of a national security bill for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticised as undermining faith in the semi-autonomous Chinese region's legal and political institutions. Photo: PA

Hong Kong citizens to be offered UK rights amid new national security law

Champion jockey Oisin Murphy at Newbury earlier this week. Photo: Francesca Altoft.

2,000 Guineas hero Oisin Murphy proud of way racing has emerged from the lockdow...

Riot Police stand guard at Central during the second day of debate on a bill that would criminalize insulting or abusing the Chinese anthem in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong crisis with China is wake-up call to world – Natalie Bennett

Oisin Murphy celebrates being crowned Champion Jockey during QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse. (Picture: PA)

Oisin Murphy swaps Netflix for defence of Champion Jockey title

The telly room in Cath Kidston's Cotswolds manor house

A new book by Cath Kidston tells the story of her beautiful rural home.

Steve O'Hara

York-based firm Optibiotix enters three year deal to help Chinese people lose we...

Ryan Moore after winning the 2010 Epsom Derby on Workforce.

Traditional Epsom home for Derby is preferable, says Ryan Moore

Retro retail label Cath Kidston is to close all of its 60 UK stores, with the loss of more than 900 jobs (Photo: Shutterstock)

Cath Kidston to close all 60 UK stores - with loss of more than 900 jobs

Anton and Alex

How two Leeds entrepreneurs quit the rat race and launched a £1m skincare firm

Ali has drawn on 35 years in the catering industry for her new cookery book

She has cooked for F1 teams, VIPs and worked around the world now Ali Bilton has...

intu Metrocentre.

Trafford Centre owner forced to abandon £1.5bn raise

Ad Feature Global success for the man behind customizing celebrity cars

3-4 Embankment in Leeds

Hong Kong investor snaps up Leeds office for £20.5m

HSBC has reported its full year results

HSBC reports 33 per cent fall in pre-tax profit for 2019

Traffic on the A63 at Myton Bridge in Hull

Yorkshire's - and one of the world's - most congested cities revealed

Aviva.

Aviva plans to sell off Hong Kong business