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Watering down disclosure rules to push smooth the way for a UK flotation of fast fashion firm Shein would “compromise the integrity” of the Britain’s listing regime, MPs have warned. ( Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

MPs' concern over reports Shein is pushing UK listing rules to be relaxed
Watering down disclosure rules to push smooth the way for a UK flotation of fast fashion firm Shein would “compromise the integrity” of the Britain’s listing re...

FORMER OWL: Ashley Westwood tackles Birmingham City's Dele Adebola during his time at Sheffield Wednesday (Image: Jamie McDonald /Allsport)

Hong Kong coach Ashley Westwood on taking risks to learn football management

GOING UP: Bradford City celebrate promotion to League One in May (Image: Tony Johnson)

Ashley Westwood on why Bradford City in League Two was 'hard to take'

Banking giant HSBC’s outgoing chairman Sir Mark Tucker will step down at the end of September to take up the same post at Hong Kong-based insurer AIA, the bank has announced. (Photo by Charlotte Ball/PA Wire)

HSBC: Sir Mark Tucker to step down

AI chip maker Nvidia has posted strong growth despite being caught in the fallout of Donald Trump’s tariff war with China. (Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Nvidia: AI chip maker posts strong growth

Jeremy Pang's mung bean vermicelli with shiitake and mangetout. Picture credit: Kris Kirkham/PA

How creating a 'wok clock' can help you make tastier food at home

Food delivery giant Deliveroo has revealed it is to pull out of Hong Kong in April after nine years. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Wire)

Food giant Deliveroo to quit Hong Kong after nine years

Richard Hunter shares his expert insight

FTSE100 is reaping benefits of global exposure

Travel writer Jordan Bernard meets chefs at Hong Kong's Wine & Dine Festival

Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival: Passion and fire to drive foodies wild

The view from the hotel room at The Murray, Hong Kong

Hong Kong travel: Is it better to stay in Kowloon or Central?

Hong Kong has more things to do and places to see than you can fit into one holiday

Hong Kong captured my heart with favours, stories and culinary magic

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard chairs the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Partnership Board. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Exclusive Mayor Oliver Coppard to visit China to drum up investment

Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Picture credit: Damon Smith/PA.

Hong Kong travel review: Why there's a bright future ahead of Hong Kong

Judd Trump of England plays a shot during the First Round Match between Judd Trump of England and Kyren Wilson of England on Day Three of the MrQ Masters Snooker 2024 at Alexandra Palace (Picture: Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Judd Trump targets more glory at UK Championship in York

HSBC has unveiled an overhaul of its global structure as new boss Georges Elhedery looks to reduce costs and home in on the bank’s strongest divisions. (Photo by Lucy North/PA Wire)

HSBC announces overhaul of global structure as new boss looks to cut costs

Keith Marsh

Man attempting to import child sex doll caught with indecent images

Edel Christie is Chief Growth Officer for Arcadis

‘I met my dad’s former Humber Bridge workmates 200m in the air in Hong Kong’

Richard Hunter shares his expert insight

Big US interest rate cut unlikely to be followed by Bank of England this week

Mark Tindley, managing director of Synthotech.

Meet the man in charge of building robots to reduce leaks around the world

Library image of Lord Dominic Johnson, the UK's investment minister, who is attending UKREiif in Leeds.. (Photo by Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

Mayors are helping UK regions attract investment, says Minister

Leeds-based FatGreen is next week set to launch its new executive search arm, FatGreen Executive.Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 26th March 2024.

FatGreen: Leeds-based firm set to launch new executive search arm
Leeds-based FatGreen is next week set to launch its new executive search arm, FatGreen Executive.
Michael Crossland

Prudential has revealed a rise in profits for the past year as it hailed "early progress" in the firm's recent growth strategy. The insurance and asset management giant said adjusted operating profits grew by 6 per cent to £2.27bn in 2023, compared with the previous year. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Prudential reveals rise in profits and sees progress in growth strategy

Mark Kemp, of Hull, known as 'The Yorkshire Fossil Hunter' an expert in finding, collecting and preparing fossils for the last 10 years. He's also offers guided walks, along the Yorkshire coast and owns a large assortment of fossil which he found and prepared during his many travels. Just before Christmas 2023 Mark, was out fossil hunter along the Yorkshire Coastline near Whitby North Yorkshire, where he discovered a large bone assembly from a Jurassic Crocodile Fossil which lived on earth over 180-million-years ago. The fossil which has taken over 40 hours to prepare shows vertebrae, ribs, legs bones, parts of the jaw bone and scutes. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 8th February 2024.

Rare crocodile bones discovered near Whitby over 180 million years old

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
Hong Kong is offering free flights for travellers to enjoy throughout 2023 in a bid to boost tourism.
Charlotte Hawes

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

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

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

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