Energy caps to stamp duty changes: your personal finance diary for January-April 2025

Stubbornly high interest rates and inflation could be good or bad depending on your situation. Here are some key dates to watch out for

Market for TV streaming advertising to pass £1bn

Two years after Netflix introduced ads, streaming advertising is 30% of the size of traditional TV ad market

Guardian review finds many online pharmacies flouting strict advertising rules that govern prescription-only drugs

Drugs such as Wegovy amd Mounjaro are an attractive prospect for online businesses and traditional pharmacies as well as the firms that make them

The shift from live TV to video platforms has made toy makers and sellers rethink products and where to sell them

ICO says allowing advertisers to track digital ‘fingerprints’ will undermine consumers’ control over information

Watchdog ruled social media post failed to provide balanced information over bank’s ongoing financing of polluting industries

Terra Firma’s sale of 36,000 properties ends legal fight with government over recent housing reforms

TV channel spun off from France’s Vivendi could climb to £5bn in biggest new listing in London for two years

‘Hawk tuah girl’ Haliey Welch’s coin fails amid new wave of hype around crypto-related assets

Court ruling could mean that more liberal Murdochs may have say in content from world’s most powerful conservative media empire

Media mogul’s three adult children will retain control despite attempt to give his son Lachlan complete control

Film studio behind Barbie and HBO shows including Succession is preparing its Max streaming service

CEO has fared well in an embattled sector, turning around the UK’s biggest commercial public broadcaster despite the stubbornly low share price

10% of Facebook’s UK workforce was axed while revenue fell slightly but pre-tax profits rose despite advertising slowdown