UK home to 80% of top-earning European bankers

Figures showing more than 4,000 City financiers were paid more than €1m in 2015 come as UK prepares for Brexit talks

V&A hoping for another fashion blockbuster with Balenciaga show

Museum aims to capitalise on label’s current buzz with celebration of original designer’s ‘uncompromising creativity’

Tate Modern to host ‘once in a lifetime’ Picasso exhibition

Landmark show will focus on ‘year of wonders’ 1932, at height of painter’s affair with young lover Marie-Thérèse Walter

Hard times for luxury Swiss watches as sales drop 10%

Swiss watch federation reports huge drop in exports to China as official crackdown on bribery makes it worst year for industry since 2009

Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm

Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts