Is this week’s vaccine rally a turning point for the stock market? To ALEX SEBASTIAN it looks like more than a fleeting moment of relief for investors By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 07:46 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 07:46 GMT, 13 November 2020 Game-changer is a thoroughly overused term, but the … Read more
Nowhere is Britain’s creative genius more in evidence than in recorded music. The global success of artists such as Adele, Ed Sheeran and Stormzy, who have picked up the baton from The Beatles, Elton John and Pink Floyd, is a testament to the talent on these islands. Yet, largely as a result of the takeover … Read more
Ladbrokes and Coral owner GVC to support gambling addicts as seeks to cleans up its act By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 12 November 2020 The owner of Ladbrokes and Coral yesterday sought to make a clean break with its chequered past following a … Read more
WH Smith to shut 25 High Street stores putting another 200 jobs at risk as Covid hammers sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 12 November 2020 WH Smith will shut 25 High Street stores in a move that puts another 200 jobs at … Read more
B&M boss funnels £44m offshore as bargain retailer emerges as one of the pandemic’s biggest winners By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 22:13 GMT, 12 November 2020 B&M Bargains’ billionaire chief executive has funnelled £44million in dividends to his offshore family trust after emerging as one … Read more
Youngs boss reveals pub chain has now been forced to slash 1000 jobs as second lockdown bites By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 12 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 12 November 2020 Young’s boss has blasted the ‘absolutely brutal’ impact of the second national lockdown, revealing it has now been … Read more
Rolls-Royce bosses will be breathing a sigh of relief after it completed a bumper £2billion fundraising that will unlock even more emergency cash. Britain’s flagship engineering group was aiming to sell 6.5bn new shares to existing investors in what is known as a rights issue. Rolls earns a hefty chunk of its money from maintaining … Read more
ITV ad revenues recover as hit crime dramas Des and Honour help lift its fortunes and production on most shows restarts Total fourth-quarter ad revenues are expected to be ‘slightly up’ on last year Other popular ITV shows this year included Prime William’s A Planet for Us All A cancelled Love Island series and fewer … Read more
Budget retail chain B&M has lured in a new wave of customers during lockdown, helping it boost its first half profits by over 122 per cent. Food and cleaning products proved the most popular products at B&M’s stores in the last six months, the group told This is Money. Bucking the trend for dwindling profits … Read more
German order for 38 Eurofighter Typhoon jets hands British defence giant BAE Systems a £900m boost By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 11 November 2020 BAE Systems is set to cash in on a German order for 38 Eurofighter Typhoon jets. The British defence … Read more