One of Britain’s electricity grid operators pays billionaire owner £237m dividend for second year in a row By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 One of Britain’s electricity grid operators has paid its billionaire Hong Kong owner a £237m dividend for the … Read more
As pandemic restrictions are lifted, Bank of England set to keep pumping money into economy despite fears of rising inflation The inflationary spike has put the Bank’s huge quantitative easing programme in the spotlight, with its monetary policy committee increasingly at odds over what to do next Having hit 2.5 per cent in June, inflation … Read more
House sales on track for their best year since before financial crisis By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 31 July 2021 House sales are on track for their best year since before the financial crisis. The number of homes bought and sold is set … Read more
Virgin Money losing raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 Virgin Money is losing a raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring. Gavin Opperman, director … Read more
One of Britain’s oldest mail order plant and seed companies could be about to change hands for up to £200m By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 One of Britain’s oldest mail order plant and seed companies could be about to change … Read more
Digital bank Monzo being investigated over alleged breaches of money laundering rules By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Monzo is being investigated over alleged breaches of money laundering rules. The digital bank was informed about the probe by City Watchdog, the … Read more
Pearson launches a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US By Tom Harmsworth For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Pearson has launched a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US. For £11 per month, students will be able … Read more
Quarter of supermarket milk deliveries by UK’s biggest dairy supplier unable to get through because of driver shortage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Up to a quarter of supermarket milk deliveries by the UK’s biggest dairy supplier have been unable … Read more
Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weigh down shares in Boohoo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weighed down shares in Boohoo yesterday. Last year an independent … Read more
The price of Itaconix shares went down the plughole as the company, whose plant-based polymers are used in detergent products, warned of order fluctuations as brands and retailers adjust inventories due to uncertainties around consumer buying habits. As a result, unaudited revenues in this business area for the first half of 2021 were flat compared … Read more