Tonic? Not really. Posh mixer maker Fever-Tree sees revenues plummet as shut pubs hit sales By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:39 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:02 BST, 8 September 2020 The mass closure of bars, pubs and restaurants hit tonic sales at mixer maker Fever-Tree, despite rising demand for cocktails … Read more
JD Sports withholds rent on its 390 UK stores as it battles with its landlords to cut costs By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:39 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:02 BST, 8 September 2020 Tracksuit and trainers retailer JD Sports is continuing its battle with landlords, despite its half-year sales barely … Read more
BA owner hit by row over departing boss Willie Walsh’s bonus as investors back £2.5bn IAG fundraising By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:39 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:02 BST, 8 September 2020 The owner of British Airways faced a shareholder revolt over boardroom pay as it secured a £2.5billion lifeline … Read more
BA owner IAG’s new chief executive Luis Gallego, who takes over the pilot’s seat from Willie Walsh, has a weighty journey ahead. The Anglo-Spanish airline group’s pandemic finances should be stabilised by £2.5billion of new equity supported by investors including the group’s biggest shareholder Qatar Airways, which has a 25 per cent stake and took … Read more
Royal Mail tells unions to modernise or die: Loss-making firm wants to focus more on parcels and less on letters By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:39 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:01 BST, 8 September 2020 Royal Mail has warned union bosses it will never make a profit again unless they … Read more
Extend emergency measures to end of the year, or risk seeing more UK firms go bust, business leaders plead By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:01 BST, 8 September 2020 Business leaders are pleading with ministers to extend emergency measures or risk firms across the country … Read more
Oil majors were on the back foot as the price of Brent crude tumbled below $40 a barrel for the first time since June. Fears are mounting that a rise in coronavirus cases around the world – including in the UK and US as well as parts of Europe and India – could hold back … Read more
Fraud is now Britain’s most common crime and anyone can be a victim, says City of London Police By Ian Dyson Commissioner Of The City Of London Police Published: 22:00 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 8 September 2020 Fraud fight: Ian Dyson Commissioner of the City of London Police Fraud used to … Read more
Head boy Matt Hancock’s touch of Apocalypse Now… for the freshers: HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary announcing the Bolton lockdown By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:34 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:00 BST, 8 September 2020 Fans of classic Vietnam war epic Apocalypse Now will doubtless recall Colonel Kilgore – … Read more
Fraudsters are running rings around us. As fast as one unscrupulous website is taken down, another ten pop up. If we make our accounts more secure, they simply find an even more ingenious way to break in. It was evident early on that scammers were attempting to cash in on the panic and confusion caused … Read more