Estate agents set to boom from stamp duty holiday – but mortgage drought means first-time buyers could be shut out By Matt Oliver and Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 10 July 2020 Estate agents are gearing up for a sales bonanza during the stamp … Read more
CAPITAL GEARING TRUST: Focusing on long-term growth and preserving cash rather than providing an income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 WHAT IS IT? It aims to grow investors’ money over the long term, rather than providing an income, and particularly … Read more
Bankers are rarely popular, attracting scorn and envy in equal measure. But lately, bank shares have acquired a new fan base. The private investor clients of platforms such as Hargreaves Lansdown have been snapping up these stocks, persuaded that they are set to recover from their current lows. In particular, they hope that Lloyds shares … Read more
Top fund manager Standard Life Aberdeen dumps Boohoo as fashion giant reels from sweatshop scandal By Tom Witherow and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 One of Boohoo’s biggest shareholders has dumped almost all its investment in the fashion group over its … Read more
British Airways in battle over prized airport landing slots as MPs question its ‘fire and rehire’ jobs plan By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to strip British Airways of prized airport landing slots over its … Read more
Restaurants to stay shuttered: One in 10 won’t reopen this year, says owner of Frankie & Benny’s and Wagamamas By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 The owner of Wagamama has warned that one in 10 of its restaurants will not reopen … Read more
DIRECTOR DEALS: Gamma Communications board member Andrew Stone sells entire stake for £2.59m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 Gamma Communications board member Andrew Stone sold his entire stake in the telecoms group for £2.59million. The non-executive director offloaded 180,551 shares … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Tin miner Afritin is tipped to benefit from the electric vehicle and renewables revolution By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 WHAT IS IT? A tin miner with a working mine in Namibia, which it is developing further, … Read more
Engineer Senior stumbled after it laid bare the havoc the Covid crisis has wrought on companies further down the aerospace supply chain. Airlines were hit almost immediately through the mass cancellation of flights – but it took longer for it to become clear the impact it was having on plane makers. Now Senior, which provides … Read more
Gym group loses 178,000 customers during lockdown – even though it froze their payments By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 July 2020 The Gym Group lost 178,000 customers during lockdown. Around one in five of one of Britain’s biggest fitness chains’ members quit … Read more