General Election poll frenzy will deliver Royal Mail a £30million bonus By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 01:39 BST, 17 November 2019 | Updated: 15:16 BST, 21 November 2019 Royal Mail could receive a £30million windfall from the General Election as the increasingly bitter battle between the political parties continues to escalate. City … Read more
Games Workshop shares leap as the Dwarfs, Orcs and Elves retailer says its profits are set to surge Retailer expects sales for the six months to December to be at least £140m Nottingham-headquartered firm said profits for the period will be at least £55m Shares climbed 17 per cent to 5267p following the update on Friday … Read more
STOCK WATCH: Tesco is ‘overweight’, as it prepares for leaner times By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 BST, 28 September 2019 | Updated: 13:39 BST, 29 September 2019 It is hard to believe that it’s exactly five years since Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis alerted the City to a black hole … Read more
Fat cat bosses at some of Britain’s biggest companies are raking in hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of perks on top of their multi-million pay packages, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. FTSE 100 chiefs are enjoying what critics call ‘completely gratuitous’ payments to cover private aircraft use, school fees, family travel, chauffeur-driven cars … Read more
Lady Cobham has blasted the planned US takeover of the British defence company bearing her name – saying it puts the UK’s national security at risk and should be stopped by the Government. The widow of Sir Michael Cobham, who built up the firm over 25 years – said the proposed £4billion takeover by private … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Markets rally on hopes of US rate cut; FCA hits banks with clampdown on overdraft fees; Depressed pound edges up as Theresa May steps down The FTSE 100 closed up 1%, or 72 points, at 7,331.94 The FCA has banned banks from charging more for unarranged overdrafts The pound has edged up a little … Read more
Entering the ring: London-based DAZN will screen Anthony Joshua’s fights in America Billionaire Warner Music owner Len Blavatnik is plotting a blockbuster London stock market flotation of his broadcasting service, dubbed the ‘Netflix of sport’. Hammersmith-based DAZN, which was acquired by Blavatnik’s Access Industries in 2014, is understood to be drawing up options, including a … Read more
WPP’s post-Sorrell clear-out kicks off in earnest this week. The advertising giant has brought in bankers from Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for Kantar, its market research firm. The sale is a key plank of chief executive Mark Read’s turnaround plan to simplify the business that he inherited last year from founder Sir Martin … Read more
Stagecoach mulls a takeover of the UK’s largest bus operator Arriva after it goes up for sale City sources said Stagecoach is interested in buying Arriva’s bus business Arriva has been put up for sale by German Transport giant Deutsche Bahn It operates more than 5,000 buses in Britain and has divisions across Europe By … Read more
Ford told to ‘come clean’ over factory closures and the future of its British operations as it faces pressure to cut costs in Europe By William Turvill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:06 BST, 14 April 2019 Unions are calling on Ford to ‘come clean’ over the future … Read more