JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 I would put money on the Chancellor’s Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks … Read more
I transferred some money to someone who was doing some work in my garden and unknowingly – and rather stupidly – managed to get the account number wrong. With hindsight I should probably have transferred a smaller value as a test, but instead sent £1,000. Having checked on the Barclays website, it states that transfers … Read more
Richest retirees have an income 17 TIMES bigger than poorest – and gap has almost doubled since 2010 Poorest retirees’ private pensions pay £2,260 a year, and richest get £38,940 Pension incomes rose 54% for poorest since 2010, while richest saw a 74% rise Gap has widened from £20,950 in 2010-11 to £36,680 in 2018-19 … Read more
An increasingly serious coronavirus outbreak and a surprise change of Chancellor have upended early predictions of what might be in the Budget next Wednesday. As the health threat mounts and overshadows many more mundane concerns, Rishi Sunak might be forced to tailor his speech around a crisis prevention strategy rather than post-election winning giveaways or … Read more
‘It’s better for my health.’ That’s one response I had when it comes to why more people are now working from home. With panic over coronavirus at fever pitch, many workers may also be ordered to stay away from the office and do day-to-day tasks from the comfort of their home. However, the reality is, … Read more
Nissan backs Brexit Britain by ploughing £400m into its Sunderland car plant By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 23:36 GMT, 6 March 2020 Nissan is ploughing £400million into its Sunderland car plant in a vote of confidence in Brexit Britain. The Japanese car maker yesterday unveiled … Read more
Government’s Green housing plan under fire as developers claim it is ‘unworkable’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:54 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 6 March 2020 Government plans for a ‘green housing revolution’ are unworkable, developers have warned. Ministers want tough standards to slash the carbon footprint of new … Read more
Coronavirus crisis casts cloud over Rishi Sunak’s first Budget but pledge to raise national insurance threshold will likely go ahead By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 6 March 2020 The Chancellor Rishi Sunak will deliver next Wednesday’s Budget against the most uncertain economic backdrop … Read more
Crude prices dive by 10% as three-year pact between Opec and Russia ends in acrimony By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 The oil price fell 10 per cent as a row between producers added to fears over the impact of coronavirus. … Read more
The £300bn coronavirus crash: FTSE down 12.7%, oil down 23% while US 10-year bond yields are down 51% in just TWO weeks By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 More than £300billion has been wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies … Read more
Anglo American tumbled after it took emergency measures to avoid a disaster at its money-spinning platinum unit. The global mining giant led the FTSE 100 fallers after it slashed the production outlook for its platinum division Amplats and declared force majeure as it cannot process any recently mined material sent in by customers. Force majeure … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Rishi Sunak is on a tricky flight path as coronavirus picks his pocket before first budget By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2020 The collapse of Flybe into administration is a crisis for the airline’s millions of passengers and its … Read more
Women are slowly but surely making their presence known in the business world. Ahead of International Women’s Day tomorrow, the FTSE 100 welcomed its sixth female chief executive this week as Milena Mondini de Focatiis was named new boss of insurance group Admiral. On the FTSE 350, women make up nearly a third of board … Read more