Challenger bank Metro bucks the trend with new cash drop-off service for small businesses The service is for firms struggling as a result of the closure of banks and ATMs Firms will be able to use a mobile phone app to order the amount and day they wish to have money collected or dropped off … Read more
Transport operator Go-Ahead launches Norway’s first privately run railway service Go-Ahead will operate its first route between Stavanger and Oslo It won the eight-year contract last year to run the Norway South rail franchise The firm already has foreign operations in Ireland, Germany and Singapore By William Turvill For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, … Read more
Bankers and advisers carve up £156m of fees in bidding battle for Just Eat The FTSE 100 company has agreed to an all-share merger with Takeaway.com But it faces competition from South African conglomerate Naspers By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 14 … Read more
Labour peer nets millions as investors in his collapsed Koovs fashion firm are wiped out Koovs went under on Tuesday in a pre-pack administration Its chairman, Lord Waheed Alli, bought the clothing company, saving jobs But small shareholders in the AIM-listed company will lose out Alli’s TV production company was snapped up on the very … Read more
You heard it here first! Best ways to save on audiobooks Audiobook sales are up more than 30 per cent this year, according to research Audiobooks can be downloaded for free from some websites Alternatively, you can subscribe to an online service, purchase one-off downloads or pick up a recording from a shop, perhaps on a … Read more
STOCK WATCH: Hedge funds squeezed out by Tory share surge; Living Wage rise may trickle into company coffers By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 14 December 2019 It’s hard to know what Jeremy Corbyn might be more upset by – that Boris … Read more
House price growth tipped to reach 2% next year as confidence returns to the market Economist Howard Archer says the Tories’ win will boost house price growth He said record low interest rates would also help homebuyers By Helen Cahill For Mail On Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 … Read more
‘Surprise’ successor to Carney as Bank of England governor ‘within days’, say City analysts By William Turvill For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 Former deputy governor Minouche Shafik has been heavily tipped to become the Bank’s first female governor City analysts have … Read more
M&C Saatchi’s quick fix: Troubled advertising group brings in top City headhunter to find new directors Bosses at M&C Saatchi want to appoint four new board members by next month Last week, four bosses resigned in the midst of an accounting scandal The company expect a PwC report into its accounts to complete by Christmas … Read more
Wimbledon owner eyes Bank of England’s historic country club The All England Club wants to buy the estate so it can carry on running its qualifying tournament there It has offered to allow local community groups to continue using the facilities By Helen Cahill For Mail On Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 | … Read more
Phew. The relief across the business community was huge. Sterling bounced up. The shares of the middle-sized companies in the FTSE 250 index touched an all-time high, showing the markets are pretty confident about the future of UK plc. And an orderly Brexit will indeed happen early next year. But this is not just about … Read more
TONY HETHERINGTON: Help! Revolut robots have £10,000 of my money! By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 14 December 2019 Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those … Read more
An aggressive activist hedge fund has raised its stake in Ted Baker days after the ailing retailer put out a profit warning. Toscafund, founded by Martin Hughes who is known in the City as ‘the Rottweiler’, has bumped up its holding from 5.9 per cent to 11.9 per cent. While activist investors are often something … Read more