French bakery chain Paul has started stockpiling food from France ahead of potential no deal Brexit By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 09:21 GMT, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:21 GMT, 25 August 2019 French bakery chain Paul has started stockpiling food from France in case Britain exits the European Union without … Read more
Yorkshire mine Sirius sinks into a cash crisis as MPs plead with government to save it By Jamie Nimmo For The Mail On Sunday Published: 09:14 GMT, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:14 GMT, 25 August 2019 The Government is being urged to provide emergency financial support to Sirius Minerals to prevent its huge fertiliser … Read more
Preventing savers from accessing their cash from frozen funds could be the ‘biggest risk’ facing UK, IMF warns By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 09:10 GMT, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:10 GMT, 25 August 2019 A leading economist has warned that an inability for savers to cash in their investments in … Read more
Lloyds Banking Group accused of trying to hide another round of branch closures as 15 more are due to shut By Helen Cahill For The Mail On Sunday Published: 09:04 GMT, 25 August 2019 | Updated: 09:04 GMT, 25 August 2019 Lloyds has been accused of trying to hide the scale of its branch closure … Read more
TV and radio presenter Tommy Boyd would ban pocket money if he were made Chancellor of the Exchequer. Boyd, who famously presented children’s TV shows Magpie, Jigsaw and the Wide Awake Club in the 1970s and 1980s, was once paid the equivalent of £10,000 in 1985 to entertain the Crown Prince of Brunei at his … Read more
End of PPI bonanza to send chill over UK’s struggling economy as recession looms, economists are warning Banks will stop accepting claims for mis-sold payment protection insurance Thousands of jobs are at risk as many roles created to deal with PPI not needed Consumer spending levels could slow by 0.3 per cent By Helen Cahill, … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: How much longer can the Woodford Equity Income fiasco continue? Equity Income has generated paper losses for investors of 14.9 per cent Over one year, the losses are a toe-curling 28.1 per cent Shares in Eddie Stobart – a key Equity Income holding – suspended on Friday By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail … Read more
The pressure on Neil Woodford to waive the management fees on his ailing flagship fund Equity Income is not going away. Although Woodford Equity Income has now been suspended for nearly 12 weeks, investors remain more vocal than ever in their call for the fallen manager to stop depleting their holdings by taking fees equivalent … Read more
Neil Woodford suffers another blow as Eddie Stobart ousts its boss and suspends share trading Neil Woodford owns 23 per cent of the haulage group The suspension of Stobart shares means Woodford and other investors will not be able to buy or sell any of them By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, … Read more
Older people wishing to retire abroad are more resolute about their plans now than after the Brexit referendum, new research on attitudes of would-be expats reveals. Nearly half said Brexit was making them reconsider spending their old age abroad when polled two weeks ago. That is compared to three quarters who were having having second thoughts … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Stocks tumble as US-China trade war reignites; Eddie Stobart boss quits as firm suspends shares; Pound settles after strong rally The FTSE 100 closed down 0.5%, or 33.20 points, at 7,094.98 Pound up 0.1% to $1.2275, but in the red against the euro, down 0.4% at €1.1013 Eddie Stobart said its CEO Alex … Read more
A limited-edition McLaren road car has become the British manufacturer’s most expensive vehicle to sell at auction. The 1994 McLaren F1 LM – standing for Le Mans – went under the hammer on Friday during RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in California – which is widely regarded as the calendar’s biggest and most expensive sale of … Read more
Peppa Pig SOLD to US toy giant Hasbro: Firm behind Monopoly and Transformers snaps up London-listed Entertainment One for £3.3bn Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One has been sold to US toy firm Hasbro Hasbro is the US toy-making giant behind My Little Pony and Monopoly Entertainment One shareholders are set to receive £5.60 per share … Read more