The advent of spring is not just a time to enjoy the abundance of flowers, longer days and watching newly-born lambs in the fields. It is also when smart investors can take advantage of new allowances to give investment portfolios a fillip. This is because April marks the start of a new tax year and … Read more
The Government raised the annual allowance for youngsters for this new tax year It is a sign of the times that when a new child is born, many parents and grandparents start thinking immediately about how they can help the little one face the big financial challenges that await them. These hurdles may be some … Read more
CASH IN THE ATTIC: How an old comic book could fetch more than £18k By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:19 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:19 GMT, 14 April 2019 Only one Beano first edition, pictured, with the mask has come up for sale in recent years Every week Toby Walne gives … Read more
Are you struggling to keep on top of all your bills, and concerned your monthly outgoings are too high? A new app has launched with the aim of helping users view all their bills on one platform that will also automatically show them if they could be cutting down on costs. Youtility was founded by Will … Read more
Taxi app founder Travis Kalanick poised to join the Uber rich making £6.6BILLION from stock float Kalanick owns 8.6% of Uber’s shares and will be a major winner in the listing Fellow founder Garrett Camp also stands to make around £4.6bn By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 10:14 GMT, 13 April 2019 | … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: LK Bennett rescued but 15 stores to close; Bonmarché rejects Philip Day’s takeover offer; Online grocery shopping slows Bonmarche says tycoon Philip Day’s takeover bid of £5.7m undervalues the firm The number of people opting to buy groceries online has slowed The competition watchdog has concerns about Rentokil-Mitie merger Over a third of … Read more
James Caan CBE was an investor on BBC Dragons Den for three years from 2007-2010 As someone who has been investing in the recruitment industry since the mid-1980s, was the co-founder of corporate head-hunter Humana International and was an investor on BBC TV series Dragons’ Den for three years, James Caan has seen more CVs … Read more
This tax year, savers have a £20,000 Isa allowance, which can be split between the various Isa types available. You can, however, only open and pay into one of each type of Isa per tax year. In the case of cash Isas this potentially leaves savers short-changed, having to choose between putting money in an … Read more
Troubled fashion firm Bonmarche snubs £5.7m takeover bid by billionaire tycoon Philip Day claiming it ‘undervalues’ the 300-store chain Bonmarche has rejected a £5.7m takeover bid tabled by tycoon Philip Day It said it ‘materially undervalues’ the firm, which has a market value of £7.7m Bonmarche also said today that it is embarking on a cost-cutting … Read more
Warhammer maker Games Workshop expects bumper profit haul after fans of its fantasy miniatures come out in force Games Workshop expects to make an £80million profit in 2019 The Warhammer maker has also raised its dividend to 155p a share for the year Shares jumped by nearly 10 per cent in early trading on Friday … Read more
Indivior salesmen ‘told to send doctors articles about baby deaths in bid to boost sales of new drug’ By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 08:59 GMT, 12 April 2019 Indivior salesmen were told to send doctors articles about baby deaths to boost sales of … Read more
Britons are starting to shun online grocery shopping after growing tired of missing items, dodgy substitutions, out of date goods, high delivery charges and hefty minimum order requirements, research has found. More than 60 per cent of people in a survey conducted by Mintel said they experienced some sort of issue with their online food … Read more
Having a crash is a terrible feeling at any time, but no worse than when it happens in a foreign country and it’s not your car. Being involved in an accident – even if it’s not your fault – is enough to ruin any holiday, but if you do have prang in a hire car … Read more