Business Secretary Leadsom welcomes financial watchdog’s decision to extend probe into collapse of holiday giant Thomas Cook The FRC announced it will analyse financial statements by auditors EY Thomas Cook collapsed in September after failing to find a funding lifeline By This Is Money Published: 11:43 GMT, 19 December 2019 | Updated: 11:45 GMT, 19 … Read more
Changes to the Blue Badge scheme introduced on Friday (20 August) will allow people with hidden disabilities such as mental health conditions, dementia and Crohn’s Disease to receive permits to park in disabled parking spaces. What has been described as the biggest change to the scheme since it launched in 1970 will see the benefit … Read more
Big-name floats set to reawaken the stock market market: Flurry of high-profile names are lined up for listing Number of floats worldwide fell by a fifth in 2019 to 1,237, the lowest since 2016 Just 34 companies floated on the LSE last year, down 62 per cent since 2018 It is speculated that mobile phone carrier … Read more
Toyota hails flying taxis plan with £300m gamble: Japanese car maker backs California-based Joby Aviation By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2020 Toyota has made a £300million bet on flying taxis. The Japanese car maker led a £450million fundraising by California-based Joby … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Why trusts hold a stronger hand than other fund forms By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 14 December 2019 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 14 December 2019 It remains to be seen whether Edinburgh Investment Trust’s decision to replace its fund manager in the New Year proves a shrewd … Read more
‘The philosophy is quite straightforward; we invest into high quality businesses at attractive prices,’ says Stephen Yiu, chief investment officer of Blue Whale Capital. That superficially simple approach has paid off in spades for Yiu and the Blue Whale Growth Fund he heads, which finds itself in exalted company. Its performance since inception two-and-a-half years … Read more
Savers looking for monthly pocket money have been dealt a blow by the news one of the nation’s largest building societies will no longer pay monthly interest on its fixed-rate bonds. Yorkshire Building Society previously offered monthly interest payments to savers who held its one, two and three-year fixed-rate bonds and Isas, but now only … Read more
34. Land Rover (1949-2016) 35. Steed’s Bentley from The Avengers 36. Austin Seven (1922-1939) 37. Skoda Yeti (2009-2017) 38. Ferrari F40 (1987-1992) 39. Mercedes-Benz S-Class (1972-present) 40. Lotus 72 F1 race car (1970-1974) 41. Willys-Overland Jeep (1940-1945) 42. Lamborghini Miura (1966-1973) 43. DeLorean from Back to the Future 44. Ford Mustang (1965-present) 45. General Lee … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Lekoil value plunges by two-thirds as it falls victim to investment scam By Calum Muirhead At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney Published: 12:15 GMT, 17 January 2020 | Updated: 12:15 GMT, 17 January 2020 Junior oiler Lekoil was the major story on AIM this week with its value dropping by around two-thirds after … Read more
Thousands of names, telephone numbers and addresses leaked online by the FCA after it accidentally publishes them on its website Nearly 2,000 people who complained about the FCA had their details published The FCA admitted it should not have left them on its website Details included names as well as addresses and telephone numbers By … Read more