Ant Group’s £26bn float suspended at 11th hour  

Ant Group’s £26bn float suspended at 11th hour after firm’s boss is grilled by Chinese officials By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 23:15 GMT, 3 November 2020 | Updated: 23:15 GMT, 3 November 2020 Ant Group’s blockbuster float was dramatically called off by Chinese authorities yesterday after the firm’s boss seemingly clashed with … Read more

Ant Group’s £26bn stock market float is biggest ever

Chinese payments business poised to raise more than £26bn in world’s biggest stock market float By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 22:17 GMT, 26 October 2020 A Chinese payments business is poised to raise more than £26billion in the world’s biggest stock market float.  Ant Group’s … Read more

Global Warming: Aviation produced 26BN tons CO2 in 20 years

Aviation’s impact on global warming has doubled in the past two decades, according to a new study.  Using computer models, researchers found flying is responsible for about 3.5 percent of humanity’s contribution to climate change, and two-thirds of that is from contrails and other non-CO2 emissions.  The team calculates that between 1940 and 2018, the … Read more

WPP dividend returns despite £2.6bn loss

WPP brings back dividend after bosses declare advertising business has weathered worst of coronavirus crisis By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 27 August 2020 WPP has brought back its dividend after bosses declared the advertising business has weathered the worst of the coronavirus crisis.  … Read more

Universities will not be allowed to cram in extra students to plug funding gaps but will get £2.6bn

Universities to get £2.6billion government support package as they are told not squeeze in extra students amid coronavirus cash crisis This will give the Government temporary controls over student numbers  Nearly one in five prospective students have changed their mind about university this autumn because of coronavirus  Universities will be unable to take extra students … Read more