Steelworkers cheer £2bn pension deal: 30,000 set for retirement boost as insurance firm agrees to buy out the old British Steel Scheme By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 21 October 2020 Thousands of steelworkers will be hoping to receive a boost to their pension … Read more
Wealth manager Quilter sees assets rise by £2bn thanks to markets recovering but new client money was largely absent Quilter’s assets reached £109.5bn in three months to end of September Major migration of assets from existing platform to our new platform underway By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 11:16 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: … Read more
The virtual top guns: New fighter jets will be flown by on-board computer if RAF pilot gets stressed The new BAE Tempest can be flown by a pilot or by a computer ‘co-pilot’ The high-tech jet is due to be in service by 2035 following a £2bn investment According to BAE, the operator could become … Read more
The amount of money deposited at Post Office branches topped £2billion last month for the first time this year as cash usage continued to recover after the coronavirus lockdown. The 7.7 per cent annual rise in the total amount deposited and a more than 10 per cent jump in the number of trips to pay … Read more
Ministers consider £2bn aid plan to build 16 mini nuclear power stations by 2050 By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 October 2020 Up to £2billion could be put into a project to design and build mini-nuclear power stations. Ministers are considering the huge … Read more
Ocado sales could exceed £2bn for first time as customers flock to order food from new partner Marks & Spencer By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 12 September 2020 Ocado sales could exceed £2billion for the first time this year after customers flocked to … Read more
Primark expects to rake in £2billion worth of sales by the end of the year since reopening its stores in June. The cheap fashion group, which does not operate an online shop, beat its sales expectations in the last quarter amid ‘reassuring and encouraging’ signs that shoppers still have an appetite for inexpensive fast fashion. … Read more
Rolls-Royce battles for its survival: Engineer to sell £2bn of assets after posting record £5.4bn loss By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:19 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 27 August 2020 Rolls-Royce is aiming to raise £2billion by selling parts of its business as it struggles to survive the coronavirus … Read more
Boris Johnson’s £2bn boost for schools: Prime Minister is to promise huge cash injection to give all children ‘superb education’ English schools are set to receive a £2.2billion boost in Government funding Boris Johnson has promised all English pupils they will get a ‘superb education’ Secondary schools will get at least £5,150 per child, primaries … Read more
Government will pay wages of up to 300,000 young people to keep them off the dole as part of Rishi Sunak’s £2bn plan to prevent unemployment surge during Covid-19 recession Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce a mini-budget on Wednesday The plan will set out how Britain’s economy will recover from the COVID-19 crisis … Read more