Oil traders at Vitol share record bonus of £2.1bn, boosted by market volatility

Oil traders at Vitol share record bonus of £2.1bn, boosted by market volatility during coronavirus pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 23 July 2021 | Updated: 16:51 EDT, 23 July 2021 Oil traders at Vitol have shared a record bonus of £2.1billion, boosted by market volatility during the coronavirus pandemic.  … Read more

JD Sports boosted by lockdown switch to ‘ath-leisure’

During lockdown it didn’t take long for the country’s wardrobe to shift from shirts and ties to ‘ath-leisure’, and the switch has boosted JD Sports By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 22:49 BST, 9 April 2021 JD Sports has fared better than most retailers in the … Read more

Foreign holidays hopes boosted: WHO appears to be warming to Covid ‘vaccine passports’ plan

Foreign holidays hopes boosted: WHO appears to be warming to ‘vaccine passports’ plan in bid to get world moving again Dr Michael Ryan said agency ‘looking at different options’ on vaccine passports But he stressed there were still ‘serious human rights and ethical’ concerns EU said its ‘vaccine passports’ scheme may be opened up to UK … Read more

Stanley Tucci reveals 20-year friendship with Colin Firth boosted their roles in Supernova

Stanley Tucci says he and Colin Firth were able to use their real-life friendship to help their on-screen relationship in new movie Supernova. The 60-year-old actor stars opposite Colin in the drama, in which he plays Tusker, a writer suffering from dementia who travels across England with partner Sam (Firth) to reunite with friends and … Read more

Euro 2020: British bid to stage all of Euro 2020 boosted by return of 10,000 fans to Wembley

British efforts to stage the entirety of this summer’s Euro 2020 tournament have been boosted by news that large venues such as Wembley will be permitted to host 10,000 fans from May 17. As announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the Commons on Monday afternoon, spectators will be allowed back into sporting events from … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Housebuilders boosted by booming property market

More than £1billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest builders yesterday as figures showed the housing market was in rude health. Shares in the top developers rose after the Bank of England said mortgage approvals had reached a 13-year high in 2020. The Bank said 103,381 loans were approved by lenders in December, … Read more

Dancing On Ice’s Amy Tinkler reveals show has boosted her body confidence

Gymnast Amy Tinkler has revealed that her new stint on Dancing On Ice has helped restore her body confidence, after years of being made to feel ‘fat’ in her sport. The Olympic bronze medallist, 21, has stepped in as an 11th hour replacement for Denise Van Outen, who was forced to quit the show after … Read more

Saga cruises boosted by vaccine jab roll-out

Saga cruises boosted by jab roll-out as customers with cancelled trips rebook rather than take a refund By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 The coronavirus vaccine has boosted demand for cruise trips at over-50s firm Saga. It said pent-up demand fuelled … Read more

This Bristol home sees price boosted by millions thanks to Banksy

Houses on the same street and of similar size should all sell for roughly the same price. That’s the general rule – and a logical one, too. Sometimes, however, that neat little equation is blown apart.  Never more so than last month when Aileen Martin was selling her blue-painted terrace house in the Totterdown area … Read more

How Covid changed Britain: WFH, gardening and DIY still boosted

How Covid changed Britain: WFH is STILL on the rise as people spend more time gardening, doing DIY and watching TV – but we are not sleeping as much as in the first lockdown Time study shows that many habits have lingered from the first Covid lockdown Britons are still spending more time gardening, doing … Read more