Best cash Isa rates: Marcus Bank fails to spark a tax-free rate war

No green shoots for Isa savers as the new tax year sees saving rates fall as Marcus fails to spur a tax-free rate war Rates on easy-access Isas have fallen from 0.46% in March to 0.41%  March and April is usually ‘Isa season’ when banks compete for savers’ cash   Rates are now at an all-time … Read more

Tim Martin made £50million from selling shares while Wetherspoon was claiming furlough cash

Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin made £50million from selling shares while pub chain was claiming furlough cash Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin sold £50 million worth of shares in January Data shows the business claimed more than £25 million furlough in same month The outspoken businessman is now facing calls to hand back the furlough funds By … Read more

Tim Martin made £50million from selling shares while Wetherspoon was claiming furlough cash

Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin made £50million from selling shares while pub chain was claiming furlough cash Wetherspoons chairman Tim Martin sold £50 million worth of shares in January Data shows the business claimed more than £25 million furlough in same month The outspoken businessman is now facing calls to hand back the furlough funds By … Read more

Cineworld to hold crunch vote over cash crisis

Cineworld to hold crunch vote to increase its £6bn debt pile as it prepares to reopen cinemas Cineworld shareholders to vote on plan to take on an extra £155m of debt It is seeking approval for the suspension of its borrowing limits  It said the money is for ‘further liquidity’ reasons in case of more … Read more

Co-op pays bonuses after profits soar but keeps £66m of Covid cash  

Co-op pays bonuses to bosses after profits soar 500% but keeps £66m of taxpayer’s Covid-relief cash By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 8 April 2021 Co-op chief exec Steve Murrells and other company bosses will enjoy bonuses this year  The Co-op will pay bonuses … Read more

Mugger RETURNS stolen cash by posting it through victim’s letter box as it was donation for mosque

Moment mugger RETURNS stolen cash by posting it through victim’s letter box after being told it was donation money destined for local mosque The thief posted notes through victim’s letterbox in Small Heath in Birmingham The theft was captured on CCTV and an appeal to find the thieves spread online After the muggers heard of … Read more

Bring cash to the pub, drinkers are warned over ‘control freak’ rules banning indoor payments

Drinkers should take cash to the pub when they reopen for outdoor drinking on Monday due to ‘control freak’ government rules restricting the taking of payments inside, industry figures warned today. Landlords fear that patchy rural broadband and mobile signal means that card machines will be difficult to use in pub gardens, creating the prospect … Read more

Piers Morgan says Harry and Meghan will cash in on their titles else they’re another couple of celeb

‘We’ll be hearing a lot more Royal secrets from them because that’s their only currency’: Piers Morgan says Harry and Meghan will cash in on their titles because without it they’re just another couple of celebrities Piers Morgan sat down for a tell-all interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson which aired on Monday Morgan … Read more

Penguin refuses to hand back furlough cash despite soaring profits

Penguin books refuses to hand back furlough cash despite seeing profits soar by a fifth during Covid By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 5 April 2021 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 5 April 2021 Britain’s biggest publisher has refused to hand back any of the Government’s furlough support even though its profits … Read more

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back £1million furlough cash

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back any of the £1million furlough cash it received despite its profits soaring by a FIFTH during lockdown Penguin Random House used furlough scheme between April and June last year Publishing houses benefited from a reading renaissance during the lockdown  Move likely to spark outrage as … Read more