JEFF PRESTRIDGE: The FCA is stuck in lockdown over the Woodford saga By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 10 April 2021 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 10 April 2021 Another week goes by and yet again there is more depressing news on fallout from the demise of the Woodford investment empire. … Read more
The life of Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is one of such astonishing length and intensity, stretching so far back into the unreachable past and containing so much incident, adversity and adventure that it takes Shakespeare to sum it up: ‘We that are young shall never see so much, nor live so long.’ In fact the … Read more
Prince Philip has been such a constant and colourful feature of British life for so long it’s almost impossible to believe he’s no longer with us. Loved and admired in equal measure, his name has been synonymous with duty and public service since his marriage to the Queen 74 years ago. His sad passing, nine … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Treasury, Bank of England and FCA should have acted earlier over Greensill – and David Cameron’s role in the affair stinks David Cameron’s interventions on behalf of Greensill, and the use of the former Prime Minister’s name to try and drum up business, is deeply unedifying Cameron is proving an exception to the … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Pascal Soriot must jet back from his lockdown bolthole to safeguard Astrazeneca’s reputation By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 8 April 2021 The pandemic has created a great divide between people who think they can work efficiently from the back bedroom and … Read more
On Monday, shopkeepers large and small will begin re-opening their doors to customers. The feelings they have will be mixed. Hopeful that this will be the last time they have to put their lives and businesses on hold, excited to welcome back the customers they love and apprehensive about the shift in shopping habits we’ve … Read more
Riding the digital wave: Deliveroo is down but not out and could well prove the naysayers wrong, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 April 2021 After the bloodbath when Deliveroo floated, the customers who bought into the issue have nothing … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: It’s time for travel and events firms to start playing fair on refunds By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 22:51 BST, 6 April 2021 At the start of the first lockdown, we urged readers to be patient and not to chase refunds. Businesses had … Read more
Joe Biden is riding a wave of optimism following the passage of his $1.9trillion (£1.4trillion) fiscal package. There may be more to come should the White House manage to steer proposals for a further £1.44trillion of climate change and infrastructure spending through a Congress jittery about debt levels. As the International Monetary Fund’s spring World … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Might there be a baby bounce-back when the coronavirus is vanquished? Let’s hope so for all our sakes Deaths from Covid have taken a grim toll, with 2.8million fatalities worldwide But the more profound demographic – and economic – effect is likely to come from births, or rather the lack of them We … Read more