Investors endure a £60m blow as almost half of FTSE firms slash their dividend payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Forty-eight FTSE 100 firms have slashed dividends – in a huge blow to investors and savers. Chemicals giant Johnson Matthey … Read more
Many customers have expressed frustration over online orders which have been damaged in transit. With millions of Britons still stuck in lockdown, they are relying on the postal system to receive and send items they can currently no longer purchase in shops. This has led to numerous complaints from customers about fragile purchases arriving damaged … Read more
Beware a hasty house sale: Tempting offers to sell your home in a hurry can be a quick route to very big losses Homeowners being warned of a rise in rogue estate agents exploiting families They risk being tied into expensive long-term contracts with ‘quick sale’ firms Some cash home-buying firms offer a legitimate service … Read more
Stacey Hampton finally comes clean: Married At First star reveals why she isn’t a practising lawyer and how she affords her lavish designer lifestyle By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:51 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 05:34 BST, 10 June 2020 She previously claimed that no law firms would ever give her … Read more
Thousands of holidaymakers are still empty-handed after spending months battling travel firms for sizeable refunds. Airlines are under investigation for sitting on more than £7 billion owed to passengers for cancelled trips, while travel agents have been accused of flouting the law. But readers have told Money Mail they might have found a way to … Read more
The way in which American big-tech companies have led global equity markets out of the stock market wipeout of the early days of the pandemic is remarkable. Britain may not have a Tesla or an Amazon but it is reassuring that UK start-ups are attracting big inward investment and more established quoted firms are having … Read more
More than a year of sustained protests in Hong Kong against the heavy hand of Beijing and socio-economic inequality have changed everything. The Chinese response – its new tough security law – has placed the West and the People’s Republic on a collision course which could set back commercial and financial relations by decades. Disquiet … Read more
Transport chiefs lined up last night to attack the Government’s ‘poorly thought-out’ and economically ‘devastating’ travel quarantine which comes into force today. Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye warned the scheme would hasten the loss of up to 25,000 jobs and hinder Britain’s ability ‘to fight for our place in the world’. Channel Tunnel boss Jacques Gounon … Read more
Coronavirus lending schemes backed by Government and Bank of England could leave businesses with £36bn in debt they cannot repay By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 7 June 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 7 June 2020 Emergency coronavirus lending schemes backed by the Government and Bank of England could leave businesses … Read more
Keeping a business going in lockdown is hard enough, but what if you are stranded thousands of miles away, forced to shut down or unsure whether you can get your product to customers? Britain’s army of small and medium enterprise owners have faced these and many more challenges over the last few months and have … Read more