ALEX BRUMMER: Ramshackle lifestyle float

No one could but be impressed with the august line-up of advisers guiding the online beauty and well-being firm The Hut Group to the market. The Manchester-based enterprise fits into a zeitgeist which has seen other lifestyle firms such as Peloton and Lululemon fly as quoted enterprises. There is a desire in the City to … Read more

The Hut Group unveils plans for £4.5bn float

Online beauty and fitness firm The Hut Group unveils plans for blockbuster £4.5bn float By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 27 August 2020 The Hut Group has unveiled plans for a blockbuster £4.5billion float.  In what will easily be London’s biggest listing of the … Read more

Software boss takes aim at Silicon Valley in £15bn float

The origins of Silicon Valley – long before Facebook, Google and Apple – are inextricably linked with America’s defence establishment. It was Pentagon funding that helped to develop the internet, while Fairchild Semiconductor – now seen as the original Valley start-up – began by making chips for Cold War missiles and the rockets that put … Read more

Coronavirus: Contagious particles float 16 FEET from patients

There is currently a great deal of controversy about how much of a role liquid droplets in the air – or aerosols – play in spreading the novel coronavirus. But a new study from the University of Florida has confirmed that these droplets don’t just contain bits of genetic material, but are actually infectious. Air … Read more

Vodafone shareholders will miss out from Frankfurt float

Shareholder campaign group criticises Vodafone decision to list £18bn towers business in Frankfurt rather than London By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 00:22 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:41 BST, 29 July 2020 A shareholder campaign group has criticised Vodafone’s decision to list its £18billion towers business in Frankfurt rather than London.  … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Vodafone loses plot with Frankfurt float

ALEX BRUMMER: Vodafone loses the plot by choosing Frankfurt flotation over London Vodafone is a serial disappointment to investors  It has an unimpressive board, headed by a sub-octane chairman Gerard Kleisterlee By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 27 July 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 27 July 2020 Vodafone is a serial … Read more

Warner Music Group eyes £11bn stock market float

Warner Music Group eyes £11bn stock market float after announcing it will be selling 70m shares By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:58 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 26 May 2020 Record label Warner Music Group could be valued at almost £11billion in its upcoming stock market listing. The $23 … Read more

Dozens of oil tankers float off coast of Southern California as global lockdown sees demand plummet

Dozens of oil tankers float off the coast of Southern California as global lockdown sees demand for crude plummet Demand for oil has dropped due to stay-at-home orders around the world Pumps are still extracting from the ground and the oil has to go into storage  Video released by U.S. Coast Guard shows a flotilla … Read more

Bizarre moment air bubbles float around inside 20 MILLION-year-old amber fossil 

Bizarre moment air bubbles float around inside 20 MILLION-year-old amber fossil Air bubbles can be seen floating in amber fossil around 20-30 million years old  Fossil with air bubbles is a rare phenomenon known to experts as ‘enhydro’  Amber is fossilized tree resin and its known for its striking orange colour By Sophie Tanno For … Read more

The National Trust Lake District tents suspended in trees 10ft up that appear to float like UFOs

Camping that’s out of this world: The Lake District tents suspended in trees 10ft up that appear to float like UFOs Two tents are suspended in trees at the Low Wray camp site close to the shores of Lake Windermere, Cumbria  A stay in one of the tents starts from £100 per night and guests … Read more