Lebanese cash could flood to Britain as test court case looms

Lebanese cash could flood to Britain as test court case looms By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 8 August 2020 A court case in London could trigger a huge flow of money out of Lebanon and into the UK. Evidence has been filed … Read more

85% of new coronavirus infections in Blackburn are among South Asians as local lockdown looms

Dominic Harrison, Blackburn with Darwen’s director of public health,  A staggering 85 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in Blackburn with Darwen are among its South Asian population, a local health chief revealed today amid fears it will become the second place in England to be hit with a local lockdown because of a spike … Read more

Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill looms

Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more

Derby counts cost of Covid: Jobs crisis looms over city

In Derby, they have a saying: ‘If you don’t work at Rolls-Royce, you know someone who does.’ The catchphrase, often repeated with pride, now has an element of poignancy as people wait, filled with trepidation, for the jobs axe to fall. The East Midlands town has three claims to global fame: its Royal Crown Derby … Read more

Minneapolis mayor declares 8pm curfew as fourth night of riot carnage looms

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Friday admitted an ‘abject failure’ by law enforcement in trying to control crowds of rioters who took over Minneapolis on Thursday night, torching buildings and overrunning a police station, as a city-wide curfew was declared between the hours of 8pm and 6am.   Protesters have been running rampant in Minneapolis now … Read more

STOCK WATCH: Fund eyes Urban Exposure as three-way battle looms

STOCK WATCH: Fund eyes Urban Exposure as three-way battle looms By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 A fund run by Christopher Mills has quietly built up a stake in AIM-listed Urban Exposure, which provides finance to property developers. The … Read more

Legal fight looms over Hargreaves Lansdown’s role in Woodford fund

Legal fight looms over Hargreaves Lansdown’s role in Woodford fund RGL Management is edging closer to launching a group legal claim against HL  The claim is against HL’s promotion of Woodford Equity Income ahead of its closure in June last year It believes investors who bought the fund were not fully informed of the risks … Read more

Airbus jobs at risk and shake-up looms as 3,200 furloughed

Airbus warns staff it is ‘bleeding cash’: Jobs at risk and shake-up looms as 3,200 furloughed By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 27 April 2020 Thousands of UK jobs could be at risk after Airbus warned it is ‘bleeding cash’ and may not survive … Read more