City watchdog launches crackdown on cryptocurrency firms

City watchdog launches crackdown on cryptocurrency firms amid explosion of interest from investors By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 14 February 2021 The City watchdog has launched a crackdown on cryptocurrency firms amid an explosion of interest from investors.  In the year to June … Read more

Court to rule on Huawei heiress Meng Wanzhou

Judge expected to rule within days on court battle between HSBC and Chinese telecoms heiress Meng Wanzhou over secret documents By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 14 February 2021 A judge is expected to rule within days on a court battle between HSBC and … Read more

Financial compensation bill to hit £1bn after a spike in failed firms

Investors could face higher bills after compensation bill for victims of mis-selling and collapsed firms tops £1bn By Rachel Rickard Straus For The Mail On Sunday Published: 11:46 GMT, 14 February 2021 | Updated: 11:46 GMT, 14 February 2021 Savers and investors face higher product and advice charges this year as a result of a … Read more

BA boss Sean Doyle in plea to PM: You MUST save our summer breaks

The boss of British Airways has urged Boris Johnson to commit to lifting the tough restrictions on international travel to save the summer holiday season.  In a letter sent to the Prime Minister on Friday, BA’s chief executive, Sean Doyle, blasted the Government’s ‘uncertainty’ and ‘mixed messaging’ over whether summer holidays are possible this year.  He … Read more

Neil Woodford plots shock comeback with Jersey-based biotech fund

Neil Woodford plots shock comeback with new Jersey-based biotech fund – but it won’t be taking small investors’ money Neil Woodford’s £3billion Equity Income fund collapsed in October 2019 Savers had been locked out of their investments as increasing numbers attempted to pull their money out He is now planning to create a new fund … Read more

One in five beauty salons could fold by April

One in five beauty salons and hairdressers could fold by April without further support By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 10:59 GMT, 14 February 2021 One in five beauty salons and hairdressers could fold by the spring without further support, a stark industry report has warned. … Read more

Is click and collect money the answer to Britain’s cash crisis?

Most pizza delivery firms offer an array of extras, from tubs of ice cream to bottles of fizzy drink. But another, more unexpected, side order could soon be offered: cash.  A lack of access to cash is an escalating crisis in the UK. As bank branches and ATMs close down every day, many communities are … Read more

Spin on the sofa: Fiat’s Abarth launches world’s first ‘virtual test drives’

Going for a spin on your sofa: Fiat offshoot launches world’s first VIRTUAL test drives in lockdown to experience an Abarth before buying Italian car firm Abarth has launched a trial of lockdown virtual reality test drives Customers are sent a VR headset to their home with a pre-recorded test route The aim is for … Read more

Experts reveal the Brexit impact on the classic car market

Classic car firms have revealed the toll Brexit has taken in the short time since the transition period closed on 31 December and Britain fully left the EU. Experts have highlighted increased red tape, additional costs and lack of supporting literature to ease confusion around new rules that have come into force as part of … Read more

Alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint raises a glass to £3.5m

Alcohol-free beer Lucky Saint pulls in £3.5m from investors to fund ambition to get drinkers to buy more on draught in pubs By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 13 February 2021 Lucky Saint, the alcohol-free beer, has pulled in £3.5million from investors to fund … Read more