House sales on track for their best year since before financial crisis

House sales on track for their best year since before financial crisis By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 31 July 2021 House sales are on track for their best year since before the financial crisis.  The number of homes bought and sold is set … Read more

Virgin Money losing raft of senior bankers on its top executive team

Virgin Money losing raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 31 July 2021 Virgin Money is losing a raft of senior bankers on its top executive team amid a restructuring.  Gavin Opperman, director … Read more

Parkrun is great for your pocket… and soul, says Lee Boyce

I’m going to start with two clichés: firstly, sometimes, the best things in life are free. Not often, but sometimes. Secondly, absence really does makes the heart fonder.   A case in point is Parkrun. Every Saturday morning, people gather at various locations in Britain at just before 9am to chat, potentially make friends and then … Read more

Fears workers in textile factories are still being exploited hits Boohoo

Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weigh down shares in Boohoo By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Fears workers in Leicester’s textile factories are still being exploited weighed down shares in Boohoo yesterday.  Last year an independent … Read more

Quarter of supermarket milk deliveries unable to get through

Quarter of supermarket milk deliveries by UK’s biggest dairy supplier unable to get through because of driver shortage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Up to a quarter of supermarket milk deliveries by the UK’s biggest dairy supplier have been unable … Read more

Pearson launches Netflix-style subscription for textbooks in US

Pearson launches a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US By Tom Harmsworth For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Pearson has launched a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US.  For £11 per month, students will be able … Read more

Monzo being investigated over alleged breaches of money laundering rules

Digital bank Monzo being investigated over alleged breaches of money laundering rules By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Monzo is being investigated over alleged breaches of money laundering rules.  The digital bank was informed about the probe by City Watchdog, the … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Morrisons is the wrong deal at the wrong time

ALEX BRUMMER: Morrisons is a farmer, landowner, fishing company and a food producer, all of which could be damaged by private-equity ownership By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 17:09 EDT, 30 July 2021 Softbank and Koch dynasty-backed Fortress has informed the stock market that it expects … Read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Itaconix plunges as sales plateau;

The price of Itaconix shares went down the plughole as the company, whose plant-based polymers are used in detergent products, warned of order fluctuations as brands and retailers adjust inventories due to uncertainties around consumer buying habits.  As a result, unaudited revenues in this business area for the first half of 2021 were flat compared … Read more

Shares in Pets at Home fall nearly 6% despite impressive performance

Shares in Pets at Home fall nearly 6% despite impressive performance over past four months By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:25 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 17:25 EDT, 29 July 2021 Shares in Pets at Home fell nearly 6 per cent despite an impressive performance over the past four months.  The … Read more