MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Amryt drug may be winner

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Amryt Pharma receives positive results from new drug designed to help EB sufferers improve quality of life By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 26 September 2020 Imagine being born with skin so fragile that almost every time you move or … Read more

Should you ditch energy giants as the age of oil ends?

There has been talk of the demise of oil and gas for decades. But you know that things are getting serious when even the boss of oil giant BP, Bernard Looney, warns that demand for oil may peak in the next few years and then decline.  The so-called energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables … Read more

Banks set for dividend return: NatWest and Lloyds give hope

Banks ready to bring back dividends: NatWest and Lloyds give hope to investors as jobs crisis threatens bleak winter for Britain’s economy Bosses at NatWest and Lloyds have heralded their rock-solid balance sheets  The prospect of banks resuming dividend payouts comes just as the economy is expected to take a turn for the worse  By … Read more

Hospitality businesses in last ditch plea as layoffs begin

Hospitality businesses in last ditch plea as brutal layoffs begin: Chancellor’s jobs scheme ‘no use to hospitality’ By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 Hospitality businesses will start making thousands of job cuts from tomorrow, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.  Pub … Read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Growth is Chancellor’s way out

HAMISH MCRAE: Creating conditions for growth is Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s way out of the current crisis By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 A winter chill swept through the markets and the economy last week. The package of support from Rishi Sunak … Read more

Southern Water boss nets £538k bonus as cases of pollution soar

Southern Water pays chief executive Ian McAulay £538,100 bonus despite reporting ‘unacceptable’ rise in pollution across its network By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 Southern Water has paid its chief executive Ian McAulay a £538,100 bonus despite reporting an ‘unacceptable’ rise … Read more

RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: Insurers still squeeze customers

RACHEL RICKARD STRAUS: FCA wants to ban insurers from charging existing customers more than new ones – but they will keep trying to rip us off By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 26 September 2020 If you’re like me, you love the satisfaction … Read more

Will crackdown on £1bn rip-off really cut your insurance bill?

Will the crackdown on £1bn rip-off REALLY cut your insurance bill? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 26 September 2020 Insurers have finally been ordered to end the loyalty rip-off after years of campaigning by The Mail on Sunday.  The City watchdog – the … Read more

Pay for TV licence? We’d rather go to jail, say the over-75s

The BBC is facing a major TV licence rebellion from pensioners who are steadfastly refusing to pay the fee – despite the threat of jail sentences.  The Mail on Sunday has been inundated with hundreds of emails and letters from those aged 75 and over voicing their fury at having just been ordered to pay … Read more

NS&I plunges into meltdown: Delays as rates tumble

National Savings & Investments has been hit by a customer service meltdown, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. We have been bombarded with emails and letters from customers who are at their wits’ end after tortuous dealings with NS&I call centres.  Many staff are understood to be working from home as they deal with a … Read more