M&S price war with Waitrose gets down to basics: On eve of Ocado link-up Marks woos TV viewers with ‘everyday’ offers on bread, milk and eggs By Neil Craven And Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:57 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 15 August 2020 Marks & Spencer is set to … Read more
Fears growing as Chinese close in on UK ‘internet of things’ pioneer By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 Powerful activist investors have built up large stakes in UK-listed technology firm Telit Communications amid fears that a China-backed fund wants to take … Read more
Patrick Dardis, the chief executive of pub group Young’s, is calling time on working from home. Last Monday, he took an evening stroll through Central London and found the deserted streets such a ‘scary sight’ he is determined to galvanise the Government into getting Britain back to work. ‘It was still really depressing in Holborn, … Read more
Small businesses missing out on millions of pounds of unclaimed local authority grants, according to British Independent Retailers Association By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 Small businesses are missing out on millions of pounds of unclaimed grants from local authorities, according … Read more
Lloyds warns that second wave of coronavirus cases could send UK into double-dip recession By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 Lloyds has warned that a second wave of Covid-19 cases could send the UK into a double-dip recession. Angus Armstrong, chief … Read more
Tens of thousands of staff will never return to full-time office work in the City of London under plans being drawn up by some of Britain’s biggest companies. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that audit and consulting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is preparing for ’50 to 60 per cent’ of its staff to work flexibly on … Read more
So how was the holiday in France then? If going abroad means there is a risk that you have to quarantine when you get back, you will think twice about travelling. For holidaymakers that is a huge inconvenience. For many companies the impact is more radical, for it means they have to rethink everything about … Read more
Inflation set to hit MINUS 0.3% this month in danger sign for pensions By Dan Atkinson, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 Inflation is expected to turn negative this month in defiance of huge amounts of money creation by the Bank of England and … Read more
City sources claim Ministers are ‘concerned’ about Rolls-Royce’s precarious financial position By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 Ministers are ‘concerned’ about Rolls-Royce’s precarious financial position, City sources claim. Investment bankers said they have heard rumours the Government is ‘starting to get … Read more
Car theft has risen by 50% in five years, with criminals using high-tech gadgets to steal keyless vehicles: ‘It took me 6 seconds to break into a £65,000 Range Rover – here’s how to keep yours safe’ By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 … Read more