Law firm that worked for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange facing multi-million pound legal claim By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:58 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 15 August 2020 A law firm that worked for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is facing a multi-million pound legal claim. Howard Kennedy, which also … Read more
The Competition and Markets Authority said Covid-19 had forced it to abandon most of its radical plans for change which could have seen the introduction of price caps on funerals.
UK start-up offering cinema-quality short films on mobiles signs deals with global telecoms giants to reach millions of new users By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 15 August 2020 A UK start-up offering cinema-quality short films on mobiles has signed deals with global telecoms … Read more
We publish our podcast every Friday to the player on This is Money, above, and on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) and on the podcast platforms Audioboom and Acast, both of which allow you to listen on desktop, mobile, or download an app. We also now publish to Spotify. To download the Apple Podcasts app if you … Read more
Since the government lifted the ban on moving home, estate agents have reported a surge in buyer enquiries, house prices have remained strong, and mortgage applications have rebounded. Halifax recently reported the average UK price had hit its highest level on record in July as months of pent-up buyer demand was released and the stamp … Read more
I booked a trip to go to France next month prior to the original lockdown restrictions in March. I hadn’t cancelled it as people started to travel again but now the quarantine rules are coming into play again and the Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the country, I won’t be … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Uranium oxide supplier Yellow Cake buys back shares as prices for the nuclear fuel rise By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 What is it? An AIM-quoted company which holds uranium oxide and supplies it from a Canadian … Read more
Soon after lockdown, as economic output plunged in Britain and the rest of the world, an economist friend told me he refused to buy into parallels with the Great Depression and other historic disasters. His argument was that Britain and the other Western democracies had learned from the past and the unprecedented fiscal and monetary … Read more
Unhappy tale for publishers left in the lurch: Collapsed bookseller Bertram owes £25m but has just £600,000 available By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 Publishers, museums and media groups are owed £25million from a collapsed books wholesaler that has just £600,000 … Read more
Fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver builds £1bn Gymshark clothes brand from his parents’ garage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 A 28-year-old fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver has sealed a deal which values his online gym clothing … Read more