ALEX BRUMMER: Government’s dire error in leaving Britain’s leading-edge life sciences firms out of the virus fight By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2020 Having set itself the arbitrary target of 100,000 Covid-19 tests a day, the Government reached it with hours … Read more
FCA tells insurers: See you in court, after thousands of desperate firms have their Covid claims rejected By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 1 May 2020 Desperate businesses battling to survive the Covid-19 crisis were given a glimmer of hope yesterday as the City … Read more
BLACKROCK WORLD MINING: Invests in listed global firms to grow investors’ capital, and provide an income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 What is it? Launched in 1993 and managed by Evy Hambro and Olivia Markham, Blackrock World Mining is an … Read more
RBS sets aside £800m to pay for bad loans as profit is dragged down almost 50% in the coronavirus slump By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland has set aside £802million to prepare for the coronavirus slump – … Read more
The majority of home-seekers are determined to plough ahead with their property transactions once lockdown restrictions are eased, new findings show. Ninety-four per cent of buyers and sellers surveyed in research by property website Rightmove said they want to get their property deal moving when the housing sector is taken off the leash. As lockdown … Read more
Frontier Developments lands rights to create video game based on the hit Warhammer fantasy figures By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 A British video games maker has signed a deal to make a new title based on the hugely successful Warhammer … Read more
Playboy tycoon James Stunt will be charged with money laundering and forgery but claims it is ‘the biggest fit-up’ after detectives investigated alleged ‘proceeds of crime’ Mr Stunt, who was once married Petra Ecclestone, will be summonsed in July The 38-year-old told his Instagram followers in a video that he was innocent Once worth an estimated … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Aim-listed Accesso provides technology to prevent queue jumping at events By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 What is it? An AIM-listed company that provides tickets and queuing technology to some of the world’s biggest theme parks, … Read more
In almost every part of our lives, priorities are shifting, with safety and prudence the new virtues. In future, more people may want to preserve their money, rather than maximise returns: the return of their capital is, in other words, more important than the return on their capital. Growth will be an added extra, rather … Read more
Further gloom descended on airline stocks after Ryanair said it could cut up to 3,000 jobs. The Irish budget carrier will kick off a restructuring programme in a bid to survive the coronavirus crisis that could also include staff taking unpaid leave, slashing salaries by 20 per cent and temporarily closing bases at certain airports. The … Read more