MARKET REPORT: Hargreaves co-founder sells £160m of his shares

Turbulence on the stock market brought on by the coronavirus crisis has led to a surge in online trading. It has also boosted demand for shares in companies that specialise in this industry. Billionaire Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Stephen Lansdown found the company’s stock was so sought after that, when he launched his latest sale of … Read more

Supremely rare McLaren F1 LM sells for a record $19.8m

A limited-edition McLaren road car has become the British manufacturer’s most expensive vehicle to sell at auction. The 1994 McLaren F1 LM – standing for Le Mans – went under the hammer on Friday during RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in California – which is widely regarded as the calendar’s biggest and most expensive sale of … Read more

Scottish newsagent sells coronavirus antibody test kits for £30 each

A Scottish newsagent is selling coronavirus test kits for £30 each – and claims he has already sold £750,000 worth to a pharmacy.  Nadeem Anwar says the antibody test, which can tell if someone has already had the killer infection, he sells is 92 per cent accurate.  He has already bought 100,000 kits from China … Read more