Face of a Stone Age man whose head was mounted on a stake revealed through facial reconstruction 

The world may never know why a Stone Age man’s head was placed on a stake and tossed into an underwater grave, but now it will see his face.  A forensic artist harnessed the power of 3D facial reconstruction to piece together the features on 8,000-year-old jawless skull to show a man with a pointy … Read more

Beckham takes a shot at video gaming with a stake in Guild Esport 

David Beckham takes a shot at the video gaming market by taking a stake in Guild Esport By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 25 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 25 June 2020 David Beckham has taken a punt on the video gaming market, buying a stake in Guild Esports. The … Read more

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys stake in Hugo Boss

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group buys £97m stake in Hugo Boss as part of plans to take his retail empire upmarket By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 12 June 2020 Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group – the owner of Sports Direct – has bought a £97m … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Pearson soars as activist buys stake

MARKET REPORT: Pearson surges on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn the page on a dismal few years By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 12 June 2020 Pearson surged on hopes an activist investor will help the education publisher turn … Read more

Pretty Little Thing founder sells his stake to his father’s firm Boohoo for up to £324million

Every inch of Umar Kamani’s sprawling office is a different shade of garish, improbable pink.  The rooms are pink, the retro-style telephones are very pink, and motivational messages imploring staff working at his online clothing giant, Pretty Little Thing, to channel ‘good vibes only’ are blazoned across the walls in neon candy hues.  A gigantic … Read more

Czech billionaire raises stake in Royal Mail to £100m

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky raises stake in Royal Mail to £100m as postal service battles biggest crisis since privatisation By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 16 May 2020 Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has raised his stake in Royal Mail to above £100 million as … Read more

MARKET REPORT: BT bounces on rumours of Openreach stake sale

BT began to bounce back off near-record lows as rumours circulated that it was selling a stake in its Openreach engineering arm. The telecom group’s shares surged 5.4 per cent, or 5.55p, to 107.7p after reports it would use the money to bankroll a £12billion upgrade of Britain’s broadband network. Earlier this week, shares in … Read more

Sir Richard Branson sells Galactic stake to prop up empire

Sir Richard Branson selling £400m stake in his space exploration business to prop up rest of his ailing empire By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 17:37 BST, 12 May 2020 Sir Richard Branson is selling a £400m stake in his space exploration business to prop up … Read more