Online trading frenzy sees Hargreaves Lansdown win record levels of new business By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 13 May 2021 Hargreaves Lansdown won record levels of new business over the first four months of the year as investors rushed to take advantage of … Read more
Lockdowns to wipe £1bn off Primark sales… but Boohoo booms as internet shoppers stock up on casualwear Boohoo enjoyed a bumper Christmas but Primark suffered as stores closed Primark’s refusal down the years to move online looks like a grave error Boohoo generated £661 million in sales in the four months to December 31 By … Read more
Bookmakers urged to repay business rates relief after online betting booms under lockdown By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 7 December 2020 MPs have urged bookmakers to repay tens of millions of pounds of business rates relief after online betting boomed in lockdown. A … Read more
Asos booms in lockdown: Sportswear and fewer returns help power huge sales surge at Britain’s biggest online fashion store By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 12 August 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 12 August 2020 Shares in Britain’s biggest online fashion store soared yesterday as sales boomed in lockdown and consumers … Read more
Builder Kier Group sees its share price jump as the government reveals billion pound school rebuilding programme Kier Group has been beset with financial problems for a couple of years The government is due to announce a task force called ‘Project Speed’ tomorrow Schools in the North and the Midlands are set to receive ‘substantial investment’ … Read more
Hay Festival booms online as fans from more than 60 nations around the world tune in to events after it was axed amid coronavirus crisis The Hay Festival of literature was cancelled for the first time due to coronavirus The 33-year-old annual event normally takes place in Hay-on-Wye in Wales The festival did appear in a … Read more