VICTORIA BISCHOFF: A mortgage ‘holiday’ might not affect your credit scores but it could still have costly consequences By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 4 August 2020 As the pandemic tore through the nation’s finances in the spring, the promise of a mortgage holiday … Read more
It is too early to bring out the champagne, but a big slice of British industry is back in business. Factory output rose in July at its fastest rate since November 2017, giving fresh hope the economy is moving towards a V-shaped recovery. Pollster YouGov’s consumer confidence indicator has also shot up into positive territory … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: One hopes that alongside his medical advisers, PM Boris Johnson is also listening to those at the sharp end of the economic emergency The Big Four banks have lent like there is no tomorrow to keep their customers afloat Joblessness could be worse than the Boys from the Black Stuff era of the … Read more
It’s $2,000 an ounce… but should you join the gold rush, asks TOBY WALNE By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 22:56 BST, 1 August 2020 A rush of investors seeking a safe haven from stock market turmoil is pushing the gold price close to a … Read more
When there are seismic shifts in the economy, the companies that will triumph are those that can get ahead of social and economic change rather than be beaten by it. And that is why the John Lewis Partnership should be a beacon for other enterprises faced with a massive challenge. For some firms, obviously the … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Should big tech behemoths be broken up like Theodore Roosevelt axed Standard Oil and telephone companies in the 1920s? Big tech is enjoying what can only be perversely described as a good lockdown Would breaking tech giants up benefit the customer? By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:57 BST, 31 July … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: US economy is in terrible shape and that should be a worry in Whitehall since America is our single biggest trading partner By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:28 BST, 30 July 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 30 July 2020 August has often been a month of nasties for financial markets, … Read more
Jes Staley has had more than his fair share of ethical issues to deal with, but his judgement that Barclays is Europe’s most credible investment bank is valid. The chief executive’s strategy has knocked the divestment campaign of maverick investor Ed Bramson of Sherborne out of the ball park. Volatile markets in the pandemic produced … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Coronavirus crisis set to throttle women’s earning potential further, widening already hefty gender pay gap By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 00:25 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:25 BST, 29 July 2020 A friend recently shared what lockdown life has been like for his family. His wife is up and … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Refugee from Renault Thierry Bollore making big jump in moving from mass production to image-driven luxury of Jaguar Land Rover JLR’s far bigger and better resourced rivals, BMW and Daimler, are throwing everything at developing electric cars that can compete with soaraway Tesla It is reported that JLR is seeking a large credit … Read more