British American Tobacco becomes latest firm to hike its dividend after posting a 10% rise in annual profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 British American Tobacco (BAT) is the latest firm to hike its dividend after a 10 per cent … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Dunelm restarts dividend; Persimmon puts aside £75m for cladding issues; 600,000 firms at risk of collapse By This Is Money Published: 08:03 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 08:08 GMT, 10 February 2021 Dunelm Group has reinstated its dividend after its first-half profits jumped by about a third to £112.4million thanks to strong … Read more
Savers and pensioners were given a boost after housebuilder Barratt Developments reinstated its dividend. Record sales allowed the group to set aside a half-year payout of 7.5p per share. The housing market rebounded sharply after the first Covid lockdown brought viewings and sales to a standstill for weeks last spring. But estate agents were quick … Read more
GlaxoSmithKline slumps as it diverts dividend cash to feed drugs pipeline amid profits warning By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 Shares in Glaxosmithkline sank by Matt Oliver after it warned profits would fall and that it plans to cut the dividend … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Trust depends on competence and ethics, to regain it in a post-Covid world, businesses must live up to new, higher expectations Trust, social cohesion and good governance are key to any sound business – and of a sound economy Businesses have the chance to regain the trust they lost in the financial crisis … Read more
Asda paid £1.1 billion dividend to US owners Walmart before Issa brothers’ takeover By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 11 December 2020 Walmart completed the sale of a majority stake in the business to the Blackburn-based Issa brothers and their private equity backers, TDR … Read more
G4S makes dividend pledge to sweeten shareholders as deadline approaches on predator’s £3bn offer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 G4S has offered a final sweetener to shareholders ahead of the deadline to respond to Canadian predator Garda World’s £3billion offer. … Read more
Owner of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday increases dividend for investors but reports fall in profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 23 November 2020 The owner of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday increased the dividend for investors but reported … Read more
How to boost your income during the dividend drought: Payouts from FTSE 100 firms are forecast to fall 24% this year… but there are ways to ease the pain By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 What’s Happening? Amongst all the … Read more
ALLIANCE TRUST: Investment vehicle hits its dividend target for 54 YEARS By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 14 November 2020 Despite the severe disruption to dividends caused by coronavirus, investment trust Alliance is on course to deliver its 54th consecutive year of dividend uplift … Read more