Ugly FTSE 100 forecast of 16% fall in dividends this year

Income investors face a 16 per cent drop in dividends from Britain’s top companies this year as they attempt to weather the Covid-19 crisis, a new forecast shows. Nearly half of FTSE 100 firms have now cut or suspended shareholder rewards as the coronovirus pandemic takes a dramatic toll on business activity. The other half … Read more

MAGGIE PAGANO: Slavery’s shameful legacy haunts the FTSE 100

When the British government abolished slavery in 1833, around 47,000 individuals involved in the slave trade were compensated for the ‘property’ they had lost overseas. The property in question referred to the men, women and children whom they owned as slaves, as well as the plantations. To compensate for their loss of slaves, the UK … Read more

Investors endure a £60m blow as 48 FTSE firms slash their dividends

Investors endure a £60m blow as almost half of FTSE firms slash their dividend payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 June 2020 Forty-eight FTSE 100 firms have slashed dividends – in a huge blow to investors and savers. Chemicals giant Johnson Matthey … Read more

Four big firms expected to enter the blue-chip FTSE 100 index

The new-look FTSE 100: Avast, GVC, Kingfisher and Homeserve promoted to the blue-chip index as Covid crisis reshuffles the stock market Each quarter firms drop into and out of the FTSE 100 index as they change size  EasyJet, Carnival, Meggitt and Centrica exit the index as they shrink Avast, GVC, Kingfisher and Homeserve step up … Read more

Centrica, Easyjet and ITV face FTSE 100 relegation

Centrica, Easyjet and ITV face relegation from FTSE 100 after coronavirus pandemic sends their shares plunging By Hugo Duncan And Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 May 2020 Some of Britain’s biggest business names face relegation from the FTSE 100 after the Covid-19 pandemic … Read more

FTSE LIVE: Debenhams rejects new £200m Sports Direct offer; Cake Box sales rise

FTSE CLOSE: Pound at $1.30 as May meets Merkel over Brexit; Debenhams slides into administration; US reveals plan for tariffs on $11bn of EU goods The FTSE 100 closed down 26.32 points at 7425.57  Debenhams crashed into administration after Ashley offer was rejected Cake Box said it expects to serve up a 30 per cent … Read more

MARKET REPORT: FTSE breaks 6000 mark as vaccine hopes grow

The FTSE 100 surged above 6000 last night amid hopes that a coronavirus vaccine and more stimulus measures could power an economic recovery.  As global markets rallied, the Footsie rose 4.3 per cent, up 248.82 points, to 6048.59. This marked its highest close this month and its biggest one-day percentage jump since late March.  Traders … Read more

Just five FTSE 100 companies deliver on dividend growth 

REVEALED: Coronavirus cuts leave just five FTSE 100 firms that have delivered on a decade of dividend growth Just five companies in the UK’s blue chip index have paid a dividend every year for the past decade and forecast dividend growth of at least 2 per cent this year The same can be said for … Read more