Passport and banknote maker De La Rue sees profits hit by a poor start to the year in its currency arm By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:20 BST, 31 March 2020 | Updated: 22:20 BST, 31 March 2020 De La Rue predicts adjusted operating profit for the 12 months ending March 27 … Read more
The mansion-lined celebrity hotspots of Los Angeles have been hit hard by coronavirus, the latest figures reveal. Data published by LA County Public Health shows the wealthy enclaves in LA County have hundreds of cases, higher than most other neighborhoods in the area. In total LA County has recorded 2,.474 cases, 44 deaths and 492 … Read more
Britain’s middle class will bear the lion’s share of the pain when the multi-billion pound support measures start to be withdrawn, economists say. Their investments, pension pots and house values will all record a big hit once the epidemic has passed and as Ministers unwind the huge economic stimulus and try to reduce what will … Read more
Britain’s middle-class will see their wealth hit by the coronavirus rescue with pensions, house prices and savings dented, say economists By Dan Atkinson and Simon Lambert For This Is Money Published: 07:38 BST, 30 March 2020 | Updated: 07:38 BST, 30 March 2020 Britain’s middle class will bear the lion’s share of the pain when … Read more
SCOTTISH INVESTMENT TRUST: The manager who ditched consumer stocks and went on the defensive with gold shares as crisis bit By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 22:56 BST, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 10:44 BST, 29 March 2020 Although manager Alasdair McKinnon was relatively quick off the mark in turning the portfolio of … Read more
Britain is finally carrying out 10,000 tests per day to diagnose coronavirus, Michael Gove confirmed today. Amid mounting criticism about slow progress gearing up the response, the Cabinet minister insisted the government was ‘very concerned’ about the growing death toll and was doing ‘all that we can’ to ‘accelerate’ the numbers of tests. But he … Read more
Britain is finally carrying out 10,000 tests per day to diagnose coronavirus, Michael Gove confirmed today. Amid mounting criticism, the Cabinet minister insisted the government was ‘very concerned’ about the growing death toll and was doing ‘all that we can’ to ‘accelerate’ the numbers of tests. But he declined to give a timescale for when … Read more
Northern Ireland introduces new social distancing restrictions with fines of up to £5,000 for anyone breaching laws to prevent spread of coronavirus as death toll hits 15 Coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland hit 324 after a rise of 49 diagnoses today Anyone not following the regulations could be fined up to £5,000 by authorities The … Read more
Coronavirus has brought economies to a standstill, sent financial markets into shock and panicked investors far and wide. Massive government intervention provided some respite for equities last week but stocks are still around a third lower than at the start of the year and dividends are increasingly under threat, too. Midas recommendations have shared the … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus death toll rocketed by 260 to 1,019 today as Government advisers warned that even stricter social distancing measures could be on the way. It is the biggest daily increase the UK has seen, the Department of Health and Social Care said on today. A total of 120,776 coronavirus tests have taken place, with 17,089 … Read more