RSA to be broken up in £7.2bn takeover: Boss set for £15.8m windfall as one of Britain’s oldest companies is snapped up by global rivals By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 18 November 2020 One of Britain’s oldest companies is set to be broken … Read more
Under fire Apple halves rates for small app developers as it fights lawsuit from Fortnite video game maker By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 Apple is to halve the commission it takes from small app developers as it fights off a … Read more
Tory Lanez has pleaded not guilty to charges that he had shot fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion. The 28-year-old Canadian rapper’s attorney Shawn Holley appeared on his behalf in an LA County court to plead his case according to a Wednesday report from TMZ. Lanez – real name Daystar Shemuel Shua Peterson – has yet to … Read more
Sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2030. But will this deadline have any impact on the vehicles that were going to be in showrooms in nine years’ time? It has finally been confirmed. After months of speculation, Boris Johnson has laid bare his ambitious plans to steer us all towards … Read more
Lump sum pension withdrawals leap 94% as households suffer income shocks from Covid-19 The Association of British Insurers compared September with April this year Those taking only tax-free lump sums increased by 55 per cent Many households have been hit by job losses, pay cuts and furloughing By Sadie Whitelocks for MailOnline and Press Association … Read more
Enthusiasm from institutional investors, investment banks and payment companies and continued money printing by central banks means the price of bitcoin is close to its all-time high. The cryptocurrency has seen its price surge 52 per cent since the start of September and currently sits at a three-year high of more than $18,000, or £13,600. … Read more
The average UK house price jumped 4.7 per cent this year, reaching a record high of £245,000 in September, official figures show. It meant home values were up £11,000 on average compared to a year ago, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with the property tax holiday being one of the driving factors … Read more
British businesses which sell and transport imported goods are facing spiralling costs of thousands of pounds and delays to their shipments as global problems continue to affect Britain’s biggest container port. It comes after This is Money first revealed problems at the port in September, with companies reporting of delays receiving containers. A surge in … Read more
Optimism took hold across the markets last week when a vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech was confirmed to be more than 90 per cent effective in stopping Covid-19. Firms across industries that have been significantly harmed this year by the coronavirus pandemic such as travel, fashion, and hospitality saw their share … Read more
Green Homes Grant extended for an extra YEAR after government was criticised for giving households just six months to have work completed Green Homes Grant has been extended until March 2022 Government was criticised after giving homes just 6 months to apply Many traders were booked up months in advance, meaning households struggled to take … Read more