Bosses of five lockdown winners received £45m in dividends after firms’ profits were fuelled by big tax breaks Retailers and hospitality firms were handed £10billion of business rates relief this year Critics say shops which are lockdown winners should pay the tax break back By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 29 … Read more
A white knight rescue of Debenhams was last night hanging by a thread, with a final decision by suitor JD Sports expected within days. The potential deal – understood to include a raft of stores and the chain’s online business – is widely seen as the last chance to save the high street stalwart from … Read more
Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle shutting UK fund that held more than £1bn of investors’ money at its peak By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 Asset manager Columbia Threadneedle is shutting a UK fund that held more than £1billion of investors’ money … Read more
Banks and Government at loggerheads over plans to let homeowners sell flats in low-rise blocks without having cladding survey By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Banks and the Government are at loggerheads over plans to let homeowners sell flats in low-rise … Read more
EasyJet faces having to raise more money from shareholders next year to repair its finances, industry experts say By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 EasyJet faces having to raise more money from shareholders next year to repair its finances, industry experts … Read more
Second home owners who registered properties as businesses set to land £85m windfall from Government’s small business grant scheme By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Second home owners who have registered their properties as businesses are set to land an £85million … Read more
M&S directors discuss possibility of buying menswear brand Austin Reed alongside its sister label Jaeger By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Marks & Spencer directors have met in recent days to discuss the possibility of buying menswear brand Austin Reed alongside … Read more
Firms lined up to work on EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk say they need green light from Government by Christmas to protect 25,000 jobs By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Firms lined up to work on EDF’s Sizewell C … Read more
Airbus says extra defence spending announced by Government is vital to protect Britain’s satellites from attack By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:49 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 November 2020 Airbus has said the extra defence spending announced by the Government this month is vital to protect Britain’s satellites … Read more
A white knight rescue of Debenhams was last night hanging by a thread, with a final decision by suitor JD Sports expected within days. The potential deal – understood to include a raft of stores and the chain’s online business – is widely seen as the last chance to save the high street stalwart from … Read more