Catering giant Compass is offering home deliveries as it shifts towards a future where more of its tech office staff work remotely. Boss Dominic Blakemore expects widespread home working to continue after the pandemic, with white collar employees likely to do so for two and a half days per week. It has prompted the company, … Read more
The vaccine breakthrough news may have sparked hope that the lights will go on again sooner than expected in the theatres of New York’s silent and shuttered Broadway. There may be no business like show business. But tidings are darker for that other great American symbol – the dollar – as the Covid-19 ravage continues. … Read more
Home workers paying over the odds for insurance with unnecessary ‘business use’ cover By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 24 November 2020 The number of people adding ‘business use’ to home insurance policies has jumped since the start of the year Thousands of home … Read more
Google faces major competition probe over its dominance of internet advertising after Britain leaves EU By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 Google faces a major competition probe over its dominance of internet advertising after Britain leaves the EU. The Competition and … Read more
In a time of furlough, mass job cuts in many industries and the prospect of a double-dip recession, a lot has been stacked against recruitment firms. Small-cap group Sthree is among the many companies that have been braced for the worst. But Sthree gave the market a pleasant surprise by raising its profit outlook yesterday … Read more
City regulators under mounting pressure to block takeover of Co-op Bank by ‘aggressive’ private equity firm Cerberus By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 City regulators are under mounting pressure to block the takeover of Co-op Bank by ‘aggressive’ private equity firm … Read more
Stocks storm higher after trials show coronavirus vaccine developed by Astrazeneca and Oxford University could be 90% effective By Hugo Duncan And Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 Travel, oil and leisure stocks stormed higher after trials showed the coronavirus vaccine developed … Read more
Roadside recovery firm AA banks on £218m private equity rescue: Stock crashes 86% since listing By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 The AA looks set to end its disastrous run on the stock market after bosses said they were prepared to … Read more
