Boss who put celebrities in Hunter Wellingtons quits

Creative director of upmarket Wellington boots brand Hunter to leave just weeks after company raised emergency cash By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 Booted up: Television presenter Fearne Cotton The creative director of upmarket Wellington boots brand Hunter is to leave … Read more

‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman

‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman as High Court rules it was involved in £45m VAT fraud RBS has been accused of ‘scandalous’ behaviour after a High Court decision  A judge found it guilty of offering fraudsters ‘dishonest assistance’  Two RBS traders were found to have lied over the carbon credits fraud in 2009  … Read more

Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill looms

Builders want £180m-a-year levy lifted as bill to fund industry training looms By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 Construction firms are calling for a holiday from a £180million-a-year levy that they are due to begin paying as soon as next … Read more

Cut fat-cat pay before jobs, bosses are told

One of Britain’s most powerful investors has told bosses to take the axe to their bloated pay packets first if they intend to cut costs by slashing jobs. Aviva Investors, which manages £346billion of investments, has revealed it is urging boards to cut executive pay before making large scale redundancies. It comes as a survey … Read more

‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman

‘Scandalous’ RBS helped fraudsters cheat the taxman as High Court rules it was involved in £45m VAT fraud By Adam Luck For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland was last night accused of ‘scandalous’ behaviour after the High Court … Read more

Lord Sassoon: Make China rely on OUR key firms

Should Chinese firms be allowed to take charge of building vital parts of Britain’s infrastructure, such as our 5G phone networks and nuclear power plants in Suffolk and Essex? Senior Tories increasingly think they should not. Sceptical MPs believe Britain cannot cede control of such important assets to firms that must ultimately bow to the … Read more

Sir Chris Hohn makes more than £100m from Wirecard’s collapse

Sir Chris Hohn makes more than £100m from Wirecard’s collapse By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 20 June 2020 Sir Chris Hohn’s fund is likely to have made about £100million from Wirecard’s share price collapse Chancellor’s Rishi Sunak’s former boss has made more … Read more