Fashion chain Joules dives in to the red as lockdown hurts sales 

Fashion chain Joules dives in to the red as lockdown hurts sales following the closure of all of its 128 stores By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:16 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 16 June 2020 Fashion chain Joules has tumbled into the red following the closure of its 128 … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Investors cheer Ashtead pledge to keep £151m divi 

MARKET REPORT: Investors cheer equipment rental giant Ashtead’s pledge to pay out its £151m final dividend By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:17 BST, 16 June 2020 Investors breathed a sigh of relief after equipment rental giant Ashtead pledged to pay out its £151million final dividend. … Read more

Poundstretcher threatens to shut more than 250 stores

Poundstretcher threatens to shut more than 250 stores if landlords refuse to agree to rent cuts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:19 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 16 June 2020 Poundstretcher has threatened to shut more than 250 stores if landlords refuse to agree to rent cuts or holidays. … Read more

German flights raise stakes as UK quarantine remains

Calls to ditch UK quarantine as first German tourists jet off on their summer holidays By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:20 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 16 June 2020 Pressure is mounting on ministers to ditch UK’s quarantine policy as the first German tourists jetted off on their summer … Read more

Banking chief quits in sexism storm:  UK Finance boss resigns

Banking chief quits in sexism storm: UK Finance boss resigns over ‘unpleasant’ comments about financier Amanda Staveley Stephen Jones, chief executive of UK Finance, quit over derogatory comments Amanda Staveley has accused Barclays’s top brass of ‘sexism and misogyny’  Transcripts of two calls made by Jones were handed to the judge as evidence Yesterday judge … Read more

Banking chief quits in sexism storm:  UK Finance boss resigns

Banking chief quits in sexism storm: UK Finance boss resigns over ‘unpleasant’ comments about financier Amanda Staveley Stephen Jones, chief executive of UK Finance, quit over derogatory comments Amanda Staveley has accused Barclays’s top brass of ‘sexism and misogyny’  Transcripts of two calls made by Jones were handed to the judge as evidence Yesterday judge … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Stock markets hit by Covid-19 fears

Global stock markets were rattled by fears a second wave of coronavirus infections could be on the horizon.  The FTSE 100 dropped below 6000 at one stage yesterday after nearly 80 new cases were recorded in the Chinese capital Beijing over the weekend.  Before the latest spate of infections, the city had gone without new … Read more