MAGGIE PAGANO: Many reasons why it is that private equity firms are leading the charge in takeover activity – but tax breaks are by far the biggest catalyst By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 28 May 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 28 May 2021 Over the last week, the Daily Mail … Read more
Over the weekend I received two of what’s called ‘smishing’ texts claiming to be from Royal Mail. They demanded payment of £1.19p otherwise a parcel would not be delivered.
MAGGIE PAGANO: Elected mayors are showing what energetic and committed local leaders can achieve – they will be pivotal in economic fightback from Covid By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 2 April 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 2 April 2021 Andy Street was in a cheerful mood this week after launching … Read more
Boris Johnson is said to be taking a personal interest in the fate of Liberty Steel, the empire run by Sanjeev Gupta which is on the brink following the collapse of financial backer Greensill Capital. And so he should. The future of Liberty is the first serious test of his ambition to ‘level up’ the … Read more
You couldn’t be more European than Astrazeneca. Pascal Soriot, the chief executive, is French, Leif Johansson, the chairman, is Swedish, Marc Dunoyer, the finance director, is also French while its management team and top scientists include people from Spain, Italy, Holland and Britain, to name just a few countries. Its corporate HQ and global research … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Brexit negotiator David Frost believes deal with European Union marks beginning of a moment of ‘national renewal’ for UK By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 December 2020 When David Frost was appointed Brexit sherpa and National Security Adviser last July, there … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: Pharma industry doing so well because ministers and commerce have been collaborating at an exceptional level for some decades By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 21 December 2020 Describing any British industry as world-class these days is sure to get you a … Read more
The hawks at the Bank of England predict economic output will shrink by 11 per cent this year, the worst annual collapse in growth for 300 years, beating the fall during the First World War. The Old Lady also warns another one million jobs will be lost, taking unemployment to around 2.6m over the next … Read more
The mood from across the Atlantic ahead of today’s US election is on a knife-edge, like one of those high-wire scenes from Tennessee Williams’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. In Washington, businesses and shops are boarding up their doors because of fears that an inconclusive victory for either President Trump or his rival, Joe … Read more
MAGGIE PAGANO: If Royal Mail is to compete with rival services, it should be allowed flexibility by government and unions to adapt as market changes By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 GMT, 26 October 2020 | Updated: 22:20 GMT, 26 October 2020 When Herbert Henry Asquith was Britain’s Prime Minister, in the … Read more