Dividend recovery shares: The UK companies that could boost payouts

MINOR INVESTOR: Dividend cuts are still hitting the headlines, but could these shares bring back payouts? By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:32 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 07:32 BST, 6 August 2020 The stock market may have bounced off its lockdown lows but investors are still feeling the dividend pain from the coronavirus … Read more

Investors face worst payouts for generation: £40bn dividend black hole

Investors face worst payouts for generation: Coronavirus crisis sparks £40bn dividend black hole By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:37 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 23:19 BST, 4 August 2020 Investors face a £40billion dividend black hole this year in the worst hit to payouts ‘in generations’ because of the coronavirus crisis. … Read more

Women underpaid state pension for 13 YEARS fight for full payouts

Audrey and Brian Watson: Couple from Staffordshire have spent months trying to persuade government to relent on her payout Elderly women who were underpaid state pension for more a decade are stepping up a battle with the Government for full backpayments. Audrey Watson, 81, pictured with husband Brian, received a 12-month backpayment of around £1,500 … Read more

State pension scandal deepens as NINE more women get payouts

Carole and Stephen Graham: She received £8,600 after the Government blunder Pressure is mounting on the Government to pay tens of thousands of elderly women a fortune in lost state pension following a scandal uncovered by This is Money. The Labour Party and influential pension experts are demanding urgent action to address an estimated £100million … Read more

Hiscox to raise £400m as it fights firms over coronavirus payouts

Insurer Hiscox turns to investors to raise £400m as it fights small firms over coronavirus payouts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:53 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:39 BST, 5 May 2020 Hiscox said it would sell up to 58m shares, which at last night’s price of 692.4p would be worth … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wield axe on shareholder payouts

MARKET REPORT: Retail investors dealt another blow as two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wield axe on shareholder payouts By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 15 April 2020 Retail investors were dealt another blow as two more FTSE 100-listed dividend payers wielded the axe … Read more

Two married women get payouts totalling £14k after state pension blunder

Jean Hayes and her husband Richard: ‘Thrilled’ to get £9,000 payment from DWP Two elderly women have received around £9,000 and £5,000 in state pension payments they missed out on due to a government blunder. Many more retired women could be in line for payouts worth thousands of pounds, plus interest, if the administrative error … Read more

Now NO dividend is safe: Experts’ warning as £1bn payouts are axed

Now NO dividend is safe: Experts’ warning as £1bn payouts are axed Several businesses slashed or delayed their dividends in the wake of the crisis  More could follow suit, including BP and Shell, according to analysts   By Jamie Nimmo and Harriet Dennys For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: … Read more

MARKET REPORT: £1bn of payouts lost as dividends are cancelled

More than £1bn of shareholder payouts have been cancelled due to coronavirus after Marks & Spencer and Wetherspoons joined other firms calling off dividends.  Intercontinental Hotels became the first FTSE 100 firm to hold back its final dividend yesterday, meaning its investors will miss out on a payout of around £140million. The group, which has … Read more