Bridgepoint staff scoop a £2.5bn windfall: Private equity firm’s share price surges following its blockbuster stock market debut By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 Staff and partners at private equity firm Bridgepoint are sitting on a windfall of £2.5billion following its … Read more
UK gambling firms have been a target for US firms who want to tap into their strong online offering and cutting-edge tech. Earlier this year MGM Resorts made an £8bn bid for Ladbrokes owner Entain.
Online shopping surges to account for a fifth of global retail revenue last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 3 May 2021 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 3 May 2021 Click and buy: Online sales accounted for 19 per cent of sales in 2020 Online sales accounted for a fifth of … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Baron Oil surges 70% in a week; cosmetics firm Warpaint London sees sales boom By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:21 BST, 23 April 2021 | Updated: 14:21 BST, 23 April 2021 Baron Oil has increased its shareholding in SundaGas from 33.33 per cent to 85 per cent, and thereby … Read more
As non-essential retail, pubs, beauty salons and more reopen their doors after over four months, small businesses are more positive about their prospects than ever. According to the latest study by the Federation of Small Businesses, two-thirds of respondents expect their performance to improve between April and June while the UK SBI confidence measure has … Read more
Coronavirus has left no corner of the U.S. untouched, but counties with large minority populations are up to 150% more likely to have been hard-hit by infections compared to mostly white regions of the country, new data shows. The virus spread like wildfire in communities of color, taking off fastest first in areas with large … Read more
Walking has never had it so good. What used to be a chore is now the highlight of the day – part of our precious hour of outdoor exercise. It’s good for us, of course. Apart from reducing the risk for everything from certain cancers to type 2 diabetes, walking has a positive effect on … Read more
The UK is on course to inoculate half of the adult population by the end of the week as the vaccine rollout roars ahead. Some 24,453,221 have had at least one dose of the vaccine – less than two million shy of half of all over-18s in the UK. It follows a bumper weekend, with … Read more
The UK is on course to inoculate half of the adult population by the end of the week as the vaccine rollout roars ahead. Some 24,453,221 have had at least one dose of the vaccine – less than two million shy of half of all over-18s in the UK. It follows a bumper weekend, with … Read more
Number of teenage girls developing tics and Tourette’s syndrome surges as a result of rising lockdown anxiety Specialists at Great Ormond Street and Evelina have reported a rise in referrals Before pandemic, average of six teenage girls presented symptoms each year Now experts say they are receiving three or four new referrals evey week Tics … Read more