Games Workshop shares hit a record high a quarter of a century after making their market debut after the miniature wargame manufacturer forecast a sharp increase in profit. The maker of Warhammer fantasy figurines led the FTSE 250 risers and closed almost a fifth higher at £53.75, up 869p. In …
Read More »Royal Mail applies for high court injunction in attempt to stop strike | Business
Royal Mail is making an application to the high court to try to block workers from staging a strike over job security and employment conditions that it says risks having an impact on the UK’s general election. The company claims there were “potential irregularities” in the ballot of Communication Workers …
Read More »Crispin Odey’s wife to chair the Jupiter fund he shorts
A top hedge fund manager known as one half of the City’s “Posh and Becks” has been appointed as chairman of a fund house her husband Crispin Odey has been betting against. Nichola Pease – whose family helped found Barclays Bank, where her brother-in-law John Varley was formerly chief executive – will take over at …
Read More »Recyclable gin pouch is a UK first for Dunnet Bay Distillers
If consumers already have one of the collectable ceramic gin bottles, they can order the pouches for £4 less than the price of ordering a new bottle. A CAITHNESS distillery has launched a recyclable gin pouch – the first of its kind in the UK – in a bid to …
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn could be at No 10 in six weeks’ time. This is Questor’s response
Questor Income Portfolio: the prospect of a hard-Left government rightly instils fear in investors. But what is a suitable course of action? Does a possible Corbyn government represent an existential threat to our portfolio? In theory, any business based or listed in Britain is at some risk from a hard-Left government. …
Read More »Pound creeps towards $1.30 amid Brexit deal hopes – business live | Business
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson smiling in the House of Commons in London on October 19, 2019, during a debate on the Brexit deal. Photograph: Jessica Taylor/UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. …
Read More »High stakes for Northern Irish businesses ahead of Brexit deal vote
Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre is ground zero for Brexit on the island of Ireland. Situated in South Armagh, just yards north of the border, it is home to businesses that sustain almost 300 livelihoods, many of them by shuttling goods along the east coast artery between Belfast and Dublin. Travelling over …
Read More »CBI boss on wrong track if she can’t say sorry about Labour’s rail plans | Business
There were two important statements from the CBI on Thursday. One, as you’d expect, was a view on the new UK-EU withdrawal agreement. In short, the employer’s body welcomes anything that lessens the chances of a damaging no-deal Brexit but it warned that “big questions remain about the feasibility of …
Read More »CBI calls on Labour to publish nationalisation plans | Business
The Confederation of British Industry has served Labour with a challenge to publish the full details of its nationalisation plans, in the latest twist of an increasingly bitter row. Britain’s leading business group hit back amid mounting pressure over its claim that Labour’s nationalisation plans would cost £196bn, releasing further …
Read More »Christmas jobs in Norwich 2019 | Latest Norfolk and Suffolk Business News
Lisa Angel is looking for Christmas staff, along with Royal Mail and Poundland. Picture: ANTONY KELLY Archant Norfolk 2018 Here’s a roundup of some of the Norwich shops and businesses looking for extra staff this Christmas. Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you …
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