[ad_1] By Jon Hopkins Updated: 03:30 EDT, 22 June 2024 The sun has finally come out for the FTSE 100 after a dismal start to the summer. Britain’s blue-chip share index logged a weekly gain yesterday – its first in six weeks. Investors have been encouraged in recent days by news of inflation falling back…
[ad_1] By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 16:51 EDT, 21 June 2024 Britvic has long appeared an anachronism. Down at the Druids Head in Brighton, for as long as I can remember, it sold orange juice in the smallest bottles for the highest prices. One often mused as to how it could survive…
[ad_1] I’ve collected 50p coins for quite some time and would love to know the value of what I have accumulated. I’ve seen some coins like the ones I have listed on various sites for £30,000 and other high values. Do I have some valuable 50p coins that could be worth £30,000? I do also…
[ad_1] Daniel Kretinsky stunned the City when he revealed plans to take over the owner of Royal Mail. And it was an even bigger surprise to many when the board of International Distribution Services (IDS), the delivery business’s parent company, unanimously backed the Czech billionaire’s £3.6billion offer. Royal Mail’s privatisation back in 2013 had been…
[ad_1] When you push on the door firmly enough, it eventually caves in. The private equity consortium stalking investor platform Hargreaves Lansdown has come up with a bid price of £5.4billion, or £11.40 a share, which the board, headed by new chairman Alison Platt, is minded to accept. Why should we expect anything different? A…
[ad_1] Net fees were down 7% YOY to £188.7m for the six months to 31 May By Daniel Fessahaye Updated: 09:41 EDT, 18 June 2024 SThree expects to be ‘in line with market expectations’ for the financial year despite reporting a dip in net fees amid a ‘challenging market’. The recruitment firm said net fees…
[ad_1] By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:27 EDT, 18 June 2024 When you push on the door firmly enough, it eventually caves in. The private equity consortium stalking investor platform Hargreaves Lansdown has come up with a bid price of £5.4billion, or £11.40 a share, which the board, headed by new chairman…
[ad_1] The obituary for share trading in London has been written many times. However, the latest data shows that London’s equity markets have regained leadership over Paris, in spite of France hosting LVMH, Europe’s most valuable enterprise. Fears of an ultra-Right government in France have given London the edge. Confidence in the UK as a…
[ad_1] By Hugo Duncan Updated: 17:01 EDT, 17 June 2024 London has regained its crown as Europe’s biggest stock market after political turmoil in France sent shares in Paris tumbling. In a major boost for the City, data compiled by Bloomberg showed UK stocks are valued at £2.51 trillion. That is more than the £2.47…
[ad_1] By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:01 EDT, 17 June 2024 Labour’s first major corporate challenge, if and when it takes office, is what to do about the Royal Mail. Other industrial hot potatoes, such as the future of Tata-owned Port Talbot and Thames Water, also lie in wait. Specifically, Labour’s manifesto…