By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 21:50, 30 May 2025 M&G has sold a 15 per cent stake to one of Japan’s biggest life insurers in a partnership deal. Shares in the financial group rallied yesterday after it announced that Dai-ichi Life is now its largest shareholder in a long-term tie-up. The …
Read More »Insurance group from Japan buys 15% slice of M&G
By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 May 2025 M&G has sold a 15 per cent stake to one of Japan’s biggest life insurers in a partnership deal. Shares in the financial group rallied yesterday after it announced that Dai-ichi Life is now its largest shareholder in a long-term tie-up. …
Read More »Sweary Royal Mail postie kicks ‘attention loving’ puppy in the face while delivering letters
Nikki Walker, 49, from Leeds in West Yorkshire, said she was at home working when she suddenly heard her beloved pooch Bella the cockapoo squealing in pain outside The incident was captured on doorcam footage(Image: Kennedy News and Media) A Royal Mail postie has been snapped on camera kicking a …
Read More »Boss of Worms video game maker exits after rebrand
Everplay rebranded from Team17 in March this year By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 05:04 EDT, 16 May 2025 Shares in London-listed indie video games maker Everplay fell on Friday as it revealed chief executive Steve Bell has left the firm after less than two years in charge. Everplay, which rebranded from …
Read More »Evri to merge with DHL’s UK e-commerce business
German delivery giant buys ‘significant’ minority stake in Evri owner Apollo Evri will enter the business letter market for the first time post merger By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 06:51 EDT, 14 May 2025 Evri is set to merge with German delivery giant DHL’s UK economerce business, creating one of the …
Read More »AstraZeneca and GSK in the firing line as Trump targets big pharma: ALEX BRUMMER
The velocity of the zigzags in Trump trade mayhem is remarkable. No one expected US peace in our time at the Geneva talks with China at the weekend, but what emerged is better than predicted. Just over a month after ‘Liberation Day’, the core tariff conflict between the US and …
Read More »Northern Irish software firm agrees £542m US private equity takeover
FD Technologies was founded in 1996 as First Derivatives by Brian Conlon By HARRY WISE Updated: 10:40 EDT, 8 May 2025 A prominent Northern Irish software developer has agreed to be acquired by a US private equity business in a deal valuing the group at £542million. FD Technologies revealed on …
Read More »Got a suspicious text? This WhatsApp number will tell you if it’s a scam
‘The URL in the image you sent me is not part of the official Royal Mail Website, meaning it’s likely a scam.’ This is the response from AI scam-detection tool Ask Silver, when it was sent a screenshot of a message received from an unknown number on WhatsApp. The text …
Read More »Uber makes major change to how customers pay for rides in UK first
Cash will be accepted across the UK… except in London (Picture: Getty Images) Since it first hit British roads in 2012, Uber has been a digital-only service, with ordering, tracking and payment all taking place on the company’s app. Now though, a major part of this process is going analog, …
Read More »Royal Mail users fuming with a new ‘bonkers’ change to parcel collections
Royal Mail has made a change to the way it collects parcels (Picture: Getty Images) Back in the day, if you wanted to send a parcel, you had to package it up and head on down to the post office. Nowadays, it’s possible to send something – whether a gift …
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