The Royal Family is estimated to spend £2.5m on energy bills a year: Here’s how it is attempting to make its estate more sustainable It is estimated the royals are spending £2.5m on bills at ten of their properties The highest usage is at Buckingham Palace where costs are £1.1m …
Read More »NHS courier CitySprint could go up for sale at £250m
Investment company backed by Lloyds reviving plans to sell same-day courier businesses for £250m By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 27 February 2021 An investment company backed by Lloyds is reviving plans to sell one of Britain’s biggest same-day courier businesses …
Read More »My neighbour signed for my parcel but it was stolen. What can I do?
I bought roughly £200 worth of clothes from online fashion brand, Fashion Nova. Currently I am still going into my workplace and couldn’t be there to collect my order. Yodel, who were the courier company, asked my neighbours to sign for it, which they did. A Fashion Nova customers order …
Read More »British Gas orders 2,000 electric vans in big upgrade
British Gas orders 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such upgrades by a UK company so far By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51, 22 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 22 February 2021 British Gas has ordered 2,000 electric vans, in one of the biggest such …
Read More »Asian shares hit all-time highs, oil buoyant
SYDNEY – Asian shares advanced to record highs on Monday and oil rose to a more than one year peak as successful coronavirus vaccine rollouts globally raise hopes of a rapid economic recovery amid new fiscal aid from Washington. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 0.4% to …
Read More »Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival after a record-breaking Christmas
Parcels spark a Royal Mail revival: Record-breaking Christmas puts the postal service on track for a profits bonanza By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50, 11 February 2021 Royal Mail shares soared after a record-breaking Christmas put the postal service on track …
Read More »‘I thought buying things would make me feel better. It didn’t’: The rise of emotional spending | Business
In the past fortnight, I have bought the following items online: a hideous cat tree that takes up most of my living room, a lavender pillow spray, two scarves, a pair of gloves, two candles, a sheet mask, a pair of fleece-lined jogging bottoms (so comfy!), a card-holder and an …
Read More »MATT HANCOCK: Covid tests at work can pave way to a brighter year
MATT HANCOCK: Taking Covid tests at work can pave way to a brighter year for everyone By Matt Hancock For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16, 6 February 2021 There are lots of reasons to feel optimistic about the year ahead, especially now that …
Read More »ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to a post-Covid, post-Brexit future
ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to the future as it reveals fresh efforts to defeat all mutations of the coronavirus By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 3 February 2021 Despite its amazing vaccine credentials, GlaxoSmithKline has not had a good war against …
Read More »Tycoons who built Asos into a £5bn empire
Asos shares continued to surge yesterday after it bought parts of Sir Philip Green’s stricken retail empire. The stock has risen 13 per cent in the two days since it sealed the £295million takeover of Miss Selfridge, Topman and most significantly Topshop – the jewel in the crown of the …
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