Big Ben may not chime in celebration, but to mark the UK leaving the European Union the Royal Mint is issuing three million new 50p coins on Friday. The seven-sided coin is being released on the day of our official departure – January 31 – and emblazoned on the tail …
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Asos smashes through £1bn in sales as the online fashion shop cashes in on Black Friday while putting IT and warehouse problems behind it The chairman of Asos is the former Royal Mail and ITV boss Adam Crozier The firm is headquartered in an Art Deco former cigarette factory in …
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Questor Income Portfolio: a firm that offers a perennially popular form of family entertainment is a better bet than a delivery business struggling to reinvent itself Our replacement for Royal Mail, which we removed from our Income Portfolio in late November over fears that it would not make a success of its transition …
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Shares in Card Factory have slumped after the group revealed it suffered a ‘challenging’ period of trading over Christmas and lowered its full-year earnings outlook. Blaming dwindling High Street footfall, the General Election and weak shopper sentiment, Card Factory said Christmas trading had been ‘softer’ than expected and revealed it …
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Boris Johnson vowed to help victims of the £10 billion Government-sanctioned pension scams four years ago, Money Mail can today reveal — but as of yet his promises have proved empty. After meeting workers fleeced of their futures in the scandal, the now Prime Minister pledged to take up their …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the election gave our income stocks a late fillip, while bonds made steady income and some worthwhile capital gains It was a year of two – rather unequal – halves for the Income Portfolio in 2019. Until the election our holdings were becalmed but many came to life …
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This year will see the Olympics head to Tokyo and with it, a new coin from the Royal Mint. It has unveiled several new coin designs which will appear throughout 2020, with the most notable one commemorating Team GB. However, in order to get access to obtain the coin – which …
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Tesla installs its 500th European Supercharger station in London and it can replenish electric car batteries in 15 MINUTES Park Royal service station in West London is the 500th EU Supercharger station There are now 4,700 individual Tesla chargers across 24 countries in Europe London destination is also the first outside …
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Questor Income Portfolio: Boris Johnson’s victory has reinvigorated the very stocks in which our portfolio is largely invested What did the general election do for holders of Questor’s Income Portfolio? There has, naturally enough, been no effect so far on the dividends paid by our holdings but in capital terms the …
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Financial markets have been pinning their hopes on a Conservative victory ever since the General Election was announced in late October. But even the most optimistic of City brokers did not expect Boris Johnson to romp home with the biggest Tory majority in more than 30 years. Their response? Exuberance, …
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