Royal Bank of Canada swoops on Brewin Dolphin in £1.6bn deal: 260-year-old City stalwart set to fall into foreign hands with shares soaring 61% By John Abiona and Calum Muirhead For The Daily Mail Published: 22:20, 31 March 2022 | Updated: 22:33, 31 March 2022 One of the City of …
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Hedge funds laying siege to Royal Mail as its largest investor, Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, faces financial pressure from war in Ukraine By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51, 26 March 2022 | Updated: 21:51, 26 March 2022 Under pressure: Daniel Kretinsky with his girlfriend Anna Kellnerova Hedge …
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Hut Group picks City veteran Charles Allen chairman in bid to shore up support among investors By Archie Mitchell For The Daily Mail Published: 01:30, 23 March 2022 | Updated: 01:44, 23 March 2022 Troubled online retailer The Hut Group (THG) has named former ITV boss Charles Allen chairman in …
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Royal Mail launches major shake-up after Christmas disaster that saw cards delivered in mid-January By Alex Lawson For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51, 7 February 2022 | Updated: 21:51, 7 February 2022 Royal Mail employees have been told there is ‘no hiding place’ amid a root-and-branch review of its operations …
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Trio of senior bosses leave Royal Mail as postal giant battles to recover from catastrophic festive period By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 29 January 2022 | Updated: 21:50, 29 January 2022 A trio of senior bosses have left Royal Mail as the postal giant battles to …
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In this social media age, the cult of corporate personality often determines the amount of attention we pay to a company, or a sector. That puts the Elon Musks of this world at centre-stage, but it means it’s all too easy to overlook some businesses that might seem boring on …
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BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE dives 1.7% as Omicron restrictions send investors scurrying; Standard Chartered fined £46m; Ex-Tesco boss to lead GSK health spin-off By Mike Sheen For This Is Money Published: 07:34, 20 December 2021 | Updated: 09:30, 20 December 2021 Stock markets have opened sharply lower this morning as fresh …
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Task force to tackle explosion in financial and banking crimes wrecking lives of Britons is being prepared by Government More than £745m stolen from customer bank accounts in first half of this year Authorised push-payment fraud went up by 70 per cent Our Stop the Bank Scammers campaign is calling …
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Royal Mail bosses fighting to prevent nightmare before Christmas after admitting that large swathes of country are not receiving a normal service By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 11 December 2021 | Updated: 23:06, 11 December 2021 Royal Mail bosses are fighting to prevent a nightmare before …
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Royal London poised to launch accelerated bid for rival LV if a sale to US private equity giant Bain collapses By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50, 4 December 2021 | Updated: 01:13, 5 December 2021 Royal London is poised to launch an accelerated bid for rival LV …
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