BAE clinches £1bn Royal Navy contracts to maintain battleships and docks in Portsmouth By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 23:15, 1 April 2021 BAE Systems has clinched contracts worth more than £1billion to maintain battleships and docks at Portsmouth Naval Base. Britain’s …
Read More »BT boss Philip Jansen hit by threat of strike chaos
BT boss Philip Jansen hit by threat of strike chaos: Furious union launches ballot over chief’s plan to cut jobs – and it could cripple broadband The Communication Workers Union represents 45,000 BT staff It will kick off the formal legal process to ballot members for the telecom giant’s first …
Read More »Revealed…how EU red tape is robbing our airlines of trade
British airlines that fly professional footballers, packages, PPE and car parts around Europe in chartered jets have lost as much as 70 per cent of their business to EU rivals this year because of Brussels red tape, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Some have been so badly penalised by …
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 »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 »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 »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 …
Read More »Our workers need vaccines next, say BT and Royal Mail
BT and Royal Mail ask Government to prioritise their engineers and postal workers for Covid vaccinations after most vulnerable have had their jabs By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51, 9 January 2021 On the frontline: The Communication Workers Union has called for …
Read More »BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE slips as US stimulus threatened with veto
BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE slips as US stimulus threatened with veto; British Land does deal with Allianz; Marston’s to operate 156 Brains’ pubs By This Is Money Published: 08:19, 23 December 2020 | Updated: 15:40, 23 December 2020 The FTSE is expected to head lower this morning as uncertainty over …
Read More »Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain
Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain following calls from some of the country’s biggest fleet operators By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51, 18 December 2020 | Updated: 22:37, 18 December 2020 Vauxhall is in talks about producing electric vans in Britain after calls from …
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