By SIMON KUPFER Updated: 21:50, 3 August 2025 The boss of a skincare brand used by King Charles and Queen Camilla has warned that ‘you can feel the economy slowing down’ while Labour refuses to scrap the tourist tax. Deborah Mitchell (pictured with Camilla), whose company Heaven Health & Beauty …
Read More »Next buys brand rights to Seraphine after royal favourite maternity brand’s collapse
By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 17:01 EDT, 30 July 2025 The Seraphine maternity brand favoured by the Princess of Wales has been saved by Next. The firm, whose dresses and other clothes were worn by Kate during her pregnancies, crashed into administration this month with the loss …
Read More »Royal Mint reveals one investor banked a £70,000 tax-free profit buying and selling gold… inside eight months
By HELEN KIRRANE Updated: 04:27 EDT, 20 July 2025 Record numbers of investors sold gold bullion coins back to the Royal Mint between April and June for tax-free gains as the gold price hit all time-highs, This is Money can reveal. The value of gold coins sold back to the …
Read More »I quit London for a ‘disintegrating’ seaside town dubbed ‘God’s waiting room’ because it’s so full of retirees – here’s why it’s the best decision I ever made
Scrolling through the comments underneath an article about Worthing in West Sussex, I felt a prickle of doubt. ‘Probably the blandist of the Sussex seaside towns,’ one commentator complained. ‘So, it’s like joining the afterlife a little early?’ another wag asked. And honestly? A small town with a ‘retirement-home feel’ …
Read More »The UK’s stock market gems are going cheap: Gervais Williams on the INVESTING SHOW
By SIMON LAMBERT Updated: 12:57 EDT, 11 July 2025 The Aim smaller companies stock market recently celebrated its 30th anniversary and many investors feel its fortunes have been decidedly mixed. But while the index as a whole over those three decades has not delivered standout performance, Gervais Williams, of Premier …
Read More »Seraphine founder left ‘heartbroken by collapse of royal favourite maternity fashion brand
By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:02, 8 July 2025 The founder of one of the Princess of Wales’ favourite maternity fashion brands said she is ‘heartbroken’ over its collapse. Cecile Reinaud, who founded Seraphine in 2002, bemoaned that 20 years’ of work were wiped out after the …
Read More »This country has the lowest retirement age in Europe – and it’s 14 years earlier than the UK
In many countries around the world, the age at which someone can retire and claim a government pension is on the rise. In Britain, the state pension age will rise from 66 to 67 for men and women by 2028. Further rises have not been ruled out. According to a …
Read More »TONY HETHERINGTON: All 12 cheques I deposited at the Post Office have disappeared
Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below. M.H. writes: I am a director of a small agricultural supply business, contacting …
Read More »‘Czech Sphinx’ billionaire to become chairman of Royal Mail
Investors approved EP Group’s £3.6bn takeover of owner IDS this month By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 03:39 EDT, 27 June 2025 Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky will become chairman of Royal Mail following confirmation of the postal service’s controversial takeover last month. Kretinsky, an energy tycoon nicknamed the ‘Czech Sphinx’ for his …
Read More »NHS Landlord Assura backs £1.8bn merger offer from Britain’s PHP
Many Assura shareholders have opposed KKR’s prospective takeover offer By HARRY WISE Updated: 10:45 EDT, 23 June 2025 Assura has accepted a takeover offer from rival London-listed real estate investment trust Primary Health Properties (PHP) after a three-month bidding war. The healthcare buildings business backed the deal after PHP warned …
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