On a recent trip to the US, we used plenty of cash for transactions. I noticed that some of the quarters were different designs to the usual one you see with the Eagle. I pocketed the quarters which appeared unusual and have arrived back in Britain with seven of them, …
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Pensioners to get bumper 4% rise in state pension to £175.20 next spring – an increase more than double the current inflation rate Basic state pension is set to rise by £5.05 a week to £134.25 Pensioners on the full flat rate introduced in 2016 will see payouts increase by …
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FTSE LIVE: Pound takes a tumble as Brexit talks intensify; Superdry extends Dunkerton’s CEO contract; Date for Budget revealed Julian Dunkerton is well and truly back in the driving seat at Superdry The pound is flashing red in early trading on Monday after rise on Friday The Chancellor said on …
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British savers queue up for Airbnb’s multi-billion-dollar float despite red flags over a possible tech bubble Hargreaves Lansdown last week asked customers to register their interest 4,000 private investors have said they are thinking of buying Airbnb shares By Harriet Dennys For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:03, 28 September …
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THE CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT TRUST: Even a crisis can’t knock fund off track By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02, 28 September 2019 | Updated: 22:02, 28 September 2019 Little distracts Job Curtis, manager of investment trust The City of London, from his quest to generate …
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Royal Mint to allow savers to invest in gold without buying bullion, putting their money in a tracker fund which is traded on the stock market By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:56, 9 September 2019 | Updated: 22:41, 9 September 2019 The 1,100-year-old coin maker …
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In what parallel universe did it seem a good idea to appoint Kevin Loosemore, the top boss at battered software business Micro Focus, to be the chairman at De La Rue? Did anyone think investors at the bank-note group would be delighted at his arrival? And what about Micro Focus’ …
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We all have a ‘bits and bobs’ or ‘messy’ drawer. It’s probably home to some string, spare light bulbs, old batteries — and, collectively, an estimated 40million forgotten electronic devices, according to a report last week. The Royal Society Of Chemistry warned this is an utter waste of rare earth …
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For the first time in almost half a century the Treasury has ordered the Royal Mint to stop producing any 1p or 2p coins. The crackdown on coppers comes at a time when all our cash is under threat – with banks preferring that we pay for goods online or with …
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A postman is cycling through a quiet English village when a man rushes out of one of the houses and bowls him over. ‘Oh, I’m glad you’re here!’ beams the man. ‘This will interest you: British Gas shares, they come out in November. If you see Sid, tell him!’ It …
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