By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 04:25 EST, 31 January 2025 Marks & Spencer is cutting the price of children’s clothes as kidswear becomes its next battleground to gain market share. It hopes to entice more families as part of the turnaround drive that has lifted it from …
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Kromek Group left investors cheering this week as it unmasked a road to profitability via a deal with Siemens Healthineers. Shares in the radiation and bio-detection specialist rocketed almost 38 per cent, fuelled by Thursday’s news of the $37.5million (£30.2million) cash deal with the German medical technology giant. Equipment to …
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By EMMA GILTHORPE ROYAL MAIL CHIEF EXECUTIVE Updated: 17:01 EST, 30 January 2025 Off the west coast of Scotland, there is a small island called Kerrera. It’s home to just 35 people and an array of wildlife, including several peacocks. Mark is one of the island’s residents and the local …
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By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 17:01 EST, 30 January 2025 The Ofcom review of Royal Mail focuses on how best to ensure a reliable delivery service for consumers amid the fast-declining volumes of post. The regulator has come down on the side of a less frequent second-class, …
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The Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines is not a place you want to find your name, says retired judge Stephen Gold. If you end up on it, the ramifications for you or any business you own could be considerable – and for some time. You may even be refused …
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By SIMON LAMBERT Updated: 15:15, 28 January 2025 The investing world’s attention has been firmly on soaraway US growth stocks over the past couple of years but there is a contrarian opportunity to profit closer to home, says Iain McCombie. The co-manager of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust says that …
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By SIMON LAMBERT Updated: 10:15 EST, 28 January 2025 The investing world’s attention has been firmly on soaraway US growth stocks over the past couple of years but there is a contrarian opportunity to profit closer to home, says Iain McCombie. The co-manager of Baillie Gifford UK Growth Trust says …
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By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 16:53 EST, 24 January 2025 The prospect of Jonathan Reynolds extracting a great trade deal for Britain from the White House fills one with gloom. The only decisive words to come from the underwhelming Business Secretary so far are to suggest that the Czech Sphinx Daniel …
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By ALEX BRUMMER FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 17:56 EST, 21 January 2025 General meetings may be imperfect, but are the key to shareholder democracy. Private equity management, hedge funds and other unlisted vehicles hide behind layers of complex ownership and answer only to themselves. Listed companies offer investors, retail …
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This week the Prime Minister was out banging the drum for an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution in Britain. It is paradoxical that Herald Investment Trust, which prides itself on tech discovery and AI, faces an existential threat in the next few days. It is the first of the seven quoted …
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