The £700m big short on Corbyn – hedge funds are short-selling big companies at risk of nationalisation By William Turvill For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 01:43, 17 November 2019 | Updated: 01:43, 17 November 2019 Hedge funds have laid hundreds of millions of pounds of bets against companies that …
Read More »FTSE LIVE: Royal Mail bid to block Christmas strikes; BA owner IAG sees passenger numbers rise
FTSE LIVE: Royal Mail bids to block Christmas strikes; British Airways owner IAG sees passenger numbers rise; High Street hit by ‘perfect storm’ of woes Royal Mail locked in dispute over pay with the Communication Workers Union IAG saw passenger numbers rise to 10.3million in October, up from a year …
Read More »Beat the strikes and get those Christmas parcels posted NOW
Beat the strikes and get those Christmas parcels posted NOW By Laura Shannon, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50, 2 November 2019 | Updated: 21:50, 2 November 2019 Deadline: ‘Economy’ international deliveries must be sent in two weeks Strikes by postal staff, missed delivery deadlines, incorrect labelling and posting banned …
Read More »Make money from next month’s Election – even if that wealth-hating Marxist Jeremy Corbyn wins
Stock markets famously hate uncertainty – and what could be more uncertain than the General Election looming on December 12? Any number of results appear possible, ranging from a clear Conservative majority, to a hung Parliament with the Tories as the largest party, to a hung Parliament with no clear …
Read More »Is splashing out £400 on a Sovereign REALLY a worthwhile investment? Or just…FOOL’S GOLD
A gold-embossed envelope with an elaborate ‘Harrington & Byrne’ coat of arms proudly stamped on the cover drops through my letterbox. Is it an invitation to a lavish party from an eccentric aristocrat – or a grand legal firm explaining I have inherited a small fortune from a long-lost relative? …
Read More »Amazon recruiting army of drivers: Tech giant building delivery empire to sidestep Royal Mail
Amazon recruiting its own army of drivers: Tech giant building delivery empire to sidestep Royal Mail By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:48, 27 October 2019 | Updated: 21:48, 27 October 2019 Amazon is recruiting a small army of delivery drivers in a direct challenge to Royal Mail. …
Read More »Dunkirk veteran lost thousands to junk mail scheme – we track down the culprits
Cheated: Dunkirk veteran Bernard Bannon lost £70,000 to ruthless post scammers before he died aged 98 The French Riviera is renowned for its beautiful beaches and glitzy lifestyle. A playground for the rich and famous, the sunny Cote d’Azur attracts hundreds of thousands of British holidaymakers every year. Yet not far …
Read More »One in four FTSE 100 firms forecast to pay a 6%-plus dividend in 2019
A quarter of FTSE 100 firms are expected to pay a dividend of 6 per cent or more this year, but new analysis suggests income hunting investors should tread with caution. Seven big hitters in the UK’s index of top listed companies are forecast to pay more than 8 per …
Read More »Do I have rare US quarters and are the coins worth more than face value?
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, …
Read More »Pensioners to get above-inflation 4% state pension rise in April 2020
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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