Boost for L’Oreal-backed hair firm as it raises £1.2m

Beauty start-up backed by L’Oreal raises £1.2m to help salons bounce back from lockdown By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 6 March 2021 A beauty start-up backed by L’Oreal has raised £1.2million to help salons bounce back from lockdown.  About two-thirds of the UK’s … Read more

French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal 

French blockade of British border over mutant Covid strain that left thousands of HGV drivers stranded and sparked chaos at ports cost Kent Police £1.2m, figures reveal Emmanuel Macron ordered closure of the border with the UK on December 20 Thousands of HGV drivers spent Christmas parked in laybys near Port of Dover Freedom of … Read more

Garage in Kensington bought for £350,000 two years ago is transformed into £1.2m pint-sized eco-home

EXCLUSIVE – Garage on Kensington’s ‘millionaire’s row’ – which was bought for £350,000 two years ago – is transformed into £1.2million pint-sized eco-home The run-down garage on Lexham Gardens was bought by David Lonsdale and business partner Hadi Sarmadi  The pair snapped it up in February 2019 and spent £550k turning it into a stylish, 70sq … Read more

Princess Haya paid British bodyguard £1.2m to keep quiet about their affair as she fled Dubai ruler

The wife of the ruler of Dubai paid her British bodyguard lover £1.2 million to keep their affair secret, Mail Online has been told. Princess Haya, the sixth and youngest wife of billionaire Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum, showered Russell Flowers with extravagant gifts and insisted he accompany her wherever she went. The two-year relationship was … Read more

I’m A Celebrity debuts 20th series with a whopping 12m tuning in

The 20th series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! launched with a peak of 12 million viewers tuning in to ITV for Sunday night’s season premiere. The show marked the first time fans got to see Ant and Dec host the series from Wales, after COVID-19 stopped international travel to the usual … Read more

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m 

Scientist is fined £105 for taking part in eco protests at printing site that cost publishers £1.2m Dr Janna Goldstein was among more than 50 activists who blockaded print plant Protest took place in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, to highlight ‘climate crisis’ The illegal protest prevented 1,100 retailers from receiving newspapers  By Andrew Levy For The Daily … Read more

SSE to pay out £1.2m after failing to hit smart meter targets set by watchdog 

SSE failed to hit smart meter targets last year and its parent firm Ovo is forced to fork out £1.2m to Ofgem Ovo is paying out on behalf of SSE after it failed to meet smart meter targets  This is not the first time the company has been unable to do so  Smart meters have … Read more

The most luxurious homes for sale right now from a £25m Hamptons property to a £12m Spanish villa

If your lottery numbers have come in – or you just want to dream – then cast your eyes over these magnificent mansions.  They all feature in The Luxury Property Show’s 2020/21 online ‘lookbook’ of opulent properties across the world that are for sale right now.  The jaw-dropping listing includes a glamorous £25.7million ($32million) oceanfront home … Read more

Energy boss ‘took £12m secret payout from City fraudster’

Senior director at energy firm embroiled in ‘secret’ £12million payment By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 00:06 BST, 12 July 2020 A senior director at a London-listed oil and gas company has been accused of accepting an ‘illegal’ £12million payment from a wanted fraudster in a … Read more

Tracey Emin’s £12m home in London’s East End goes on sale

Emin’s masterpiece! Forget that unmade bed, Tracey’s £12m home in London’s East End is a real work of art as it goes on sale Britart movement transformed an unloved post-industrial area into the hippest corner of London  Now Tracey Emin has signalled end of that era by putting her home and studios there on the market … Read more