Financier Amanda Staveley weeps in court after she is accused of operating a ‘hustle’ to take £1billion off Barclays Amanda Staveley claims the bank owes her up to £1.5billion after edging her out of a major deal Jeffery Onions said she was worried that she would not be paid by Abu Dhabi for her work … Read more
Labour has demanded an investigation into Downing Street’s links to a lobbyist involved in a controversial £1billion property development. Boris Johnson has defended Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick – after he approved the planning application from a Tory donor. The Prime Minister himself has denied impropriety after it was revealed that the lobbyist Richard Patient had … Read more
Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick who is accused of bias in £1billion planning row was lobbied by the developer at a Tory fundraising dinner just weeks before approving the luxury housing project The Housing Secretary last night admitted that tycoon Richard Desmond and his team raised the subject of their 1,500-home planning application with him Later … Read more
The government has awarded state contracts worth over £1billion to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to private firms without public tenders. Companies including Randox Laboratories Ltd and US-run Brake Bros are among the companies to have been handed contracts. The Government has fast-tracked the rules on awarding state contracts so that they don’t have to … Read more
A total of 315 business leaders in China are now worth 10billion yuan (£1.14billion) or more, according to a new wealth list. Jack Ma, the founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, tops the chart with a net worth of over 300billion yuan (£34.4billion). The founder of Zoom Video, Eric Yuan, takes the 121st place with … Read more
Pandemic wipes £1billion off Disney’s quarterly profits as it is forced to close parks, cancel cruises and delay film and TV productions By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 6 May 2020 Disney is planning to reopen its lucrative theme parks after the coronavirus crisis … Read more
Japanese manufacturers offered more than £1billion by Tokyo to shift production back to the country from China By Brendan Carlin Political Reporter For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:16 BST, 12 April 2020 | Updated: 01:16 BST, 12 April 2020 Japanese firms are being encouraged to quit China in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. … Read more
Mesmerising hyper-lapse footage shows the brand new $1billion Celebrity Apex cruise ship taking shape Celebrity Apex is near to completion at Chantier de l’Atlantique shipyard, France Hyper-lapse video gives a taster of its interiors, deck areas and rooftop garden It also offers a sneak peek of its spa, gym, solarium and its ‘magic carpet’ feature By … Read more