Hipgnosis spends £1bn on US record producer LA Reid’s back catalogue

Hipgnosis spends £1bn on legendary US record producer LA Reid’s back catalogue By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Hipgnosis has bought legendary producer LA Reid’s back catalogue as part of a £1billion spending spree. The songs trust led by Elton John’s … Read more

Will crackdown on £1bn rip-off really cut your insurance bill?

Will the crackdown on £1bn rip-off REALLY cut your insurance bill? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 26 September 2020 Insurers have finally been ordered to end the loyalty rip-off after years of campaigning by The Mail on Sunday.  The City watchdog – the … Read more

The £1bn cost of maternity blunders: Jeremy Hunt exposes damning toll of lawsuits against NHS

Blunders on maternity wards are costing the NHS nearly £1billion a year, the former Health Secretary warns today. Jeremy Hunt has revealed that almost twice as much is spent on lawsuits following poor care of mothers and babies as on the combined pay of all the labour doctors in England’s hospitals. The expenditure was part of … Read more

Bill for new emergency services walkie-talkies up by another £1bn… but delayed another TWO years

It’s radio gaga! Bill for new emergency services walkie-talkies shoots up by another £1bn… but they will be delayed by another TWO years New walkie-talkies for police have been delayed until 2024 at the earliest The £10bn upgrade is already five years behind schedule and £4bn over budget The Emergency Services Network will replace the … Read more

Fitness buff builds £1bn Gymshark clothes brand from parents’ garage

Fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver builds £1bn Gymshark clothes brand from his parents’ garage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020  A 28-year-old fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver has sealed a deal which values his online gym clothing … Read more

Aerospace bosses in £1bn fund to prop up suppliers

Top aerospace companies plotting £1bn bailout fund to help suppliers stricken by coronavirus crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 August 2020 Top aerospace companies are plotting a £1billion bailout fund to help suppliers stricken by the virus crisis.  The fund would help … Read more

Argos catalogue to be online-only after 47 years 1bn copies

At its height it was Europe’s most widely printed publication, a book found in three-quarters of British homes, a work only beaten by the Bible for its sheer ubiquity. The complete works of Shakespeare or the latest Harry Potter? No. The Argos Catalogue… which is no more. After 47 years, and an astonishing one billion … Read more

£1bn sale of scandal-hit Priory Group back on

American owner of drug rehabilitation centre that once treated supermodel Kate Moss could be about to revive £1bn sale of scandal-hit Priory Group By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 18 July 2020 The American owner of a drug rehabilitation centre that once treated supermodel … Read more

Branson to put £200m into Virgin Atlantic as targets £1bn rescue deal

Branson to put £200m into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure £1bn rescue deal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 Sir Richard Branson is set to pump £200million of emergency cash immediately into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure … Read more