Spain is set to trial a four-day working week after the government agreed to launch a pilot project among interested companies. In December, deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias confirmed that the government was looking into the idea, saying that reducing the number of working hours in a week to 32, without loss of pay would … Read more
The £20-a-week boost to universal credit looks set to stay in place for another six months after Boris Johnson struck a deal with Rishi Sunak. The Chancellor has been resisting making the increase – introduced in response to the coronavirus crisis and due to end next month – permanent despite pressure from MPs across parties. … Read more
The £20-a-week boost to universal credit looks set to stay in place for another six months after Boris Johnson struck a deal with Rishi Sunak. The Chancellor has been resisting making the increase – introduced in response to the coronavirus crisis and due to end next month – permanent despite pressure from MPs across parties. … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Lewis Hamilton FINALLY signs new deal with Mercedes as seven-time world champion opts to compromise on his demands for a £40m-a-year, three-year contract By Jonathan Mcevoy For Mailonine Published: 11:03 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 11:07 GMT, 8 February 2021 Sir Lewis Hamilton has signed a new deal to race for an … Read more
ALL Premier League matches will be televised until the end of February as clubs strike agreement to keep games live on TV while lockdown continues – and after binning £14.95 PPV model All 20 Premier League clubs met today to discuss broadcast arrangements Matches have been screened via existing broadcast partners during lockdown Latest announcement … Read more
The man who sold Britain: Nigel Rudd agrees to flog another UK firm in Signature Aviation deal By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 22 December 2020 | Updated: 22:25 GMT, 22 December 2020 Sir Nigel Rudd is closing in on the sale of yet another prized British firm to foreign buyers. … Read more
Ryanair orders 75 extra 737 Max jets in multi-billion-pound boost for Boeing that sends shares up by 5.2 per cent The order is the largest for the jet since 2018, when it was grounded Ryanair already has 135 of the 197-seat Max 200 on order ‘The Boeing Max is a fabulous aircraft,’ Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary … Read more
Magazine publisher Future agrees deal to buy owner of price comparison site Go Compare for £594m Insurance mogul and GoCo chair Sir Peter Wood could net £50m from the deal Future also produces FourFourTwo, ProCycling, and Horse & Hound magazines Shares in the Bath-based firm have shot up over twentyfold in the last six years … Read more
AA shares jump as roadside recovery group agrees seals £219m deal with two private equity firms – but there could be a ‘limited’ number of job cuts on the cards AA is being snapped up by Towerbrook and Warburg Pincus PE groups Shares in FTSE 250-listed AA have rose over 7% early this morning By … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Inflation rises to 0.7%; RSA Insurance agrees takeover; Halfords profits more than double By This Is Money Published: 08:10 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 08:10 GMT, 18 November 2020 The FTSE 100 is expected to start the morning on the retreat as worries over the growing infection rate across Europe and the … Read more