ALEX BRUMMER: Can we really trust bosses to borrow billions to put into their workers’ pockets?

The scale of the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Covid-19 rescue package for Britain’s hard-pressed businesses — big corporations and smaller enterprises — is startling in both its scale and ambition. At its core is a promise to help the bigger corporations survive the crisis with £330 bn of easy credit from the Bank of England that … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Billions up for grabs from training 

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Billions up for grabs from training By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 14 March 2020 Learning Technologies Group may also see sales rise, as companies and governments reflect on the impact of coronavirus. The company provides digital training courses for businesses … Read more

Crackdown on tax dodgers to raise billions for Treasury coffers 

Crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion to raise billions for Treasury coffers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 11 March 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 11 March 2020 The Government said that new measures will recover £4.7bn in tax in tax by 2024/25 that would otherwise have been lost A crackdown on … Read more

Asset managers M&G and Standard Life see billions pulled out of funds

Asset managers M&G and Standard Life see billions pulled out of funds in sign savers are shunning active stock-pickers By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 22:49 GMT, 10 March 2020 Two of Britain’s biggest asset managers saw investors pull billions of pounds out of their funds … Read more

Budget billions to beat coronavirus to be unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak will today pledge billions to shore up the economy during the coronavirus outbreak. The Chancellor, whose first Budget has had to be rewritten as the deadly virus spreads, will unveil a string of measures to try to save solid businesses from bankruptcy. He will also announce a massive £600billion boost for infrastructure. Treble … Read more

High Street lenders planning to set aside billions to help struggling homeowners hit by coronavirus

Banks are to offer 3-month mortgage holidays: Several High Street lenders are eyeing plan to set aside billions to help struggling homeowners hit by coronavirus Households hit by coronavirus outbreak could be eligible for mortgage ‘holidays’ NatWest, RBS, and Ulster Bank could offer up to three-month breaks in payments Those eligible could include small business … Read more