CLIMATE ASSETS: Attenborough effect boosts climate fund

CLIMATE ASSETS: Attenborough effect boosts climate fund investing in electric cars, renewable energy and clean water By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 20 February 2021 Having run the Climate Assets fund for the past 11 years, investment house Quilter Cheviot is not new … Read more

Eating at home boosts Cranswick’s UK sales

Rise in eating at home boosts Cranswick’s domestic sales but Covid outbreaks at two facilities damage Far East meat exports Far East sales fell in the 13 weeks to Boxing Day against the same quarter in 2019 Premier Foods has also credited the restrictions on eating out for its sales rise Cranswick also said it … Read more

Charitable trust boosts Mail Force’s laptops-for-children drive with £500k pledge 

A wonderful £500,000 was pledged yesterday by a charitable trust that said: ‘We cannot stand by and let a generation slip through the net.’ The registered charity, set up to serve the needs of society, preferred to remain anonymous. But its generous donation will start work straight away helping the Daily Mail’s crusade to get … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Covid boosts Gear4Music

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Lockdown is music to ears of investors who bought into instrument retailer Gear4Music By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 19 December 2020 Striking a chord: Guitar sales have soared as people stay at home While bookworms curl up with the … Read more

Boris Johnson boosts hopes of a Brexit breakthrough in EU trade talks as deadline looms 

‘There’s every chance of getting a deal’: Boris Johnson boosts hopes of a Brexit breakthrough in EU trade talks as deadline looms Prime Minister ditched his warning that No Deal is most likely Brexit outcome   MPs and peers will rise for the Christmas recess today but could be recalled  Government has drafted plans to fast-track … Read more

Xmas spending splurge boosts the Hut Group

Xmas spending splurge boosts the Hut Group as it raises annual forecasts for second time in three month By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 7 December 2020 The Hut Group (THG) has made a barn-storming start to life as a public company after raising … Read more

Coronavirus vaccine boosts bosses’ recovery hope

Business confidence soaring as bosses bank on rollout of successful Covid-19 vaccines to kick-start economic recovery Two thirds of executives believe their companies’ prospects are looking brighter in 2021  In a boost to savers with pensions and other investments, the Footsie has risen 17 per cent in the past six weeks  By Francesca Washtell For … Read more

Ocado soars as second lockdown boosts demand for deliveries

Ocado soars as second lockdown boosts demand for deliveries: Profits forecast jumps 50% to £60m By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 2 November 2020 Ocado expects profits to hit £60m this year Ocado’s shares soared as the second wave of coronavirus boosted demand for … Read more

IT equipment firm Softcat breaks £1bn barrier as pandemic boosts trade

Thriving IT equipment firm Softcat breaks £1bn barrier as pandemic boosts trade By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:12 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 20 October 2020 Sales at IT equipment firm Softcat rose from £992m to almost £1.1bn in the year to July 31 IT equipment firm Softcat reported … Read more