Report warns Britain faces repeat of Carillion collapse because big companies ‘cannibalise’ balance sheets to boost dividends to shareholders By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 Britain faces a repeat of the Carillion collapse because big companies have ‘cannibalised’ their balance sheets … Read more
Let’s raise a cheer. British businesses are once more paying dividends, after last year’s drought. This week, Tesco affirmed its commitment to investors by holding its dividend at 9.15p a share, giving a 3.94 per cent yield at a time of record low interest rates. Yet investors hoping for a return to the heady days … Read more
Want to pick up some FTSE 250 stocks with promising dividends for your Isa? These 12 shares could be worth a look By Tanya Jefferies for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:39 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 07:39 BST, 1 April 2021 Mid-sized firms that slashed dividends but are expected to grow them by more than 10 … Read more
LAW DEBENTURE: The dividends keep flowing at £773m investment trust By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 Investment trust Law Debenture will soon announce the final quarterly dividend payment to shareholders for its 2020 financial year. Although it refuses to reveal … Read more
Victoria and David Beckham have been reaping the rewards of their empire as a new company filing reveals they paid themselves £14.5million in dividends. Victoria’s fashion house also more than halved its losses on the year prior, according to a Companies House report from the year ending December 2019. In the year before the coronavirus pandemic hit, it appears … Read more
Investors in the leading banks have endured a hair-raising year. At times, Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays and HSBC have seen their share prices dwindle to under half what they were 12 months ago. But are they now turning a corner? Banks were this month given the green light to restart paying dividends – a huge relief … Read more
Investors in FTSE 100 companies had a tough year as more than half of those firms cut, deferred or cancelled over £37billion of dividend payments in response to the Covid crisis, new research shows. But while dividend cuts have been the story of 2020, the outlook for 2021 is more positive, according to analysts – especially … Read more
Investors in the money as watchdog lifts bank dividends ban after lenders post better-than-expected profits By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 10 December 2020 Investors in UK banks will be breathing a sigh of relief after the regulator lifted its ban on dividends. The … Read more
STOCKS TO WATCH: Will Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey reprieve bank dividends? By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 December 2020 It’s almost a year since Andrew Bailey was named as the new Governor of the Bank of England. His Covid baptism of … Read more
Bosses of five lockdown winners received £45m in dividends after firms’ profits were fuelled by big tax breaks Retailers and hospitality firms were handed £10billion of business rates relief this year Critics say shops which are lockdown winners should pay the tax break back By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 29 … Read more