Medical equipment firm ramps up production of ventilators as UK demand surges amid pandemic 

The machines that could save your lives: Medical equipment firm ramps up production of ventilators as UK demand surges amid coronavirus pandemic The Government is in need of thousands of ventilators from medical supply firms Companies such as OES in Witney have adapted designs for a speedy process Many other engineering firms are turning to … Read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Stay-at-home boost for video game firm Team17

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Stay-at-home boost for video game firm Team17 By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:03 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:03 GMT, 21 March 2020 Even as markets continue to plummet, a small number of stocks are proving resilient. Video games group Team17 is on that list. The … Read more

STOCK WATCH: Bad time for a float? Not at all, says Italian tech firm Supply@Me

STOCK WATCH: Bad time for a float? Not at all, says Italian tech firm Supply@Me By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 Markets are in freefall and takeovers are falling off a cliff so you would think there is surely … Read more

UK firm Tristel ships disinfectant to China to help it deal with the coronavirus crisis

UK firm Tristel ships disinfectant to China to help it deal with the coronavirus crisis By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:05 GMT, 21 March 2020 A British supplier to the NHS is shipping disinfectant to the Chinese military to help it deal with … Read more

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff

Major hospitality firm G1 Group halts plans to dismiss new staff after Government reveals coronavirus job retention scheme G1 will reexamine their planned dismissals in light of the government’s package Staff had already been told their were to be fired before Sunak’s announcement A spokesman for the hospitality group called the coronavirus pandemic the:  ‘most difficult … Read more

Accountancy firm hired by Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley bungles its audit

Accountancy firm hired by Sports Direct’s Mike Ashley ditches its top brass after finding problems in their own audit By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 23:00 GMT, 5 January 2020 | Updated: 11:09 GMT, 6 January 2020 The accountancy firm hired by Mike Ashley to audit his retail empire has ditched its own top management … Read more

My firm deducts my pension contribution then sits on it for three weeks

I work for a global company which has a group pension scheme organised via a major pension firm. We are paid at the end of each month. The company contributes to our pension and will match our own contributions from our basic pay up to a level of 8 per cent. The combined pension contribution … Read more

Katie Price ‘loses £107,000 on her perfume business after outsource firm went into liquidation’

Katie Price has reportedly lost £107,000 on her perfume business as the firm which outsourced the products went bust. Jigsaw International – which went into liquidation in 2017 – is said to have owed the former glamour model, 41, £132,000, but has only managed to recover £25,000, according to The Mirror.  The firm helped create the … Read more

New China fears over grip on UK data firm Global Switch as 5g rows continue

New China fears over grip on UK data firm Global Switch as 5g security rows continue By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 A Chinese tycoon who has bought a controlling stake in a UK company that stores sensitive data on … Read more