Made.com founders to scoop a £200m payday when the company floats

Made.com founders to scoop a £200 million payday when the company floats on the stock exchange By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 25 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 25 May 2021 The founders of Made.com will scoop a payday of up to £200million when the company floats on the stock … Read more

Founders of Byron Bay restaurant put their $3million venue The Beach House East Coast on the market

Founders of popular Byron Bay restaurant The Farm list their $3million boutique venue The Beach House East Coast on the market By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:21 BST, 17 May 2021 | Updated: 00:21 BST, 17 May 2021 Founders of popular Byron Bay restaurant The Farm, Tom and Emma Lane, have put … Read more

Pension Bee founder’s stake set to be worth £135m when app lists

Pension Bee founder’s stake set to be worth £135m when savings app lists on the stock market next month By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:14 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:14 BST, 30 March 2021 The founder of Pension Bee will be sitting on shares worth £135million when her company lists … Read more

Female founders share business inspiration on International Women’s Day

One in five women are considering starting their own business this year, according to new research from support network Small Business Britain. Despite the coronavirus pandemic having severely damaged some long-standing businesses, and led many to lose their jobs or a large part of their income, budding entrepreneurs are looking to make the most of … Read more

Founders put engineering giant Renishaw up for sale after 50 years

The industrialists behind Renishaw are set for a £2.6bn windfall after putting the engineering giant they founded up for sale. Sir David McMurtry, 80, and John Deer, 83, set up the company in 1973 and built it into a world-leading manufacturer of precision measurement devices, worth £5billion. But they said they now ‘felt the time … Read more

Soho House founder’s £15m sell-off after Covid hit expansion plan

Founder of Soho House private members clubs sells £15m of his stake after Covid halted expansion plans By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 December 2020 The founder of Soho House private members clubs has sold £15m of his stake after the virus halted … Read more

Julian Assange’s father arrives for WilkiLeaks founder’s extradition hearing at the Old Bailey

Dozens of Julian Assange supporters including his father and Vivienne Westwood gathered outside the Old Bailey in London today, where the WikiLeaks founder is set to continue his fight against extradition to the US. The 49-year-old, who has been in high-security Belmarsh Prison for 16 months, is wanted in the US over the publication of … Read more

Boohoo founder’s links to Leicester ‘slave’ factory revealed

A co-founder of fashion retailer Boohoo has links to a factory in Leicester accused of paying staff less than the minimum wage, it has been revealed. The brand has confirmed that the factory at the heart of the ‘human trafficking and slavery’ allegations is run by Morefray Ltd, a Manchester-owned firm with ties to the I Saw … Read more

Boohoo slavery scandal costs founders £335m as shares crash 33%

The sweatshop slavery scandal engulfing Boohoo has cost its founders more than £335million in just two days. Its shares fell another 11.9 per cent, or 35.3p, yesterday to 261.4p – taking losses so far this week to 32.5 per cent. That has wiped £1.6billion off the value of the company, and cost founders Carol Kane … Read more