Morrisons set to post first double-digit quarterly sales growth in living memory when it reports its interim results By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:57 BST, 4 September 2020 | Updated: 21:57 BST, 4 September 2020 Morrisons will post the first double-digit quarterly sales growth in living memory when it reports its interim … Read more
After 3,160 days… HS2 digging finally starts: Boris Johnson hails controversial rail link as engine for jobs growth as construction starts at last Europe’s largest infrastructure project will today move to full construction Its cost spiralled from projected £36billion in 2012 to an estimated £106billion HS2 Ltd is expect to recruit for around 22,000 roles … Read more
Small and medium sized enterprises are increasingly being turned away for grants under the Growth Hub scheme as some have been swamped with a frenzy of applications. It comes after the Government introduced a £20million funding initiative in June to help SMEs across England recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The £20million is … Read more
Children who are born at higher altitudes tend to be smaller than those born at lower altitudes, a new study suggests. Researchers found kids who live in cities 5,000 feet or more above sea level were not only smaller at birth but also more likely to have stunted growth. Impaired development persisted even when children … Read more
Facebook and Apple have both posted quarterly revenue growth of 11 percent, blowing past analyst expectations and shrugging off the pandemic to prosper. On Thursday, both tech giants reported results for recently ended quarter, with Facebook saying it made a profit of $5.2 billion on $18.7 billion in revenue, as the number of people using the … Read more
Liontrust’s Victoria Stevens works within the firm’s UK small and micro cap teams Mind Gym – Victoria Stevens, Liontrust UK Smaller Companies and Liontrust UK Micro Cap funds ‘Mind Gym is a corporate training business which applies the principles of behavioural science to effect change within the corporate environment. ‘We believe it possesses strong proprietary intellectual … Read more
CAPITAL GEARING TRUST: Focusing on long-term growth and preserving cash rather than providing an income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 July 2020 WHAT IS IT? It aims to grow investors’ money over the long term, rather than providing an income, and particularly … Read more
Volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean is experiencing a ‘growth spurt’ – adding nearly 500 feet of land in under a month Nishinoshimay, a volcanic island, sits some 600 miles south of Tokyo, Japan Experts observed multiple eruptions since May that have added to its land mass Since June, some 500 feet has been added … Read more
Reversing physical ageing could be as simple as giving people a treatment that encourages their body to burn fat and promote muscle growth, study finds. Researchers from the University of Bonn worked from the idea that a fatter stomach and shrinking muscles are common signs of ageing that ‘could be reversed’. This treatment – which … Read more
Janet Street-Porter has appeared on This Morning with a large plaster across her nose after having a skin cancer growth removed. The presenter, 73, smiled as she reassured the show’s hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that although her bandage looked ‘frightening’ she was ‘fine’. She explained how she had the procedure a week ago, after … Read more