Deborah Meaden and the other investors storm off Dragon’s Den

Deborah Meaden encouraged the other Dragons to storm off the show after Peter Jones refused to leave without beating the winning darts score. The business mogul, 62, ordered the others to ‘leave him to it’, as a gobsmacked Peter attempted to land a decent score on the board during the latest episode. Brothers Scott and … Read more

RateSetter hands back £384m to 45,000 investors after Metro Bank takeover

Around 45,000 investors in the now-defunct peer-to-peer lender RateSetter have had their accounts closed and their money returned after it was taken over by Metro Bank last August. Customers began receiving emails from last Tuesday after the High Street lender in February gave investors two months’ notice that it had bought £384million worth of loans … Read more

How Isa investors can check up on niche investment companies with flashy gains

It might not surprise our regular readers that the top performing funds of the first quarter of this year were focused on the UK and small caps. And the topmost on the intersection of the two. Britain has organised a strong vaccine rollout, and despite some debate about the speed of reopening allowed to businesses … Read more

Five common questions from share investors answered

‘So, how much money will I make…?’ Revealed: The top five questions asked by share investors, answered by a stockbroking expert By Rachel Winter For This Is Money Published: 09:23 BST, 6 April 2021 | Updated: 09:23 BST, 6 April 2021 Rachel Winter: What books should you read to learn about markets? Find her recommendations below … Read more

Peter Hargreaves: Deliveroo took small investors for a ride

City grandee Peter Hargreaves hits out at Deliveroo’s sale of shares at its disastrous flotation, saying company took small investors for a ride By Emma Dunkley And Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 Critic: City titan Peter Hargreaves Billionaire City grandee Peter … Read more

Pub group Fuller’s taps investors for £53 million after Covid triggered 80% plunge in yearly revenue

Pub group Fuller’s taps investors for £53 million through new shares after Covid triggered 80% plunge in yearly revenue – as boss vows to reopen 82 venues on April 12 Brewer Fuller’s chain of pubs and hotels have seen revenues fall 80% on last year Company is losing up to £5million each month restrictions are … Read more

Investors in London Capital Finance lose out in Court fight

Investors in London Capital Finance lose out in High Court fight for compensation By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 March 2021 London Capital & Finance investors have lost a high court case over compensation. Thousands of investors who lost money in the collapse … Read more

MR MONEY MAKER: Investors can clean up with Biffa

MR MONEY MAKER: Investors can clean up from war on waste with Biffa By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 26 March 2021 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 26 March 2021 What’s happening?  We have all seen those appalling pictures of piles of waste around the globe, and those almost invisible rivers … Read more

Big battalion investors snub Deliveroo amid fears over workers’ pay

A host of Britain’s biggest fund managers have snubbed Deliveroo’s stock market float amid growing concern over the treatment of its workers. Aberdeen Standard, Legal & General and M&G joined Aviva in shunning what looks like being the biggest London listing in a decade. In a further setback, CCLA, which manages funds for the Church … Read more

Dragons’ Den investors turned down best deal in show’s history when refused to invest in Brewdog

Dragons’ Den investors turned down best deal in show’s history when they refused to put £100,000 into Brewdog that would now be worth £360million, beer firm boss says James Watt revealed proposed Dragons’ Den investment now worth £360million He and co-founder Martin Dickie had asked for £100,000 for 20% of business  Applied in 2008, only … Read more