Biggest ever stock market float by a British company: Arrival’s valuation hits £9.5bn as the electric vehicle maker lists on America’s Nasdaq Arrival shares started trading on the Nasdaq yesterday at $22 each That gives the electric vehicle company a valuation of around $13.6bn (£9.5bn) It’s the biggest ever float for a UK company, according … Read more
Largest ever flightless bird lived in Australia 50,000 years ago and weighed up to 1,323lbs with a HUGE head more than 1.5 feet long — but its brain was squeezed for space Experts studied fossils of ‘mihirungs’, the name given to Australia’s giant birds The largest, Dromornis stirtoni, was able to reach some 10 feet (3 … Read more
World’s largest camellia maze erupts into bloom as stunning pink flowers create a ‘candy coloured labyrinth’ on Cornish estate Circular maze, located at Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall’s Roseland Peninsula, is made up of rows of camellias The pink flowers have just started to bloom as the mild weather in the South West continues to improve … Read more
Disinfectant demand boosts consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser to its largest annual sales increase in history Durex sales also rose despite periods of strict social distancing regulations Reckitt Benckiser expects net revenue growth this year of 0-2 per cent The firm also announced it had bought pain relief label Biofreeze By Harry Wise For This … Read more
Women now hold more than a third of board positions in the UK’s 350 largest companies after a 50% surge in five years, a new report has revealed. . The final report from the Hampton-Alexander Review revealed that the number of women on FTSE boards has jumped to 1,026 – up from 682 in 2015. It … Read more
Fields of flowers are being left to rot in Cornwall because not enough pickers are available to harvest the crop following Brexit. The world’s largest daffodil grower, Varfell Farms in Penzance, Cornwall, produces 500 million stems a year and needs 700 workers to pick them. The crops are worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and … Read more
Billionaires seize control of UK’s largest pubs group: Caribbean-based tycoons ride to rescue of Mitchells & Butlers By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 15 February 2021 A group of super-rich tycoons based in the Caribbean has seized control of Britain’s biggest listed pub chain. … Read more
Hundreds of people formed the ‘largest queue’ ever seen by staff working at a food bank as Covid-19 continues to cause unprecedented levels of food poverty in the UK. London’s Community Kitchen livestreamed people queuing 7ft apart outside the bank in Wembley, West London on Saturday at 11am. The group’s head of outreach Afzal Parkar … Read more
The mother of Britain’s largest family – with 22 children – has admitted the usual chaos in her home ‘couldn’t get any worse’ as she attempts to homeschool her youngest children during the pandemic. Sue Radford, 45, said she struggles to make sure all her children are on track with their schoolwork while keeping the … Read more
Volkswagen’s largest electric car leaked: Seven-seat ID.6 breaks cover after details of the new SUV are uploaded to Chinese regulatory site Images lifted from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology site All car firms have to upload info to gain type approval for models in the country ID.6 isn’t due in showrooms in China … Read more