MARKET REPORT: Bus firms pick up speed on Government’s £218m pledge to keep funding the sector indefinitely By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 August 2020 Bus companies picked up speed following the Government’s pledge to keep funding the sector indefinitely. The Department for … Read more
While Britain’s biggest companies have wrestled with dividend payments, smaller firms have found the battle even harder. Hundreds have suspended, postponed or cut dividends and more are likely to follow. However, some jewels remain – firms that have rewarded shareholders and, crucially, look set to continue doing so. Among the FTSE 250 index, companies such … Read more
NMC Health secures £192m lifeline from lenders By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:03 BST, 3 August 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 3 August 2020 NMC Health has secured a £192m lifeline from its lenders. Lifeline: The scandal-hit hospitals provider was forced into administration in April The scandal-hit hospitals provider was forced into … Read more
Buy-to-let was one of Britain’s best-loved investments before crippling tax blows caused many landlords to lose interest. But now buy-to-let has been thrown a lifeline. Slashed stamp duty, better mortgage deals and new tax benefits all mean landlords are flocking back to the market. However, with unemployment predicted to soar to four million by the … Read more
Buy-to-let was one of Britain’s best-loved investments before crippling tax blows caused many landlords to lose interest. But now buy-to-let has been thrown a lifeline. Slashed stamp duty, better mortgage deals and new tax benefits all mean landlords are flocking back to the market. However, with unemployment predicted to soar to four million by the … Read more
Troubled fashion retailer French Connection bags £15m funding lifeline from turnaround specialist Hilco Capital By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 24 July 2020 Troubled fashion retailer French Connection has bagged a £15m funding lifeline from turnaround specialist Hilco Capital. The chain alarmed shareholders when … Read more
Bounce Back loans have provided a lifeline for a million small firms since taxpayer-backed scheme launched in May By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:06 BST, 7 July 2020 | Updated: 23:06 BST, 7 July 2020 More than a million firms have received lifeline Bounce Back loans since the taxpayer-backed scheme launched in … Read more
Philanthropists Hans and Julia Rausing have given an astonishing £10million ‘lifeline’ to help charities survive the coronavirus crisis. The Charity Survival Fund is aimed at bridging a funding gap that has left hundreds of voluntary organisations under threat. One in ten UK charities is facing bankruptcy by the end of the year because of falling … Read more
Theatres, museums and galleries get £1.6billion lifeline as thousands of arts venues shut by coronavirus are not expected to reopen for mass events until next year Cultural venues including theatres to get £1.6billion bailout for grants and loans Boris Johnson vows to safeguard Britain’s cultural industry from going under But it is thought that concerts … Read more
Patients ravaged by advanced bowel cancer have been thrown a lifeline – thanks to a breakthrough drug hailed by experts as a game-changer in the fight against the disease. A landmark trial found immunotherapy treatment pembrolizumab, which helps the body attack and kill cancer cells, doubled the length of time it took for the disease to … Read more