Raising retirement age could help Bank of England fight next recession

Raising retirement age could help Bank of England fight next recession, according to top official By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:11 EDT, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 17:46 EDT, 26 July 2021 Raising the retirement age could help the Bank of England fight the next recession, according to a top official.  Gertjan … Read more

Fist Group’s largest shareholder demands chief executive resigns

Fist Group’s largest shareholder demands chief executive resigns as it steps up battle with transport group By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 17:11 EDT, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 17:11 EDT, 26 July 2021 Fist Group’s largest shareholder has demanded its chief executive resign as it steps up its battle with the transport … Read more

Starling Bank snaps up buy-to-let lender Fleet Mortgages for £50m

Starling Bank moves into mortgages: Digital challenger snaps up buy-to-let lender Fleet for £50m as part of expansion drive Starling Bank has made its first corporate acquisition, buying Fleet Mortgages  It is part of the bank’s expansion drive as it targets IPO by 2023  Starling has reassured existing Fleet customers that it won’t change the … Read more

‘Knacker’s yard’ awaits Morrisons, according to Lord Heseltine

Lord Heseltine claims private equity buyout of Morrisons is ‘another example of a company going to the knacker’s yard’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 25 July 2021 The private equity buyout of Morrisons is ‘another example of a company going to the knacker’s … Read more

Dividend payouts roared back between April and June

Investors welcoming return of dividends as payouts roared back between April and June By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:51 EDT, 25 July 2021 | Updated: 16:56 EDT, 25 July 2021 Investors will be welcoming the return of the dividend as payouts roared back between April and June.  Savers who were denied most … Read more

Older investors leading way in influencing companies they invest in

Older investors leading way in influencing companies they invest in, according to new survey By Rachel Rickard Straus, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:18 EDT, 24 July 2021 Older investors are leading the way in influencing the companies they invest in, according to a new survey by Interactive … Read more

Royal Mail to put best bosses in worst sites

Royal Mail asks most successful managers to help improve its worst performing delivery offices By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:22 EDT, 24 July 2021 Royal Mail has asked its most successful managers to help improve its worst performing delivery offices.  Chief executive Simon Thompson has … Read more

GSK boss Emma Walmsley steels for survival fight with Elliott

Embattled GlaxoSmithKline boss Emma Walmsley expected to reinforce her defences against Elliott when pharma giant posts improving revenues By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:22 EDT, 24 July 2021 Embattled GlaxoSmithKline chief Emma Walmsley is expected to reinforce her defences against corporate raider Elliott this week … Read more

Elliott pumps another £20m into British start-up bank Chetwood

Activist investor Elliott pumps another £20m into British start-up bank Chetwood By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 Activist investor Elliott has pumped another £20million into British start-up bank Chetwood.  The latest investment from the New York-based hedge fund takes its stake … Read more

FTSE firms ‘cannibalising’ accounts to boost shareholder dividends

Report warns Britain faces repeat of Carillion collapse because big companies ‘cannibalise’ balance sheets to boost dividends to shareholders By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 16:50 EDT, 24 July 2021 | Updated: 17:23 EDT, 24 July 2021 Britain faces a repeat of the Carillion collapse because big companies have ‘cannibalised’ their balance sheets … Read more