These are The Apprentice stars who have helped to make Lord Sugar £100 million richer. The tycoon has now invested nearly £3 million in promising entrepreneurs discovered on his BBC show. Exclusive Money Mail figures today reveal the venture has paid off, with one contestant alone expected to turn over more than £45 million this … Read more
Gift vouchers that never give: Why you shouldn’t buy trendy ‘experience days’ like wine-tasting as presents without checking the small print Complaints soaring about vouchers for experiences — such as spa days A common gripe is that there is a very limited number of dates to choose from Look out for short expiry periods, some … Read more
Campaigners call for a fund to help people trapped living in unsafe buildings in wake of Grenfell tragedy By Miles Dilworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 25 February 2020 | Updated: 09:11 GMT, 26 February 2020 Campaigners are calling on the Chancellor to set up a fund to help half a million people … Read more
Chancellor Sunak urged to reform archaic business rates to ease coronavirus chaos By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 9 March 2020 The Chancellor is under mounting pressure to reform the ‘archaic’ business rates system when he delivers his first Budget tomorrow amid the coronavirus … Read more
IMF urges governments and central bankers to take action to protect businesses By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 March 2020 The International Monetary Fund has piled pressure on governments and central bankers around the world to do more to combat the economic fallout … Read more
UK firms must brace for virus hammer blow as tactics used during 2008 crash may not work, experts warn Many now fear the virus outbreak could deter investment and damage trading Ministers have fewer options to fight back against a hit to consumer spending The IFS urged the Chancellor to consider deferment of tax payments … Read more
Jaguar Land Rover boss: Greta Thunberg has ‘no ideas’ about how to tackle climate change Ralf Speth said Thunberg’s complaints about climate change are ‘populistic’ He said that Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion were ‘doing wrong in many areas’ By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:59 GMT, 8 March 2020 | Updated: … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: This Budget must stop us falling in to recession By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 7 March 2020 I would put money on the Chancellor’s Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks … Read more
Sunak ‘can’t afford big giveaways’ By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 Rishni Sunak could have little room for major tax giveaways in this week’s Budget, according to a group of influential economic analysts. The ITEM Club forecast a surplus of just £5billion … Read more
He’s back… Woodford plots £500million fund By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 7 March 2020 Disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford is in talks about making a spectacular comeback just months after being sacked in one of the City’s biggest investment scandals. Woodford has been … Read more