Vaccine roll out puts pound in demand amid hopes of a rapid recovery

UK vaccine roll out puts pound back in demand amid hopes it will fuel a rapid economic recovery By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 Sterling hit $1.3985 – its highest level against the greenback since April 2018 The pound edged close … Read more

Pound hits highest level in almost three years amid vaccine optimism

Pound hits highest level in almost three years as optimism about the vaccine rollout grows By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 15 February 2021 Sterling rose above $1.39 for the first time since April 2018 The pound hit its highest level in almost three … Read more

Shell follows BP to posted a multi-billion pound loss for 2020

Shell joins Big Oil rout as 2020 loss hits £15bn: Supermajor follows BP and ExxonMobil plunging into the red By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 4 February 2021 Shell followed rival BP and posted a multi-billion pound loss for 2020. In what chief executive … Read more

Pound on retreat as Britain heads for double-dip recession

Sterling falls as third national lockdown triggers largest decline in business activity since May – leaving Britain facing double-dip recession By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 Sterling fell yesterday as the third national lockdown triggered the largest decline in business activity … Read more

BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as Brexit talks remain in limbo;

BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as new Covid strain crisis grips the nation; Frasers Group warns on profits; Arcadia sells Evans to Australian firm By This Is Money Published: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 08:40 GMT, 21 December 2020 The FTSE 100 and the pound are deep in the red this morning … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Pound rises to the occasion

Fans of the steamy BBC dealing room drama Industry will be less than impressed at the flimsy evidence on which multi-million-pound trades on foreign exchange markets are made. A combination of guile, instinct and, occasionally, hard data drives trends. Currency dealers may have little more direct insight as to what is going on in the … Read more

Spending review: Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveils multi-billion pound investment

Rishi waves the cheque book AGAIN: Chancellor unveils multi-billion pound investment with £100bn on infrastructure, £20bn on housing and £19bn on transport in bid to dig Britain out of Covid black hole By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 13:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 Advertisement Rishi Sunak today revealed … Read more

US Election 2020: Pound sinks against US dollar amid uncertainty

Dollar rises against pound and US bonds are in demand as investors seek safe havens amid ‘extended uncertainty’ of election Leading up to election day markets had been pricing in a Biden clear sweep Strength of US dollar now on the up  as investors flock to ‘safe havens’ By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 11:53 GMT, … Read more

Pound sinks against the US dollar amid election drama

Pound sinks against dollar and US bonds in demand as investors seek safe havens amid the ‘extended uncertainty’ of the US election Leading up to election day markets had been pricing in a Biden clear sweep Strength of US dollar now on the up  as investors flock to ‘safe havens’ By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: … Read more

Kelly Osbourne showcases her 85 pound weight loss as she celebrates her 36th birthday

Kelly Osbourne showcases her 85 pound weight loss as she celebrates her 36th birthday in glamorous black dress and statement ‘Vote’ mask By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 22:42 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 22:42 GMT, 28 October 2020 She dropped an incredible 85 pounds after undergoing gastric bypass surgery. And Kelly Osbourne showcased … Read more