JD Sports boss sells another £19m of shares one day before stock plummets on second lockdown announcement By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 2 November 2020 JD Sports’s boss sold £19.2million of shares the day before Boris Johnson announced the second lockdown, sending the … Read more
The UK’s first permanent vegan ‘butcher’ has revealed the store sold out on its first day, with 100 online orders in ten minutes. Rudy’s Vegan Butcher opened its doors today, on World Vegan Day, in trendy Islington, north London, serving faux versions of bacon, chicken, and turkey made from soya and seitan. The alternatives on sale … Read more
A defiant pub landlord has started selling meals for a penny so he can stay open through Lancashire’s Tier 3 anti-Covid lockdown rules. Government restrictions mean all pubs and bars must close in areas designated as having a ‘very high,’ Covid-19 infection rate, unless they serve food. Andy MacDonald, landlord of the Ships and Giggles … Read more
Banksy’s £7m Monet maker: Reclusive artist’s work parodying a Claude Monet masterpiece sells for a fortune at auction Price achieved for Show Me the Monet is the second highest yet for the artist Five collectors pushed the winning bid beyond an estimate of up to £5million The 2005 painting transforms Monet’s Water Lily Pond into a … Read more
Former MasterChef judge George Calombaris sells his $4.75 million Melbourne mansion as he continues to pay his collapsed restaurant empire’s debt – and home’s mystery buyer is revealed By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:39 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 02:39 BST, 21 October 2020 Former MasterChef judge George Calombaris has reportedly … Read more
Billionaire James Dyson and his wife are selling their three-storey luxury Singapore apartment for £34.5million, at a reported loss of £9million in just a year. The inventor, 73, also owns a sprawling £26million mansion in the wealthy Asian city-state but has decided to cut his losses on its most expensive penthouse which he bought last … Read more
The £20,000 sheepdog: World record price in bidding war for working collie as new owner buys her after watching video Brown and white collie Henna, three, was bought by hill farmer Donna Jones Her new dog will control 750 sheep in Llanbedr, in Black Mountains, South Wales Mother of three runs farm with husband Gareth, … Read more
Calvin Harris has sold his four-bedroom Hollywood Hills home to Charli XCX for a cool $5.1 million. Although the price is a comedown from the $5.5million he originally asked for, it is still a slight bump from the roughly $5million Calvin paid for it three years ago, Variety reports. The 36-year-old Scots heartthrob put the 6,000 … Read more
Is YOUR copy of Harry Potter worth £75,000? Printer’s error that shows whether book is ultra-rare first edition is revealed as copy of Philosopher’s Stone sells for magical sum Rare copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was auctioned at Hansons English ex-pat seller said first edition copy had sat on his bookshelf for 21 years … Read more
London Stock Exchange offloads Italy’s Borsa to Euronext in £3.9bn deal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 9 October 2020 Euronext has won the race to buy the Borsa Italiana from the London Stock Exchange. The Paris firm, which runs stock exchanges in France, … Read more