New by-election woe for Keir Starmer as Tracy Brabin wins race to be West Yorkshire mayor

New by-election woe for Keir Starmer as ex-Coronation Street actress Tracy Brabin wins race to be West Yorkshire mayor meaning she will have to QUIT as Labour MP for Batley & Spen Labour MP Tracy Brabin has today been elected as the first West Yorkshire mayor But she will now step down from her Westminster … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce shares dive 5.9% on Norway engines woe

The recovery plan at Rolls-Royce has been dealt a blow after Norway blocked the sale of an engines company to a Russian group. The Norwegian government called a halt to the £130million deal to sell Bergen Engines to TMH on national security grounds. The takeover ‘would have been of significant military strategic interest to Russia, … Read more

NS&I reveals full scale of customer service woe during the pandemic

Two in five NS&I savers gave up when they tried to telephone customer services late last year as waiting times spiked during the pandemic Three members of the Treasury-backed bank’s top brass were grilled by MPs It follows a 2020 which saw complaints and call waiting times spike   Some 6,700 complaints are still outstanding but … Read more

How civil war, economic woes and an explosion heaps further woe on Beirut

Rescuers searched for survivors in Beirut yesterday after a cataclysmic explosion at the port sowed devastation across entire neighbourhoods, killing more than 100 people, wounding thousands and plunging Lebanon deeper into crisis.  Bullet holes remain studded into walls around Beirut, a reminder of the brutal and bloody civil war that ended 20 years ago but … Read more

Banks facing further dividend woe nest year

Bank of England warns British lenders could be forced to cancel dividends again next year as they are battered by coronavirus pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:22 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:22 BST, 29 July 2020 British lenders could be forced to cancel dividends again next year as they … Read more

Woe! Woe! Woe! Retailers battled against weak demand this Christmas 

Shop prices continued to fall in December as struggling retailers respond to weak demand and intense competition in run-up to Christmas By A Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:30 BST, 2 January 2020 | Updated: 09:03 BST, 3 January 2020 Shop prices continued to fall in December as struggling retailers responded to weak demand and intense … Read more