Natwest boss drops third of executive committee after government slashes stake March 27, 2024 New Natwest boss Paul Thwaite, who formally became chief of the bank in Febraury, has restructured the group's management team.
The Co-operative Bank to slash 400 jobs in cost-cutting drive March 26, 2024 The Co-operative Bank has announced that it plans to cut around 400 jobs as the lender looks to reduce costs.
Moonpig shrugs off Royal Mail strikes to hold on to post pandemic loyalty March 30, 2023 Moonpig has reported its largest ever week of sales in the UK thanks to consumers scrambling for Mother’s Day cards. The listed retailer, which allows shoppers to personalise cards and gifts, said it now expects annual revenue for the year ending 30 April to remain at £320m, despite previously warning that Royal Mail strikes had [...]
Wandisco loses out on bookings as it tries to swivel fortunes with rebrand September 11, 2023 Wandisco – soon to be known as Cirata – has reported a loss in bookings for the first half of the year after the company has battled off crisis after crisis. Shares in the scandal stricken company plunged nearly eight per cent at market open on Monday morning after it said bookings – the total [...]
Trouble ahead in April as experts unveil new gloomy price cap predictions October 17, 2022 Energy bills will rise to a whopping £4,348 per year in April, warned Cornwall Insight, without more support for households.
EY’s incoming chief Janet Truncale names four global bosses in new leadership team March 13, 2024 Truncale has names four global managing partners, adding that the wider global executive team will be “the same size or smaller” in the future
TUI swings to first post-pandemic profit with this summer ‘going very well’ despite deadly heatwaves August 9, 2023 Tour operator TUI said it had swung to profitability for the first time since the pandemic on the back of soaring summer travel demand, with underlying pre-tax earnings of €169.4m (£145.28m), up by €196.5m year-on-year. Third quarter group revenues surged 19 per cent on the prior year to €5.3bn (£4.55bn) which the company said was driven [...]
Sniffer dogs root out drug use at Tory donor JCB’s UK factory: report December 20, 2023 Manufacturing giant JCB is investigating a string of drug use incidence among its workers based at its Staffordshire headquarters.
Barbarians at the gate? Private equity bonanza fails to materialise June 7, 2023 A flurry of predicted private equity deals failed to rear its head last month as sticky inflation and more interest rate pain forced dealmakers to reconsider an offensive, according to a London investment bank.
Inflation fall puts a gloss on £14bn-worth of public borrowing in September October 20, 2023 UK public sector borrowing fell in September compared to last year, aided by healthier tax receipts, according to the latest government figures.