Chelsea directors Buck and Granovskaia set to share in £50m takeover bonus pool May 18, 2022 Chelsea directors including chairman Bruce Buck and Marina Granovskaia are set to receive multimillion pound bonuses once the sale of the club is completed, according to reports. Buck and Granovskaia will share in £50m once a consortium led by Todd Boehly, part-owner of the LA Dodgers baseball team, complete its takeover, according to The Times. [...]
Lloyds of London says Ukraine crisis will be ‘major claim’ in 2022 after returning to profitability March 24, 2022 Lloyds of London has warned the ongoing conflict in Ukraine will be a “major claim” this year, after posting a return to profitability on the back its best results in six years. The London insurer said it had returned to profitability after posting overall profits of £2.3bn for the full year 2021, compared to a [...]
Starmer brands Tory response to rising cost of living ‘pathetic’ as windfall tax on energy firms rekindled April 1, 2022 Boris Johnson’s government’s response to energy price rises has been “pathetic”, as he rekindled Labour’s bid for a one-off windfall tax on oil and gas firms in a bid to reduce bills. This comes after millions of households were plunged into fuel poverty today caused by the uplift to the cap on energy bills sending [...]
Broadcaster STV records highest revenue, lowest debt and best viewing share since 2008 March 10, 2022 Scotland’s free-to-air broadcaster STV capped off an “exceptional” 2021 by recording its highest revenue, best viewing share and lowest level of debt since 2008. The network registered a 35 per cent increase in revenue from two years ago, with a near 40 per cent operating profit. Its chief executive also said the company dramatically slashed [...]
Industrial silver demand reached record highs last year April 21, 2022 Industrial demand for silver soared to a record high of 508m ounces last year, according to The Silver Institute.
A recession will end the era of free money and tip the scales back to the Big Banks January 24, 2023 The fintech industry and its founder has grown up in an era of free money and this is their first taste of a recession, it might give big traditional banks their dominance back, writes Nick Parminter The prevailing narrative in the corporate innovation bull market of the last 12 years was that “you can’t cut [...]
Mining and retail stocks push FTSE 100 into the green after Christmas shopping boost December 29, 2022 The FTSE 100 has been given a boost by its top retail stocks as investors cashed in on the post-Christmas sales shopping, and as China is set to ease its Covid restrictions for inbound travellers from January 8. Among the top performers on London’s leading index on Wednesday were JD Sports Fashion, Next, Kingfisher and [...]
UK’s next PM could realise Britain’s crypto ambitions August 3, 2022 The UK is now just weeks away from getting its most pro-crypto prime minister ever in all likelihood. Following Boris Johnson’s resignation after a slew of resignations from his government, sexual assault allegations against conservative lawmaker Chris Pincher, and the fallout from ‘Partygate’, there are now only two candidates in the running to lead the [...]
Sunak: BoE will ‘act forcefully’ on inflation and govt will ‘be responsible with borrowing and debt’ June 22, 2022 Rishi Sunak sought to reassure people following a 40-year high in UK inflation to 9.1 per cent, insisting the Bank of England will “act forcefully” to counter the rise. The BoE, which is independent of government, has been criticised for not being quick and decisive enough about rising costs of living, with members of the [...]
UK has more than £854bn in offshore wealth, with 0.92 per cent lost from GDP March 29, 2022 UK citizens own more than £854bn in offshore wealth, ranking it fifth in Europe when measured as a percentage of lost GDP. Britain lost an estimated £19.2bn in tax because of the problem according to new research by anti money laundering group Credas Technologies, with the overall figure representing almost one per cent of national [...]