In slimness and health! Marriage boosts weight loss among both men and women… and it lasts for years, new study suggests Couples are likely to shed weight after they get married according to research Scientists tracked more than 300 individuals in their 20s for their study Those who were overweight when wed dropped to healthier size … Read more
Bradley Walsh has reportedly seen his earnings boosted by £2 million, making him the UK’s highest-paid presenters behind Ant and Dec. Accounts filed by his Wingit Productions show The Chase frontman, 60, has funds valued at around £11.5 million, up from £9.5 million the previous year. It comes following reports that Bradley is being lined … Read more
Verona Pharma became the latest biotechnology minnow to wow London investors with its work to help combat Covid-19. The AIM-listed group has been given permission by US authorities to test an inhaler containing its drug ensifentrine on hospitalised coronavirus patients in Alabama. It believes the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) treatment could help reduce inflammation … Read more
The surge in online shopping and almost overnight shift to working from home during lockdown has been a boon for warehouse owner Segro. The property firm has come into its own as parcel delivery groups and traditional retailers have been, as chief executive David Sleath put it, ‘scrambling for space’ as they adapt to the … Read more
A stem cell therapy boosted Covid-19 survival rates five-fold for patients hooked up to ventilators, Spanish scientists have claimed. Two out of the 13 patients in the small study died, with the remainder returning from the brink of death after doctors assumed at least 11 of them would succumb to the disease. Overall 70 per … Read more
The FTSE 100 has rallied to its highest level in three months as downtrodden travel stocks continue a comeback. The blue-chip index pulled further away from its coronavirus lows, rising 2.6 per cent, or 162.27 points, to 6382.41. The Footsie has now gained 28 per cent since late March but remains down 15 per cent this year. … Read more
Hunt for bargain shares boosts Hargreaves: Investment platform received business worth £4bn in first four months of the year By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 14 May 2020 Savers ploughed cash into their Hargreaves Lansdown accounts in the first four months of the year as … Read more
At last! Lloyds ramps up Covid lending: Bank boasts it has approved £1billion worth of loans to 32,000 firms By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:54 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:41 BST, 5 May 2020 Lloyds approved seven times as many ‘bounce back’ loans to struggling firms in a day than … Read more
Shares in M&C Saatchi surged by more than a quarter after a tech industry veteran took a hefty stake in the advertising network. Serial investor Vin Murria bought 13.25 per cent of the AIM-listed company’s shares on April 30, according to a stock market announcement yesterday. Murria is an adviser at Hgcapital, was previously chief executive … Read more
Ricky Gervais ‘boosts his companies’ earnings by £2 MILLION after huge Netflix deal for his acclaimed series After Life’ By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 01:42 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 03:28 BST, 18 April 2020 Ricky Gervais reportedly increased his companies’ earnings last year by £2 million thanks to the success of his … Read more