The Dividend Hero investment trusts that raised payouts even as firms hacked back… and some have lifted income since The Graduate hit the screens By Simon Lambert For This Is Money Published: 12:53 GMT, 15 March 2021 | Updated: 12:53 GMT, 15 March 2021 The Dividend Hero investment trusts that bucked the trend and increased … Read more
Standard Life Aberdeen cuts dividend by a third as customers continue to pull money out of its funds By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 | Updated: 22:47 GMT, 9 March 2021 Crisis: Standard Life Aberdeen’s Edinburgh HQ Standard Life Aberdeen has slashed its dividend by a third after … Read more
M&G raises dividend payout as the fund firm unveils first set of results since demerging from Prudential in 2019 Final dividend increased by 2.6%to 12.23p per share, from 11.92p in 2019 The fund manager had some £367bn of assets under management last year Balance sheet ‘robust’ as group generated nearly £1bn in 2020 Pre-tax profits … Read more
Serco fights back over Test & Trace farce: Boss Rupert Soamesdefends plans to pay dividend claiming firm has been ‘demonised’ By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 Serco’s boss launched a vigorous defence of the NHS Test & Trace system as the … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer fumed today that it was ‘outrageous’ Test and Trace contractor Serco has restarted dividends after raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash during the pandemic. The outsourcing giant reported a surge in profits in 2020 after being handed £350million in Government Covid contracts. Serco is doing so well that … Read more
Discount retailer Home Bargains pays its billionaire owner £16m dividend Home Bargains paid majority shareholder Tom Morris a £15.8million dividend Firm declined to say whether it has accepted a business rates holiday Home Bargains annual business rates obligations are estimated to be £36m By Neil Craven for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 20 … Read more
Investors in Barclays can bank on a dividend: Lender revives payouts as boss Jes Staley looks to a big coronavirus recovery By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 18 February 2021 Barclays became the first major British bank to resume its dividend as the lender’s … Read more
British American Tobacco becomes latest firm to hike its dividend after posting a 10% rise in annual profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 British American Tobacco (BAT) is the latest firm to hike its dividend after a 10 per cent … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: Dunelm restarts dividend; Persimmon puts aside £75m for cladding issues; 600,000 firms at risk of collapse By This Is Money Published: 08:03 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 08:15 GMT, 10 February 2021 Dunelm Group has reinstated its dividend after its first-half profits jumped by about a third to £112.4million thanks to strong … Read more
Savers and pensioners were given a boost after housebuilder Barratt Developments reinstated its dividend. Record sales allowed the group to set aside a half-year payout of 7.5p per share. The housing market rebounded sharply after the first Covid lockdown brought viewings and sales to a standstill for weeks last spring. But estate agents were quick … Read more