Bovis Homes set to take on housebuilding giants Barratt and Persimmon as it inks billion pound deal for Galliford Try’s housing business Bovis has splashed out over £1bn for Galliford Try’s residential homes business Idea first floated in September as housebuilders face increasing pressure Rival Persimmon announced results today, with its sales falling by 6 per … Read more
POLAR CAPITAL TECHNOLOGY: Trust offers a way to invest in web giants like Microsoft, Apple and Google By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 8 May 2020 | Updated: 09:27 BST, 9 May 2020 WHAT IS IT? The trust was ahead of its time in 1996 when it launched, focusing on … Read more
Majestic giants terrified of a tiny bee! Gripping tome reveals little-known facts about elephants – including how flying insects are used to keep them away from farmer’s crops Levison Wood sparks a conversation about ensuring the survival of elephants In a tome, he reveals there’s fewer than half a million of the animals left in … Read more
The worst could be over in 6 months, say UK drug giants as they reveal huge sales surge amid race to find a vaccine By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 29 April 2020 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 29 April 2020 Glaxosmithkline chief Emma Walmsley, said she expected the turmoil to continue for … Read more
Google, Amazon and eBay remove products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 18 April 2020 Google, Amazon and eBay have removed dozens of products advertised on their sites claiming to ‘protect’ customers from 5G. … Read more
Insurance giants axe dividends worth £1.3bn in fresh blow to beleaguered savers By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 8 April 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 8 April 2020 Insurance giants have axed dividends worth £1.3 billion in a fresh blow to beleaguered savers. Aviva, Direct Line, Hiscox and RSA Group all … Read more
Twitter, Facebook and other social media companies are being urged by the government to deal with a spate of conspiracy theories linking 5G to coronavirus. Ministers will meet with the companies after mobile masts in Birmingham, Merseyside and Belfast were set on fire following theories being posted online. Mobile companies described the fears 5G caused … Read more
Engineering giants in race to design new medical ventilator as NHS warns it needs an extra 20,000 By Sam Greenhill and Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 March 2020 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 19 March 2020 UK firms are racing against time to design a new life-saving medical ventilator by next … Read more
A growing number of retail giants closed their doors on Thursday and restaurants heeded calls for social distancing amid Europe’s coronavirus pandemic, in the largest mass closure yet. In the restaurant world Zizzi and Ask Italian are to close their sites temporarily as national restaurant chains start to shut in the face of the coronavirus … Read more
Major tech companies including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have issued a joint statement on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19, which has killed over 7,100 people.