Rent-to-own retailer BrightHouse on brink after surge of mis-selling claims Accountancy firm Grant Thornton is on standby to handle a potential insolvency The collapse of BrightHouse would put 2,400 jobs at risk The firm offers rent-to-own deals on electrical goods to hard-up shoppers By Harriet Dennys For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:20 GMT, 29 … Read more
Santander boss tells MoS: We have NEVER thought of UK sale Ana Botin contacted The Mail on Sunday to dispel City speculation Botin said she had ‘never considered’ offloading the UK bank It comes after a string of high-profile managers quit By Helen Cahill For Mail On Sunday Published: 22:20 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: … Read more
Owner of Canary Wharf in £1.6bn talks to sell one of Britain’s oldest port companies Brookfield looking to run a ‘strategic review’ of PD Ports PD Ports owns 13 UK shipping terminals, including those at Hull and Felixstowe By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:10 … Read more
Charlie Mullins’ son takes over as Pimlico Plumbers boss stands down Charlie Mullins, 67, has taken a new role as chairman His son Scott, 48, has stepped up to chief executive The family-owned firm has also rebranded from ‘Pimlico Plumbers’ to ‘Pimlico’ By Harriet Dennys For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:15 GMT, 29 February 2020 … Read more
Make BP quit Russia, Lib Dem peer Lord Teverson urges Bank boss Carney Lord Teverson is concerned about BP’s £9.8bn stake in oil and gas giant Rosneft Tensions between Rosneft and US could damage BP’s ability to pay dividends BP dividends are relied upon by major pension funds By Harriet Dennys For The Mail On … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: The coronavirus is a tough test for the global economy… but we’re resilient By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 23:12 GMT, 29 February 2020 Bang. Something had to trigger the next global economic downturn, but we did not know what it would be. … Read more
Boris Johnson’s refusal to back Heathrow’s third runway threatens to leave the taxpayer on the hook in a £500million court case, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. In a move that dismayed businesses last week, the Prime Minister decided not to appeal when the Government’s official policy of expanding Heathrow was rejected on environmental grounds … Read more
Gerald Ratner pulls out his phone and starts scrolling through his Twitter feed. We’re sitting backstage moments after he has given a speech about his fateful gaffe almost 30 years ago. The infamous moment is still dragged up daily on social media – and Ratner says he can’t stop himself looking up who has become … Read more
I’m finally being dragged out of my dinosaur-ish tendencies by Google’s Pixelbook Go. It’s deliciously slim, affordable and can do pretty much anything a ‘real’ PC can By Rob Waugh Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 29 February 2020 Google Pixelbook Go From £629, store.google.com … Read more
Markets started off believing that the coronavirus outbreak would be brief and contained, and the ill-effects would be eased by central banks or governments. Now, dealers and analysts are seeing a torrent of company reports laying bare the damage, either in terms of reduced demand in China and Asia, which has hit drinks giant Diageo, … Read more