A self-made online shopping tycoon has landed an £830million pay out after his firm’s share price soared. Matthew Moulding, 48, founded technology firm The Hut Group in 2004 and has received what is one of the largest bonuses in corporate history after the company’s share price rose to meet its target. The target was set … Read more
A preacher has been awarded a £50 pay-out and £1,200 in legal costs by Dorset Police after an officer forcibly removed him from a van while he sang Amazing Grace to a crowd amid coronavirus lockdown. Dorset Police did not admit liability after Dominic Muir, 44, said a police officer ‘aggressively’ mounted his van and … Read more
Clarks shoes criticised for £13m payout to founding family before more than 1,000 job losses Family shareholders were paid £13.4m of dividends over two years This was as the company racked up losses of £114.2m and made job losses Unions representing Clarks’ shop workers lashed out at the payments By Tom Witherow For The Daily … Read more
Wimbledon in line for £174MILLION insurance pay-out after All England Tennis club cashed in policy amid Covid-19 pandemic (which saw event cancelled for first time since the Second World War!) Wimbledon’s guarding through a pandemic is set to result in £174million payout All England Club will be largely unscathed despite the cancellation of event The figure, … Read more
Tory aide ‘frogmarched’ out of Downing Street after being fired by Dominic Cummings amid Brexit leaks frenzy settles employment case with ‘five figure payout’ Ex-Treasury aide Sonia Khan has settled employment claim with ‘five figure’ sum Ms Khan was frogmarched from No10 after being fired by Dominic Cummings She had been accused of still being … Read more
A self-confessed ‘Jack the Lad’ firefighter has won almost a £7,000 payout after he successfully sued the fire service for being unfairly sacked, despite sleeping through an emergency call. ‘Cocky’ full-time firefighter Dan Phelps, from Trowbridge, Wilts, was booted out of his job after bosses had to repeatedly pull him up for a series of behavioural … Read more
Banks have begun stockpiling cash to pay out bumper bonuses in the New Year, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Documents show Barclays has boosted this year’s bonus pool for bankers by 9 per cent to £745million – £63million more than it set aside last year – after making huge profits at its investment bank. … Read more
A businessman who sued jewellers after a rare yellow diamond he gave his girlfriend for Christmas fell out of her ring and was lost in Victoria Station has been handed £30,000 compensation by a judge. In 2017 when Mark Hare bought the ‘fancy’ octagonal 3.1 carat yellow diamond for his ‘thrilled’ then partner, Olivia Claffey, … Read more
Gambler who was denied £1.7m online blackjack win by Betfred would have made £500million if he had kept playing due to computer glitch, bookmaker tells High Court Andrew Green, 54, from Lincolnshire, won £1.7 million from Betfred in Jan 2018 The betting shop has refused to pay out claiming there was a ‘glitch’ in software Mr Green … Read more
Standard Chartered bank signals it could restart dividend payments as soon as February By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 October 2020 Standard Chartered bank has signalled it could restart dividend payments as soon as February. Group treasurer Saleem Razvi told investors the banking … Read more