Energy boss ‘took £12m secret payout from City fraudster’

Senior director at Nostrum Oil and Gas accused of accepting ‘illegal’ £12m payment from wanted fraudster in High Court claim By Adam Luck, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:53 BST, 11 July 2020 A senior director at a London-listed oil and gas company has been accused of accepting … Read more

Indivior boss Shaun Thaxter to quit drugs firm with a £2.3m payout 

Indivior boss Shaun Thaxter to leave scandal-hit drugs firm with a potential £2.3m pay-off By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 June 2020 Indivior boss Shaun Thaxter’s departure was abruptly announced yesterday Indivior’s boss is to leave the scandal-hit drugs firm with a financial … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Hyve Group’s shares buzzing after insurance payout

MARKET REPORT: Hyve Group’s shares buzz after conference and trade show organiser wins insurance payout for Covid cancellations By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 19 June 2020 Conference and trade show organiser Hyve Group has been forced to cancel the biggest event in its … Read more

Manager is awarded £36,000 payout after his job was deemed too boring

Manager is awarded £36,000 payout after his job was deemed so tedious he suffered from extreme ‘bore-out’ Frédéric Desnard, 48, worked at Paris-based perfume company Interparfum  He was employed as a manager but was soon relegated to menial jobs, he said  Mr.Desnard said four years of menial tasks left him ‘depressed & ashamed’ Court staff … Read more

‘Bullied’ civil servant wins £250,000 payout

A civil servant who was called ‘racist’ by colleagues for saying it always rains in Wales amid a ‘lengthy campaign of harassment’ has been awarded £250,000 by a tribunal.  Anne Giwa-Amu won her race discrimination case after being mocked for her daily ‘weather reports’, accused of stealing ice cream and criticised for complaining about the cold, … Read more

Small firms still waiting for Barclays coronavirus loan payout

Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown continues into a second week, leaving cash-strapped businesses in despair By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:17 BST, 11 May 2020 | Updated: 08:36 BST, 12 May 2020 Barclays’ coronavirus lending meltdown has continued into its second week, leaving cash-strapped customers in despair.  A week after the launch of … Read more

£60,000 life assurance payout for families of NHS and care heroes killed by coronavirus

Families of NHS and care heroes killed in coronavirus line of duty will get £60,000 payout in Armed Forces-style life assurance policy Health Secretary made the announcement at Downing Street press conference  He revealed 82 NHS workers and 16 social care staff died so far from coronavirus He told the public: ‘We want to do … Read more

Hospital secretary sacked for repeatedly checking her own medical records wins £270,000 payout

Hospital secretary who was sacked for repeatedly checking her own medical records wins £270,000 payout Sarah Austin, 53, was fired by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust after 25 years She had used her work computer to access her and her mother’s files 140 times Tribunal found she was unfairly dismissed and suffered disability discrimination By … Read more

‘We have an army of small investors who rely on our dividend’: Tesco boss defends bumper payout

Tesco’s annual results may have been overshadowed by the steps it is taking to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, but the nitty-gritty of today’s numbers deserve a closer look.  The supermarket’s latest preliminary results cover the year to 29 February and do not cover the spell of mass panic buying in the last few weeks.  … Read more

Savers’ lifeline as Tesco mulls £550m payout: 220,000 small investors in line for dividend

Savers’ lifeline as Tesco mulls £550m payout: 220,000 small investors in line for dividend By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 5 April 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 5 April 2020 Tesco is expected to press ahead with a £550m dividend for shareholders this week.  The supermarket giant is likely to post … Read more