Bridgepoint staff scoop a £2.5bn windfall: Private equity firm’s share price surges following its blockbuster stock market debut By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 Staff and partners at private equity firm Bridgepoint are sitting on a windfall of £2.5billion following its … Read more
Online shopping surges to account for a fifth of global retail revenue last year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 3 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 3 May 2021 Click and buy: Online sales accounted for 19 per cent of sales in 2020 Online sales accounted for a fifth of … Read more
Coronavirus has left no corner of the U.S. untouched, but counties with large minority populations are up to 150% more likely to have been hard-hit by infections compared to mostly white regions of the country, new data shows. The virus spread like wildfire in communities of color, taking off fastest first in areas with large … Read more
Walking has never had it so good. What used to be a chore is now the highlight of the day – part of our precious hour of outdoor exercise. It’s good for us, of course. Apart from reducing the risk for everything from certain cancers to type 2 diabetes, walking has a positive effect on … Read more
The UK is on course to inoculate half of the adult population by the end of the week as the vaccine rollout roars ahead. Some 24,453,221 have had at least one dose of the vaccine – less than two million shy of half of all over-18s in the UK. It follows a bumper weekend, with … Read more
British businesses are increasingly confident of bouncing back this year, with levels of optimism higher than their global counterparts, according to a new survey. UK firms are more likely to expect a rebound in activity in the coming months than their competitors around the world and expectations of a spike in growth are now stronger … Read more
Number of teenage girls developing tics and Tourette’s syndrome surges as a result of rising lockdown anxiety Specialists at Great Ormond Street and Evelina have reported a rise in referrals Before pandemic, average of six teenage girls presented symptoms each year Now experts say they are receiving three or four new referrals evey week Tics … Read more
Labour surges to a four point lead over Boris Johnson and the Conservatives – Sir Keir Starmer’s biggest polling margin since the 2019 general election New Opinium poll puts the Labour Party on 41 per cent and Tories on 37 per cent Four point lead is Labour’s biggest margin over Tories since general election Tories … Read more
Two million people have now died worldwide with coronavirus, according to a grim tally conducted by the Johns Hopkins University. The prestigious US university, based in Baltimore, Maryland, published figures today showing at least 2,000,905 have died with coronavirus and more than 93 million people globally have been infected by Covid-19. The milestone was reached … Read more
Deliveroo will expand to 100 new towns and cities across UK for an additional four MILLION customers following surge in demand during pandemic Food delivery service Deliveroo will expand reach to 100 new cities and towns Currently operates in over 200 locations but will reach four million more people Additional customers will be able to access … Read more