By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:02 GMT, 9 December 2024 The owner of Cadbury is said to be eyeing rival chocolate maker Hershey’s. If Mondelez’s move succeeds, it would create one of the world’s largest confectioners and bring favourites such as Dairy Milk and Reese’s Pieces together. Hershey’s shares soared more than…
A temporary “tax holiday” could prove to be a “hot mess” for small businesses preparing to implement the new measure this week, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. The Liberal legislation is set to go into effect on Saturday, slashing the goods and services (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST) from dozens of…
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REC/KPMG: The UK labour market suffered a ‘further deterioration’ of conditions Permanent placements contracted at their steepest pace for 15 months By HARRY WISE Updated: 13:47 GMT, 9 December 2024 Vacancies declined at the fastest pace in over four years in November amid the fallout from the Autumn Budget, new hiring data suggests. KPMG and the…
ISS said Mike Ashley and Mike Lennon have ‘real conflicts of interest’ Ashley has accused Boohoo Group of ‘panic-driven mismanagement’ By HARRY WISE Updated: 10:31 GMT, 9 December 2024 A prominent shareholder advisory firm has advised Boohoo investors to reject Frasers Group’s plans to overhaul the online retailer’s leadership. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) said the…
Before election, Reeves and Starmer went on charm offensive with business They still insist they want to unleash growth Labour needs to ditch the naïve socialist beliefs about economy By RUTH SUNDERLAND FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 21:53 GMT, 8 December 2024 Every minister’s nightmare is to be upstaged in front of the media by…
By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:50 GMT, 8 December 2024 Donald Trump has said he will not try to oust Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in January. When asked by US reporters if he would make a change in January, he said: ‘No, I don’t think so,’ despite having previously argued with Powell over…
The UK now ‘doesn’t look so bad’ according to one senior banking source By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 14:08 GMT, 8 December 2024 Global banks are rethinking moves from London to mainland Europe as political chaos engulfs the Continent, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Lenders have been gradually shifting operations to cities including…
By HAMISH MCRAE Updated: 21:53 GMT, 7 December 2024 It is madness that bitcoin should break through the $100,000 barrier, as it did briefly on Thursday. But as Polonius observes in Hamlet: ‘Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.’ The madness is easy to chart. This is an asset that is intrinsically worthless….
The treats on sale may be delicate and sweet – but one of Rachel Reeves’ henchmen faced a bitter tirade from the owners of a patisserie in Darlington when he tried to justify Labour’s huge tax increases. Jane and Frederic Robineau told Treasury Minister James Murray that small business people were ‘crying around their kitchen…
