Crystal Palace footballer Eberechi Eze has also become an investor in Virtue By HARRY WISE Updated: 16:43 GMT, 21 November 2024 A fast-growing energy drinks brand has appointed BrewDog co-founder James Watt as a ‘strategic advisor’ after receiving investment from the Scottish entrepreneur. Virtue Drinks revealed Watt, who quit as the brewer’s chief executive earlier…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:03 GMT, 20 November 2024 Fines: Eon customers who switched supplier or ended contracts did not get final bills within six weeks, as required Power firm Eon Next has agreed to pay out £14.5million after ‘unacceptable’ failures to provide final bills and refund credit balances to almost 250,000 pre-payment meter…
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 22:03 GMT, 20 November 2024 Embattled housebuilder Vistry has ousted a top executive as it reels from an accounting blunder. The developer yesterday axed the chief operating officer role to ‘ensure closer proximity of the chief executive to the business’. But the move is unlikely to reassure investors who are concerned…
By LIVE COMMENTARY Updated: 13:13 GMT, 20 November 2024 Consumer price inflation accelerated to its highest level since April last month, fresh data from the Office for National Statistics shows. The Consumer Price Index rose to 2.3 per cent in October from 1.7 per cent in September, higher than the 2.2 per cent forecast by…
By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 22:22 GMT, 19 November 2024 Shares in Imperial Brands hit their highest level for more than five years as the tobacco giant behind the likes of Golden Virginia and Lambert & Butler cashed in on booming demand for vapes. The FTSE 100 group saw sales of so-called next generation products (NGPs)…
The retailer reported a £10.9m pre-tax loss in the six months ending August Turnover fell by a fifth to £72.4m as the firm streamlined its product offering By HARRY WISE Updated: 13:58 GMT, 19 November 2024 Revolution Beauty slumped to a first-half loss following a strategy shake-up that has seen major stock clearance activity and…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 November 2024 HSBC is preparing to axe hundreds of senior bankers over the coming weeks as part of a sweeping overhaul by boss Georges Elhedery. The cost-cutting move – in the run-up to Christmas – will see managers asked to reapply for roles in the bank’s newly…
By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:00 GMT, 18 November 2024 Investors: Luther actor Elba, 52, and his wife Sabrina, 35 A Firm backed by Idris Elba that makes meal replacements for those who do not want to cook has seen sales and profits soar. Huel, which sells drinks and bars stuffed full…
The latest child benefits are going out to Canadian parents this week amid a postal disruption as thousands of Canada Post workers remain on a nationwide strike. Eligible families who have children under the age of 18 years will receive November payments of the Canada child benefit (CCB) on Wednesday. Parents who are expecting payments…
By HAMISH MCRAE Updated: 10:58 GMT, 18 November 2024 The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, wants to get more of us into work. That’s understandable, for the more people in employment, the more people there are paying taxes – and making the Government’s dreadful Budget arithmetic look a little less glum. But how? Up to now, most…
