By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 13:24 GMT, 17 November 2024 It’s less Beijing and more Brum for the new boss of posh handbag group Mulberry. Andrea Baldo wants to recapture the glory days of Brit-Chic, when its slouchy Alexa bag was seen on the arm of every It Girl, in a bid to restore the company’s fortunes….
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 12:04 GMT, 17 November 2024 The biggest employers in Britain are facing a £1 billion tax bombshell after they were left reeling by Labour’s plan to hike National Insurance contributions. Some of the best-known firms, which between them provide jobs for more than 1 million people, will owe the Treasury hundreds…
By JOANNE HART Updated: 23:06 GMT, 16 November 2024 Packaging is a complex business – but a lucrative one. Annual sales amount to almost £1 trillion and solid growth is forecast, fuelled by demand from food, drink and healthcare companies. Mpac is a minnow in the field, valued on the stock market at about £160…
Unhealthy, unwholesome and positively dangerous. That was how many 19th Century doctors viewed the use of double beds for couples, married or not. Ideas had changed dramatically by the 1950s and sleeping apart was considered a sign of marital failure. Now, one in six UK couples admit to sleeping separately, often blaming wriggling and restless…
By JON HOPKINS Updated: 09:49 GMT, 16 November 2024 Small cap components manufacturer TT Electronics experienced a power surge after rival Volex revealed it had made two takeover offers for the firm. But Volex said TT’s board refused to engage in talks and had rejected the overtures. Volex said its initial cash and paper bid…
By CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 21:53 GMT, 15 November 2024 BAE Systems has drawn up plans to build an artillery factory in Sheffield as part of a multi-million-pound investment. The FTSE 100 defence giant announced it will spend more than £25m to construct the 94,000 sq ft site, which will be used to manufacture…
EU warns tariffs threatened by Donald Trump could ‘upend global trade’ By ANNE ASHWORTH Updated: 08:35 GMT, 16 November 2024 The European Union yesterday warned that tariffs threatened by Donald Trump could ‘upend global trade’ and would be ‘extremely harmful’ to its economic recovery hopes. The warning from Brussels came as it forecast an acceleration…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Did you get into business to manage software? Unless you’re in tech (like me), you probably didn’t. But thanks to software sprawl, you may spend more time juggling tech tools than talking to customers. Software sprawl happens when you find yourself with more apps or tools than…
Land Securities made £243m in pre-tax profits for the six months to September ‘Demand for modern, sustainable office space in London remains strong’ By HARRY WISE Updated: 14:04 GMT, 15 November 2024 Bluewater Shopping Centre owner Land Securities has raised its full-year outlook after rebounding to a first-half profit. The commercial property investment trust reported…
By DAILY MAIL CITY & FINANCE REPORTER Updated: 22:12 GMT, 14 November 2024 The pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar in more than four months yesterday as the so-called ‘Trump trade’ put further pressure on global markets. Sterling hit $1.2627, its weakest since July 2. It has fallen from above $1.30 on…
