Cable said Ministers should be cautious about bid from Daniel Kretinsky Former Lib Dem Minister Cable was in charge of privatising Royal Mail in 2013 He sold it for £3.3 billion, or £3.30 a share By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:53 GMT, 14 December 2024 Labour has been warned this weekend not to wave through the…
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:52 GMT, 14 December 2024 The Big Give, a Christmas charity led by recruitment boss James Reed, has surpassed Children In Need and Comic Relief as 2024’s largest fundraising. Donations of £45 million poured in in the week to December 10 from 120,000 members of the public. This was a 35…
After stumbling upon the 2002 novel Soul Drinker in a small Irish library, Dave Rudden became hooked on Warhammer. The young adult writer, known for his Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, says the mix of dark sci-fi and ‘ludicrous bombast’ was gripping and spurred him to write fan fiction before he could even afford…
By ALEX BRUMMER Updated: 09:48 GMT, 14 December 2024 Bank of England watchers are convinced the Monetary Policy Committee will sit on its hands next week when it sets interest rates for the last time this year. If, as governor Andrew Bailey says, the Bank is data-driven, it has little choice but to surprise the…
By JESSICA CLARK Updated: 21:54 GMT, 13 December 2024 US fast food giant Chick-fil-A is aiming to avoid another backlash over the anti-gay views of its billionaire owners when it opens in the UK next year. Chick-fil-A scrapped its Reading pop-up site after just six months when gay rights campaigners targeted it in 2019. But…
By GEOFF HO Updated: 21:53 GMT, 13 December 2024 Rachel Reeves yesterday hailed the impending listing of a French TV and film giant on the London Stock Exchange as a ‘vote of confidence’ in the UK. Ahead of the LSE debut of Canal+ shares on Monday, the Chancellor met the Paris-based firm’s chief executive Maxime…
GDP shrinks again but analysts say the bank is more concerned about inflation By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 15:06 GMT, 13 December 2024 The pound fell back from recent highs on Friday after fresh data showed the economy shrank for a second consecutive month. Data from the office for National Statistics showed a 0.1 per cent…
By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 12 December 2024 The European Central Bank (ECB) cut interest rates for the fourth time this year as the continent’s floundering economy faces political strife and possible US tariffs. The quarter-percentage point cut from 3.25 per cent to 3 per cent takes rates to their lowest since May…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Paris Emily Nicholson, 26, and Saskia Teje Jenkins, 25. The business partners and friends began working on Australian fashion brand Amelie Teje as a side hustle in 2020 with just $2,500 each and have since grown it to seven figures. Responses have been edited for length and clarity. Image…
Hospitality companies have warned the Budget could lead to more job cuts By HARRY WISE Updated: 17:01 GMT, 12 December 2024 Britain’s pubs, restaurants and hotels experienced the fastest increase in costs of any business sector last month, after being hit by tax and wage changes in October’s Budget. Tourism and recreation companies also implemented…
