Daily Mail Business Articles

Mothers spent less time on paid jobs in lockdown and more on household chores than fathers. The gender pay gap widened. This outbreak of accidental
sexism must be tackled.

Britain’s biggest telecoms group is at risk of being taken over because its value has slumped to just above £10billion – the lowest since the depths of the financial crisis.

Demand for the Derby firm’s jet engines has been smashed by the global collapse in air travel, pushing shares to their lowest level since the financial crisis in 2009.

The increase in short positions follows confirmation from Tui’s boss Fritz Joussen that the firm is considering a rights issue after reporting a £1.3 billion loss for the three months to June.

The self-styled grande dame of British biotech investing and now chair of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce was only talked into taking the role in May by her daughter.

Daniel Kretinsky, who owns Sparta Prague football club and who made his fortune in energy, has amassed a £250million stake in the historic FTSE250 company.

Sources said Marc Boyan was weighing a move to merge AIM-listed Reach4Entertainment, which he runs with former BBC boss Lord Grade, with his private group Miroma.

Iconiq Capital sold North-West London-based CSL Group to the private equity firm ECI Partners for an undisclosed sum. CSL turned over £31million in the year to March 2019, its latest accounts reveal.

We don’t need to go back to the 1970s and 1980s to see what inflation does to savings. The Bank of England’s Inflation Report was first published in 1992. And what is £100 in 1992 worth now? £46.27.

City sources said Inspired Pet Nutrition, whose brands include upmarket label Harringtons, has appointed financiers from Harris Williams to work on a ‘strategic review’.