After being taught to sew by his mother, Ben Francis and a group of friends set up Gymshark when he was just 19. US private equity giant General Atlantic has snapped up a 21 per cent stake.
If you are one of the many investors who need an income, prepare for a little good news. A few big name firms have resumed paying dividends, and there are some generous yields on offer.
Graeme Pitkethly, 53, and his wife Linda sold a combined 47,000 shares on Monday. They sold for £2.1m overall. Pitkethly, joined Unilever in 2002, and was appointed chief financial officer in 2015.
Bertram Books was one of just two major national wholesalers supplying books to UK stores when it collapsed in June. It owes money to around 2,500 trade creditors, according to company filings.
The combination of a huge fiscal stimulus pushing government borrowing for 2019-20 up to £350bn and £300bn of money printing by the Bank of England has turned the tanker around.
The AIM-listed group has been given permission by US authorities to test an inhaler containing its drug ensifentrine on hospitalised coronavirus patients in Alabama.
The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into funeral firms last year after a 2018 study found high prices were being charged.
National Express hopes cutting fares will attract people back to using its buses, which are around half-full at the moment even though a full service is running in the West Midlands .
Weeks after its 1,200 shops were given the green light to reopen, the number of people heading to the West End remained down by close to two-thirds in July, compared to the same period last year.
FTSE 100 company GVC said it used the taxpayer-funded furlough scheme to temporarily sideline 14,000 shop staff, helping it to cut costs. However it would not commit to returning the money to the Government.