Investors seeking a haven from stock market turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic have piled into the precious metal this year. It has now rallied by 35 per cent since the start of 2020.
Statistics on the economy are, to most people, just a remote and abstract jumble of numbers – right until the moment they are the one to have lost their job. It happened to my father in the 1980s.
Alison Levitt QC, the barrister leading an independent review into allegations of modern slavery which have rocked the fast fashion brand, has issued a public call for evidence.
Finnish financial conglomerate Sampo and South African investment firm Rand Merchant Investment Holdings have launched a £1.7bn bid for the motor insurer, which has the board’s approval.
Hipgnosis said Blondie co-founders Debbie Harry (pictured) and Chris Stein had sold the rights to the royalties of 197 songs such as Call Me, Heart of Glass and Rapture.
Bosses cited the impact of coronavirus on passenger numbers at stations and airports and fewer shoppers on UK high streets as they cut headcount to slash costs.
The property firm has come into its own as parcel delivery groups and traditional retailers have been, as chief exec David Sleath put it, ‘scrambling for space’ as they adapt to the Covid-19 world.
The investment firm, which manages £1.2trillion of savers’ and pensioners’ cash, is still handing out a dividend of 4.93p per share which is flat on the same time last year.
Just a day after Treasury figures showed the cost of the scheme had spiralled to nearly £34bn, the gambling giant said it would repay £24.5m it had received. Shares surged 8.9 per cent.
The internet shopping giant, which made a £4bn profit in the second quarter alone, will raise fees by 2 per cent from September 1. It said the decision was prompted by the UK’s 2 per cent digital sales tax.