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Does Chancellor’s £2bn jobs scheme need a little kickstart itself?

When the £2billion Kickstart Scheme was launched by Chancellor Rishi Sunak last autumn, it was seen as a lifeline by many small businesses.  Companies could r... read more

World of Books put up for sale by Bridges Fund Management

World of Books put up for sale by sustainability-focused private investor Bridges Fund Management By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 14:47 BST,... read more

NCP car parks giant warns its landlords: It’s rent cuts or bust

NCP car parks giant launches restructuring plan, and warns its landlords: It’s rent cuts or bust By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 14:45 BS... read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: It’s in our DNA to help look after your finances

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: We will do all we can to help you look after your financial interests – it’s in our DNA By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday P... read more

STOCKS TO WATCH: BAE pieces together Royal Navy warship

STOCKS TO WATCH: BAE pieces together Royal Navy submarine-hunting warship in Glasgow  By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 11:15 BST, 2 May 2021 | ... read more

Banks MUST do more to help victims of fraud

Banks are STILL blaming the victims of sophisticated transfer scams in most cases – we need an urgent overhaul of the refund rules, warns GARETH SHAW of W... read more

Sage of Kensington makes reader £10,000 richer

‘Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.’  This investment ‘rule’ seems timely for so many reasons, b... read more

TONY HETHERINGTON: My Nectar card was emptied while I slept

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning ... read more

Barclays clears the way for new fees if rates go negative

Barclays quietly rewrites terms and conditions to allow it to impose new fees on savers and current account customers if interest rates go negative By Helen Cah... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Speedy Hire’s rapid recovery

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Speedy Hire’s rapid recovery thanks to Covid pandemic building work By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Crossword makes Covid passports secure

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Psst! Ex-spy boss Sir Richard Dearlove could find profit in making Covid passports secure with Crossword Cybersecurity By Joanne Hart, Financi... read more

Tom McAlpin launching Virgin cruises – but you’ll need two jabs

Bullish: Virgin Voyages chief executive Tom McAlpin with Sir Richard Branson He’s very excited, he’s been waiting a long time to launch this busine... read more

Major City investors join queue to fund UK’s Disneyland

Major City firms pledge to bankroll £2.6bn theme park in Kent being dubbed ‘UK’s answer to Disneyland’ By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On S... read more

Abrdn chief executive Stephen Bird hits back over name change

Abrdn chief executive Stephen Bird hits back: Name change is start of big shake-up at FTSE100 funds giant By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 2... read more

Loan shark route for borrowers as Provident ends doorstep loans?

Provident to dump doorstep loans arm: Move will drive desperate borrowers into hands of loan sharks, experts warn Pulling down the shutters  will send shockwav... read more

Fund giant Ruffer slashes Bitcoin stake after Elon Musk tweets

Fund giant slashes Bitcoin stake after Elon Musk tweets trigger a frenzy: Ruffer cashes in on price surge with huge sale – so is bubble set to burst? By E... read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Will we gallop out or canter out from pandemic?

HAMISH MCRAE: UK recovery from coronavirus is secure, the main issue being whether we gallop or canter out from under the shadow of the pandemic By Hamish Mcrae... read more

JP Morgan set to launch UK current account in autumn

JP Morgan set to launch UK current account in autumn – and it wants customers to pay their salaries in By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published... read more

Royal Mail struck by wave of allegations about bullying

Royal Mail struck by wave of allegations about bullying after we revealed that its new boss is attempting to stamp out the problem By Alex Lawson, Financial Mai... read more

Shapps predicts Britain will be largest economy in Europe

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps predicting Britain will overtake Germany to become largest economy in Europe by 2050 By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunda... read more

eBay’s fake trainers test will be next

eBay preparing to crack down on sales of fake luxury watches after successfully launching a checking scheme for expensive trainers in UK By Alex Lawson, Financi... read more

Warren Buffett says ‘average person cannot pick stocks’

Warren Buffett says ‘average person cannot pick stocks’ in warning to wave of amateur investors who have taken up trading during pandemic By Alex La... read more

Would you buy a home that used to be an office? Here’s what you need to know about conversions

Would you buy a home that used to be an office? More people are being encouraged to do just that, as the City of London announced plans to build 1,500 new homes... read more

Barclaycard customers facing credit limit cuts handed more confusion

Barclaycard customers who have had their credit limits cut by as much as 95 per cent have faced yet more confusion, after wrongly being told new limits were bas... read more