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Vodafone offers £1.9bn to buy out German firm amid long-running legal battle

Vodafone offers £1.9bn to buy out German firm amid long-running legal battle – but the deal would push the mobile phone giant’s debt to £41.9bn Vo... read more

DFS Furniture reveals online sales soared by more than 75% during the coronavirus pandemic

DFS Furniture reveals online sales soared during the pandemic but now Tier 4 shutdowns and border closures threaten its prospects Online sales rose 76% over the... read more

Cardholders of Jaja complain of long wait times and horrendous service

Jaja launched its own app-based credit card in 2019, but it has received a poor response  A smartphone-based credit card provider which bought the accounts of ... read more

SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Bacanora Lithium

Britain’s recent commitment to switch to electric vehicles ten years earlier than planned underlines how rapidly change is on the way. In the UK alone, th... read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Wealth taxes don’t work

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Raiding people’s pensions and homes with a wealth tax won’t pay Britain’s coronavirus bill or target the genuinely rich By Ru... read more

BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as Brexit talks remain in limbo;

BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE and pound slump as new Covid strain crisis grips the nation; Frasers Group warns on profits; Arcadia sells Evans to Australian firm By This ... read more

British lender Vector set to make debut on London Stock Exchange

Vector Capital, specialist lender which provides short-term loans for small businesses, planning to float on stock market on December 29 By Daily Mail City &... read more

Extra £62bn of housing sales agreed this year

Extra £62bn of housing sales agreed this year off back of post-lockdown mini-boom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 December 2... read more

Morrisons boss says ‘it WILL be a merry Christmas’

Five shopping days until Christmas and even with many plans thrown into chaos yesterday, the boss of one of Britain’s biggest grocers is sure of one thing... read more

End of mortgage drought as banks gear up for price war in New Year

End of mortgage drought as banks gear up for price war in New Year By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 1... read more

Debt ‘out of control’ at British firms, says Xavier Rolet

Debt ‘out of control’ at British companies: City titan Xavier Rolet says it could kill the economy – and warns bank loans may have to be cance... read more

Sales at online fashion retailer Missguided soar 45%

Sales at online fashion retailer Missguided soar 45% since April, paving way for potential stock market flotation By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Publi... read more

HAMISH MCRAE: Stand by for a bumpy economic recovery

HAMISH MCRAE: Second half of 2021 will give us a feel for how next growth phase of economy might unfold – but it’s a tricky six months before we get... read more

Richard Haythornthwaite to succeed Stuart Rose as Ocado chairman

Mastercard’s Richard Haythornthwaite to succeed Stuart Rose as Ocado chairman By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 December ... read more

Clothing sales slump 19% with stores forced to close in lockdowns

Clothing sales slump by almost a fifth with stores forced to close during Covid lockdowns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 Dec... read more

MARKET REPORT: Synairgen soars as US agrees to step up drug trial

MARKET REPORT: Synairgen soars 27% as US authorities agree to step up trials of the UK drug maker’s Covid treatment By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Ma... read more

Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain

Vauxhall in talks about producing electric vans in Britain following calls from some of the country’s biggest fleet operators By Matt Oliver For The Daily... read more

Frasers Group pulls out of making full offer for Mulberry

Frasers Group pulls out of potential full takeover of Mulberry despite buying over a third of the business this year The Takeover Panel insisted that it make a ... read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Junior market dominates stock exchange takeovers

Takeovers of companies listed on the junior market have dominated London Stock Exchange deals recently. In the year to September 2020, mergers and acquisitions ... read more

Britain’s tabletop games industry has had a booming year

Collins English Dictionary has named ‘lockdown’ as the word of the year, which may come as no surprise to Britons who have swapped the Red Lion pub ... read more

How Online Payday Loans Ontario can be used Securely

We all love fast and easy online transactions. And, when it comes to loans, it becomes much more comfortable and manageable. Online payday loans nowadays are ea... read more

MARKET REPORT: Bill Gates in the money as Blackstone eyes jet firm

MARKET REPORT: Bill Gates in the money as private equity giant Blackstone makes a move on Signature Aviation By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published:... read more

Investors plough savings into the market to dodge rock-bottom rates

While the pandemic has wreaked havoc on vast swathes of British business, trading firms are in the pink. Households are estimated to have built up around £100b... read more

Applying for a Loan in Canada?- 6 Credit Products to Avoid

We all struggle with emergencies and other financial constraints at some point in life. For many, loans are an excellent way of solving such financial dilemmas.... read more