By Emily Hawkins Updated: 12:22 BST, 14 April 2024 Supermarkets are selling their stores to raise quick cash. Asda and Morrisons – which both have large debt piles – led the way with deals to offload their shops and warehouses last year. Although they sell the property, the grocers can […]
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By Francesca Washtell Updated: 12:28 BST, 14 April 2024 Boeing’s torrid start to 2024 has been well publicised. Its troubles include – but sadly are not limited to – part of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max blowing off mid-flight in January and allegations from a whistleblower about flawed manufacturing […]
By Patrick Tooher Updated: 12:29 BST, 14 April 2024 A High Court judge will decide this week if Sir Richard Branson can vote in favour of Nationwide’s £2.9billion bid to buy Virgin Money, where the tycoon is the biggest shareholder. Branson stands to make up to £650million from the deal, […]
Aston Martin’s boss was handed £1.3million to commute weekly from Italy to the Midlands by private jet, fuelling the row over boardroom excess. More details about Amedeo Felisa’s unusual arrangements to get to the luxury car maker’s base in Gaydon, Warwickshire emerged this week. It comes just days after a […]
Many of us harbour idle fantasies about creating a multi-billion pound business from scratch, living in a mansion and flying to work in a helicopter. Richard Harpin has been there, done that – and now wants to share his formula with other aspiring moguls. He is letting the world into […]
By Francesca Washtell Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 April 2024 Under pressure: Billionaire Patrick Drahi Billionaire telecoms mogul and Sotheby’s owner Patrick Drahi is under pressure to carve up his vast empire. The French businessman’s children want the tycoon, who is the biggest shareholder in BT, to scale back his mobile and […]
By Joanne Hart Updated: 22:09 BST, 13 April 2024 Graffiti can be ugly, irritating and destructive. Street art is supposed to be different – and D*Face is one of its most prolific proponents. Known for outsized murals, the London-born artist is celebrated for work in cities from Los Angeles to […]
By Joanne Hart Updated: 22:10 BST, 13 April 2024 Gold and silver are having a moment. Before Christmas, gold was trading at $1,980 an ounce. That was already pretty punchy, but the price has since risen 18 per cent to more than $2,300 an ounce. Silver – sometimes described as […]