As the blue chip index reshuffles this week, other firms are braced for a familiar fight against relegation“There is no disgrace in Watford being a yo-yo club between the top two divisions, because sometimes they can be a yo, if you know what I mean.”T…
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EasyJet dreams of promotion to the FTSE 100 premier league
As the blue chip index reshuffles this week, other firms are braced for a familiar fight against relegation“There is no disgrace in Watford being a yo-yo club between the top two divisions, because sometimes they can be a yo, if you know what I mean.”T…
Read moreEasyJet dreams of promotion to the FTSE 100 premier league
As the blue chip index reshuffles this week, other firms are braced for a familiar fight against relegation“There is no disgrace in Watford being a yo-yo club between the top two divisions, because sometimes they can be a yo, if you know what I mean.”T…
Read moreFinancier ‘used investors’ money to fund lifestyle’
Founder of Carlauren Group raised £75m but bought yachts and cars, high court hearsA financier behind an investment scheme bearing striking similarities to the one run by the disgraced businessman Gavin Woodhouse used investors’ money to fund a lifesty…
Read moreBritain’s carmakers fear the wheels are coming off
Not even the UK’s F1 expertise can persuade Tesla to invest, or boost poor sales figures as Brexit loomsWhat have toothpaste manufacturing and Formula One motor racing got in common?Very little, on the face of it – unless you head to a factory in Maide…
Read moreJamie Oliver launches new mid-range restaurant concept
New chain to open in Bangkok and Bali with 19 other openings planned despite recent UK woesJamie Oliver is to take another crack at building a mid-range restaurant chain just six months after most of the celebrity chef’s UK dining empire collapsed.Two …
Read moreJamie Oliver launches new mid-range restaurant concept
New chain to open in Bangkok and Bali with 19 other openings planned despite recent UK woesJamie Oliver is to take another crack at building a mid-range restaurant chain just six months after most of the celebrity chef’s UK dining empire collapsed.Two …
Read moreInvesting is not so different from playing the lottery – just less fun
Many who sneer at the national lottery – now turning 25 – will coolly hand large sums to a smooth fund manager“The Lottery, with its weekly pay-out of enormous prizes, was the one public event to which the proles paid serious attention. It was probable…
Read moreFounder of scandal-hit chicken firm returns to lead poultry division
Ranjit Singh Boparan had stepped aside after Guardian food standards investigationThe billionaire founder of the country’s largest supplier of supermarket chicken has returned to take day-to-day control of his business empire’s poultry division, less t…
Read moreUK betting firms commit to five pledges for safer gambling
Ten groups agree voluntary measures in attempt to avoid regulations being imposedThe UK betting industry has devised five safer gambling commitments, as the embattled sector attempts to avoid having new regulations imposed on it by central government.T…
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