Fate of Rolls-Royce exposes the Government’s woeful industrial policy
Three-quarters of its annual turnover is tied to the fortunes of the airline industry. Another lockdown would mean further restrictions...
Year: 2020
Europe sets out stimulus plans as stingy Sunak keeps his powder dry
One country’s economic plan for 2021 will be conspicuous by its absence this autumn. The likes of Germany, Italy and...
41-year-old man loses legal fight for financial support from his parents
An “unprecedented” legal bid by a 41-year-old man to force his parents to support him financially has failed in court....
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have a plan to kill the iPhone
Zuckerberg went one further on his veiled slight against Apple - which is planning to make a change to the...
Woodford’s former trust stifled by debt left by disgraced manager
The new managers of Neil Woodford's investment trust have said they are hamstrung by the debt left by their predecessor...
We need a UK gigafactory, not vague talk on retraining
He’s already built one of Europe’s biggest tech companies. Now Daniel Ek, the founder of Swedish music streaming giant Spotify,...
TP Icap knocked by Liquidnet buyout
TP Icap was the FTSE 250’s biggest faller after it set out plans to slash its dividend to fund a...
Ignore ‘Chicken Licken’ pessimists, says Bank of England chief economist
Excessive pessimism over the state of the economy risks undermining the recovery and making a tough situation worse, the Bank...
J.M. Smucker ditches berries for more stylized identity
Dive Brief: J.M. Smucker Co. revamped its visual identity, abandoning the familiar strawberries, leaves and countrified typeface for a more...
Sweatshop scandal can’t stop the Boohoo conveyor belt from turning
There was no boycott, outraged customers didn’t flock elsewhere. On the contrary, the response was to buy even more of...
