A tough period for AIM showed little sign of letting up as its first constituent of the new year, in the form of Alliance Pharma, this week laid out plans to head for the exit door. Alliance on Friday said it had reached a near-£350 million agreement with largest shareholder DBAY Advisors to be taken … Read more
A husband and his disabled wife were stopped by Ryanair from flying for their holiday due to a little-known rule on his passport. Abriella Monroe, 32, said a birthday holiday to Tenerife with her husband Sebastien, who has just turned 36, has been ruined. The angry couple, from Wythenshawe, Manchester, told how they had to … Read more
The firm’s annual revenues were around £200m higher than the previous year By HARRY WISE Updated: 05:48 GMT, 10 January 2025 Greggs shares plummeted on Thursday despite the sausage roll maker reporting its sales surpassed £2billion last year. Britain’s largest bakery chain blamed subdued consumer confidence and a ‘more challenging market backdrop’ for hitting footfall … Read more
A listing for a detached family home in Wales has left house hunters in stitches after they noticed an eye-raising feature. From the outside, the four-bedroom house, located in Conwy, looks like an ordinary picturesque period property. With whitewashed walls, stained glass windows and high ceilings, the grade II listed pre-Georgian residence is seemingly perfect for … Read more
Travelling to Anguilla, the most northern of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, is quite the experience. After a nine-hour flight from London to Antigua, followed by a quick layover, we hop on a nine-seater plane for the final leg of our journey. But as we cruise over the Caribbean Sea and the jewel-like … Read more
By EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 22:01 GMT, 9 January 2025 Retail giants Marks & Spencer and Tesco have sounded the alarm over Britain’s ‘uncertain’ economic outlook and tax hikes even as they revealed strong Christmas trading. M&S reported £4.06billion in sales for the three months to 28 December, which was up 5.6 per cent on a … Read more
The most turbulent airports and flight routes of 2024 have been revealed – and it’s not good news if you’ve got a flight booked in South America. The rankings have been drawn up by turbulence forecast website turbli.com, which analysed around 10,000 short and long-haul routes connecting the 550 largest airports in the world. It … Read more
Once again last year, the US stock market was dominated by the Magnificent Seven – with some spectacular share price returns. Chip maker Nvidia, the biggest hitter among group, rose 171 per cent in 2024, while Meta and Tesla rose more than 60 per cent. Amazon, Alphabet and Apple racked up gains of between 44 … Read more
London has been crowned the most popular destination in the world for 2025 by the Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards for destinations, with New York topping the U.S ranking. The winners for the awards were identified based on the quality and quantity of global Tripadvisor reviews specific to several award subcategories, from accommodation to restaurants, between … Read more
Each month, we put a senior fund or investment manager to task with tough questions for our I’m a fund manager series to find out how they manage their own money. We want to know where they’d invest for the next year – and next 10 years – and what pitfalls to avoid. This week, we … Read more
