The new chief executive of Aviva has wowed investors with news of a tighter focus ahead and a resumption in the company’s dividend. Shares in… Read More »Aviva shares surge on ‘shake-up’ and dividend resumption
Even when it is swimming with the tide – as opposed to against it, as in the recent past – there will always be someone… Read More »‘Big fat zero’ profit boost to Serco from COVID-19 contracts
The sushi chain YO! has added itself to the conveyor belt of restaurant chains considering insolvency mechanism to reduce their financial liabilities as the coronavirus… Read More »Coronavirus: YO!’s talks with landlords put CVA on the menu
FA Cup winners’ Arsenal have announced plans to cut dozens of jobs as the continuing coronavirus crisis takes a toll on revenues. The Premier League… Read More »FA Cup winners Arsenal plan redundancies due to financial hit from pandemic
The chairman of Britain’s water regulator is joining OVO Energy, the latest entrant to the handful of companies which dominate the gas and electricity sector.… Read More »Ofwat chair Cox joins energy supplier OVO
It has become one of the most reliable companies in the FTSE 100 during the last decade: a business whose wide spread of products and… Read More »Hangover for Diageo shares despite coronavirus crisis dividend growth
Drayton Manor Park has been rescued by a French leisure company after falling into administration. The Bryan family is selling the Staffordshire attraction for the… Read More »Drayton Manor Park rescued by French leisure company
Hays Travel is to cut up to 878 jobs from a workforce of 4,500, the firm has announced. Owners John and Irene Hays blamed the… Read More »‘We have had no choice’: Hays Travel to cut up to 878 jobs
The departing boss of Standard Life Aberdeen is to become the stopgap chairman of Britain’s audit regulator as ministers seek a heavyweight figure to push… Read More »City veteran Skeoch to become acting audit watchdog chair
The younger son of tycoon Rupert Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corporation, the media empire which his father founded. James Murdoch, 47,… Read More »Rupert Murdoch’s son quits News Corp board after ‘editorial content disagreements’