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One of the first ever Christmas cards is going under the hammer – with auctioneer Christie’s valuing it at £8,000 By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 One of the first ever Christmas cards goes under the hammer on Wednesday – with … Read more

MR MONEY MAKER: Despite demise of Arcadia and Debenhams, retailing may be damaged but it’s not dead yet By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 4 December 2020 What’s happening? With the collapse of Arcadia along with the demise of Debenhams, it feels as … Read more

Domestos, Dove, Persil and Surf are among Unilever’s best known products. They are also some of the trusted brands that we turned to in lockdown when big names spelled reassurance.  But, since the beginning of the year, the consumer goods company’s shares have gone almost nowhere.  Strange, because when people took a break from cleaning, … Read more

Investors eager to hear if Rolls-Royce burned through £1bn in latter six months of 2020 By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 December 2020 Rolls-Royce boss Warren East wasn’t exaggerating when he said 2020 had been a ‘historic shock’ for the aviation industry.  Rolls, … Read more

In a test of people’s knowledge of interest rates, inflation and investments, just 24 per cent of Britons  received full marks, new research reveals. Financial literacy was highest among the 60-69 age group, with 43 per cent able to answer all questions correctly, which suggests people learn more as they gain experience of everyday money … Read more

Want to invest to reduce carbon emissions? iClima Earth launches world’s first ‘carbon avoidance’ ETF iClima Earth has revealed plans to launch its new ESG ETF later this month The exchange traded fund will invest in companies that directly enable CO2e avoidance solutions It will list on the London Stock Exchange with a total expense … Read more

Top investment firms warn cases of sophisticated fraudsters ‘cloning’ their legitimate operations and products to steal people’s cash have soared in the past few months. Its industry body suspects organised criminals are behind a quadrupling of scams since the summer, while victims’ losses have mounted to more than £9million during the pandemic. Fraudsters are using … Read more

‘At the beginning of the Covid crisis we decided that we should put some more money into precious metals,’ says Trevor Steel of Baker Steel Resources Trust. Back then that was a bolder decision than hindsight makes it seem now. But sometimes you just need to hold your nerve. Baker Steel had ready cash to … Read more