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Revealed – the blueprint to get City thriving again: More cafes, green spaces and sports facilities in pipeline to lure firms after Brexit and Covid We can reveal that a planning blueprint will recommend creating a vibrant Parisian-style cafe culture The document will lay out plans for more sports facilities and evening and weekend entertainment  … Read more

Will holidaymakers be the losers in the Battle of Heathrow? Travel firms’ fury as airport plans to hike fees for hotels, parking and planes  But it blasts back – saying it needs an extra £2.8 billion and can’t afford the bill By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | … Read more

German chemicals giant BASF pays directors and staff bonus worth €360m after borrowing £1bn from Bank of England By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 German chemicals giant BASF has paid its directors and staff a bonus worth €360million (£312million) after borrowing … Read more

Former JD Sports executive makes audacious swoop on upmarket shirtmaker Thomas Pink after the business ceased trading By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 A former JD Sports executive has made an audacious swoop on upmarket shirtmaker Thomas Pink after the business … Read more

Investment company backed by Lloyds reviving plans to sell same-day courier businesses for £250m By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 An investment company backed by Lloyds is reviving plans to sell one of Britain’s biggest same-day courier businesses for £250million.  City … Read more

Warren Buffett sitting on $138bn cash pile for mega-deal and says investors should ‘never bet against America’ By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 27 February 2021 Warren Buffett is sitting on a $138billion cash pile for a potential mega-deal and said investors should ‘never … Read more

Experience: Rob Hattrell worked at Accenture and Tesco before joining eBay As Rishi Sunak puts the finishing touches to his Budget statement, Rob Hattrell, the European boss of eBay, has a message for the Chancellor: if you launch a tax raid on online retailers, make sure it doesn’t damage small businesses or put off shoppers.  … Read more

Billionaire founder of easyJet refuses to invest any more money in budget airline amid speculation that company plans to tap investors for more cash By Ben Harrington And Neil Craven, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 The billionaire founder of easyJet has refused to … Read more

Pension funds could be given green light to invest hundreds of billions of pounds in building up Britain as part of Chancellor’s Covid recovery plan By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 Pension funds could be given the green light to invest … Read more

One of biggest energy services specialists in Britain switching transport fleet to electric vehicles and will install chargers at employees’ homes By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 February 2021 One of the biggest energy services specialists in Britain is switching its entire transport … Read more