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Britvic summer sales fizz: Shares rise as soft drinks company raises profit guidance for the year By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:13 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 20 October 2020 Britvic shares fizzed as the soft drinks company announced that its summer sales were ahead of expectations. Its brands, … Read more

Thriving IT equipment firm Softcat breaks £1bn barrier as pandemic boosts trade By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:12 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:42 BST, 20 October 2020 Sales at IT equipment firm Softcat rose from £992m to almost £1.1bn in the year to July 31 IT equipment firm Softcat reported … Read more

Astrazeneca’s US Covid trial to resume after regulators fail to link patient’s illness with the vaccine By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:12 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, 20 October 2020 Astrazeneca’s large, late-stage US trial has been on hold since September 6 Astrazeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial in the United … Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown founder Peter Hargreaves gets voice on board five years after retiring By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:10 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 October 2020 Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Peter Hargreaves has gained a voice on its board five years after retiring. The 74-year-old has hammered out an … Read more

Bosses at Boohoo have scooped up shares in the scandal-hit online retailer after another slump in the price. The fast fashion company’s stock nosedived by more than a fifth this week after its auditor PwC quit and four other beancounters ruled out working for it. Since July Boohoo has been rocked by claims that some … Read more

Trainline shares derailed: Boss Clare Gilmartin steps down for family reasons as ticketing firm’s revenues plummet Gilmartin helped oversee a period of rapid expansion for Trainline until this year Jody Ford was previously the CEO of Photobox Group, the owner of Moonpig   Rail passenger numbers are only running at around a third of their usual … Read more

Housebuilder Bellway restores dividend as the stamp duty holiday lifts summer house sales sharply Bellway’s reservations shot up 30.6% in the first nine weeks from August 1 Chancellor Rishi Sunak suspended stamp duty on home buys under £500,000 The FTSE 250 firm cancelled its dividend after its building sites closed in March By Harry Wise … Read more

More than £800m wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value as auditor quits following sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 More than £800million was wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value after it confirmed it has been ditched by its auditor following revelations … Read more

Retail park-owner Land Securities planning to cut its portfolio by a third as Covid pushes more shoppers online By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 19 October 2020 Land Securities is selling its retail parks as the Covid-19 crisis pushes more shoppers online. The landlord, … Read more

Rare jobs boost for High Street: German Doner Kebab and Geek Retreat to open new branches By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 19 October 2020 Two High Street chains are planning to create more than 1,000 jobs over the next two years in a … Read more