Shares in Hiscox surged as much as 14 per cent on Monday following news that two rivals are considering takeover bids for the Lloyd’s of London insurer. Japan’s Sompo Holdings and…
The group that includes Sykes Holiday Cottages saw its pre-tax loss widen to almost £75m during its latest financial year, it has been revealed. Forge Holiday Group, which also includes…
It’s been a rough few years for Pixar, who are no longer the hitmakers they used to be. The Pandemic was rough for them, as interesting work like Soul and…
Nicolas Cage lends his star power to this curious indie horror. In a post-apocalypse, his characterPaul lives in a country house with his teenage sons Joseph (Jaeden Martell) and Thomas…
Mike Ashley’s retail empire Frasers Group has lowered its stake in white goods giant AO World. The owner of brands including House of Fraser and Sports Direct has reduced its…
The operator behind iconic Edinburgh venues including the Festival Theatre and King’s Theatre has continued its post-pandemic comeback as the musical Hamilton smashed the group’s box office records, according to…
This melodramatic two-hander is based around the fact that weeks before his death, psychologist Sigmund Freud (played here by Anthony Hopkins) was visited by an unknown Oxford academic. The film…
France and Toulon rugby player Melvin Jaminet has apologised and pledged to assist investigations after he was suspended for apparently making racist remarks. Jaminet was swiftly pulled from France’s current…
The Maldives is the kind of place that inspires bad prose. These impossibly manicured resort islands in the Indian Ocean fill you with an urge to write things like “turquoise…
Peacocks has clawed its way back to profit after shedding more than 1,400 jobs, newly-filed documents have revealed. The high street retailer, which was saved from administration in a management…