Junior doctors in England are understood to have been offered a 22 per cent pay rise over two years in a bid to resolve their long-running pay dispute with the …
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We’re (not) lovin’ it: McDonald’s posts first sales drop since 2020
Consumers voted with their wallets in 2024 and began to shy away from McDonald’s price increases for their fast-food offerings, leading to the first drop in sales at the restaurant …
EP: 287 Glorious Goodwood – Wednesday
The battle of the best 3-year-old milers takes place at Goodwood on Wednesday as the likes of Rosallion, Henry Longfellow and Notable Speech take on their elders in the Group …
UBS: Silver prices under pressure, but not for long
Silver prices might be under pressure at the moment, but an expected surge in the macroeconomic environment might be enough to push the precious metal up rapidly, UBS analysts Dominic …
Heineken shares drop on near-£750m China impairment charge
Heineken has taken a €874m (737m) impairment charge on its investment in China’s largest brewer, leading it into the red and causing shares to drop by seven per cent in …
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin nets almost £10m in share sale
The founder of JD Wetherspoon has sold almost £10 million worth of shares in the pub giant. Shares in the business dropped in early trading as a result. Tim Martin, …
Tom Daley wins fifth Olympic medal as Team GB add to tally at Paris 2024
Team GB’s Tom Daley and Noah Williams have won silver in the men’s synchronised 10m platform diving at the Paris 2024 Olympics. It is a fifth medal in as many …
FTSE 100: London inches towards all-time high as markets anticipate rate call
FTSE 100 stocks started the week with a surge, rising one per cent in the three hours after the opening bell, as the market holds its breath on whether the …
Mortgage market treads water before of Bank of England interest rate decision
The mortgage market continued to tread water in June as households look for some certainty about when the Bank of England might start cutting interest rates. Bank of England data …
Reckitt Benckiser: Dettol producer shares plunge on baby formula fears
Shares in consumer giant Reckitt Benckiser plunged nearly 10 per cent in early trades after a US jury found Abbott Laboratories failed to warn consumers about the health risks of …