Fitness buff builds £1bn Gymshark clothes brand from parents’ garage

Fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver builds £1bn Gymshark clothes brand from his parents’ garage By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 14 August 2020  A 28-year-old fitness buff and former pizza delivery driver has sealed a deal which values his online gym clothing … Read more

Dubai’s ruling elite face £1bn lawsuit over claims property developer was ‘robbed’ of £500m business

The High Court in London previously published rulings relating to the legal battle between Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his former wife Princess Haya bint Al Hussain of Jordan. Here is a timeline of events in the case. July 15, 1949 – Sheikh Mohammed is born in Dubai. May 3, 1974 … Read more

Aerospace bosses in £1bn fund to prop up suppliers

Top aerospace companies plotting £1bn bailout fund to help suppliers stricken by coronavirus crisis By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 August 2020 Top aerospace companies are plotting a £1billion bailout fund to help suppliers stricken by the virus crisis.  The fund would help … Read more

Argos catalogue to be online-only after 47 years 1bn copies

At its height it was Europe’s most widely printed publication, a book found in three-quarters of British homes, a work only beaten by the Bible for its sheer ubiquity. The complete works of Shakespeare or the latest Harry Potter? No. The Argos Catalogue… which is no more. After 47 years, and an astonishing one billion … Read more

£1bn sale of scandal-hit Priory Group back on

American owner of drug rehabilitation centre that once treated supermodel Kate Moss could be about to revive £1bn sale of scandal-hit Priory Group By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 21:54 BST, 18 July 2020 The American owner of a drug rehabilitation centre that once treated supermodel … Read more

Next and Asos drop Boohoo clothes from websites as £1bn is wiped off fast fashion firm’s values

Next and Asos have dropped Boohoo clothes from their websites as influencers turn their backs and £1billion is wiped off the fast fashion firm’s value in two days over its Leicester lockdown factories scandal.  The Health and Safety Executive is probing three Leicester factories over claims staff are being forced to work with inadequate protection … Read more

Branson to put £200m into Virgin Atlantic as targets £1bn rescue deal

Branson to put £200m into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure £1bn rescue deal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 July 2020 Sir Richard Branson is set to pump £200million of emergency cash immediately into Virgin Atlantic as it races to secure … Read more

Meghan Markle says UK made £1bn out of wedding to Prince Harry

The Duchess of Sussex has claimed that her royal wedding to Prince Harry at Windsor Castle raised more than £1billion in tourism revenue for Britain. Meghan Markle also said the income generated for the public purse ‘far outweighed’ the contribution of taxpayers’ money towards crowd security in May 2018. The claim was made within the … Read more

Washington Sq Park monument defaced as NYPD faces $1bn budget cut

New York City’s famous George Washington Monument was defaced with red paint on Monday as protesters gathered across town outside City Hall ahead of a controversial vote that slashes the city’s police budget by $1billion – 16 percent of its total – despite escalating crime and chaos.  In the latest symbol of police defiance and … Read more

Priti Patel takes swipe at cabinet colleague Robert Jenrick over £1bn deal row

Priti Patel takes swipe at cabinet colleague Robert Jenrick over £1bn deal row – saying she ‘probably would not’ have acted as he did Home Secretary distances herself from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick  Priti Patel says she ‘probably would not’ do the same thing as Cabinet colleague Mr Jenrick watched home scheme promotional video despite it … Read more