Hinkley Point nuclear plant to be delayed and cost £500m more

Hinkley Point nuclear plant to be delayed and cost £500m more than expected By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 January 2021 | Updated: 22:50 GMT, 27 January 2021 Hinkley Point C – the nuclear power station being built in Somerset – is set to be delayed, and costs are likely … Read more

Littlewoods owner Very enjoys a record-breaking Christmas with sales hitting £500m

Littlewoods owner Very enjoys a record-breaking Christmas with sales hitting £500m By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:03 GMT, 12 January 2021 | Updated: 22:03 GMT, 12 January 2021 A partnership with actress Michelle Keegan further boosted Very’s success Online retailer Very enjoyed a record-breaking Christmas as shoppers splashed out during … Read more

McLaren in talks to raise £500m in deal that could see it go public 

McLaren in talks to raise £500m in a deal that could see supercar maker finally go public By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 10 December 2020 McLaren is in talks to raise £500million in a deal that could see the supercar maker finally go … Read more

Virgin Money sinks to loss after putting £500m aside for bad loans

Virgin Money sinks to a £168m full year loss after putting £500m aside to cover bad loans By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 25 November 2020 Virgin Money has sunk to a full-year loss after setting aside £501million to cover bad loans. The challenger … Read more

Lloyds Bank’s £500m cyber crime battleplan

Lloyds Bank working on £500m technology project that includes better protection for customers from hackers By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 31 October 2020 Lloyds Bank is working on a £500million technology project that includes better protection for customers from hackers.  It is understood … Read more

Gambler refused £1.7m blackjack payout by Betfred ‘would have made £500m on the glitch’

Gambler refused a £1.7m online blackjack payout by Betfred would have made £500million if he kept playing due to computer glitch, bookmaker tells High Court Andrew Green, 54, from Lincolnshire, won £1.7 million from Betfred in Jan 2018 The betting shop has refused to pay out claiming there was a ‘glitch’ in software Mr Green won the … Read more

Gambler refused £1.7m blackjack payout by Betfred ‘would have made £500m on the glitch’

Gambler refused a £1.7m online blackjack payout by Betfred would have made £500million if he kept playing due to computer glitch, bookmaker tells High Court Andrew Green, 54, from Lincolnshire, won £1.7 million from Betfred in Jan 2018 The betting shop has refused to pay out claiming there was a ‘glitch’ in software Mr Green won the … Read more

Amazon will NOT be impacted by £500m digital services tax – but smaller retailers will be

Amazon will NOT be impacted by £500m digital services tax – but smaller retailers will be, HMRC admits Two per cent on tax on internet giants will not impact Amazon, HMRC admits  Treasury said Digital Services Tax would make companies pay ‘fair contribution’ Business leaders say the tax is penalising smaller companies who use Amazon   … Read more

Royal London and LV= in talks about £500m tie-up

Royal London and rival financial services firm LV= in talks about £500m tie-up By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 27 September 2020 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 27 September 2020 Royal London and rival financial services firm LV= are in talks about a £500m tie-up.  The potential deal could see the pair … Read more

Hancock announces £500m cash injection into trials of 20-minute coronavirus tests

The Government is injecting half a billion pounds into trials of rapid coronavirus tests in a bid to boost its lagging turnaround times for results. Pilots in Salford and Southampton of devices that scour saliva for signs of the virus will benefit from the funding package. And a Hampshire trial of a more conventional swab test … Read more