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Peppa Pig SOLD to US toy giant Hasbro: Firm behind Monopoly and Transformers snaps up London-listed Entertainment One for £3.3bn Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One has been sold to US toy firm Hasbro Hasbro is the US toy-making giant behind My Little Pony and Monopoly Entertainment One shareholders are set to receive £5.60 per share … Read more
Chorley Building Society launches a new savings deal just for the over-60s paying £1.35% By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 16 July 2019 | Updated: 09:18 BST, 17 July 2019 Chorley BS has launched a savings account that is available only to those aged 60 and over. Its top rate is … Read more
Retired homeowners looking to convert their home equity into cash have in the past had limited options. Traditionally, the route to do this was through equity release, usually through a lifetime mortgage – but these are often expensive, and can eat into a borrower’s remaining home equity, limiting what they leave behind in inheritance. But … Read more
BOOK OF THE WEEK APPEASING HITLER by Tim Bouverie (Bodley Head £20, 512 pp) Can you imagine a nation split down the middle on a major political conundrum that would decide the course of its history? A rancid, rancorous argument taking place among people and politicians in which each side abused the other as fools … Read more
As crunch time approaches for Sirius Minerals, the fertiliser company boring a massive tunnel underneath the North York Moors, investors have been eagerly snapping up its shares. Sirius is trying to thrash out a financing agreement worth more than £2.5billion with an unnamed major financial institution, which should secure the construction of its Yorkshire polyhalite … Read more
Never mind the ‘backstop’, there’s a good deal to be found on a trip to Derry! Named 2013 UK City of Culture, Northern Ireland’s Derry clearly has a lot to offer The city, surrounded by historic walls, is proud of its two Nobel prize winners And the twice daily service from Stansted means now is … Read more