SMALL CAP MOVERS: Eve Sleep plans French expansion

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Eve Sleep plans French expansion but raw material shortage is a drag; Quadrise Fuels makes potential breakthrough deal By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 12:21 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 12:21 GMT, 22 January 2021 Quadrise Fuels shot up 55 per cent to 3p this week after making … Read more

Lidl enjoys ‘record’ Christmas sales and pushes on with expansion plan

Lidl vows to push on with plans to open 200 new stores by 2023 after enjoying ‘record’ Christmas sales which saw shoppers snap up nearly 1MILLION bottles of pink prosecco Lidl wants to hike store portfolio from 800 to 1,000 by 2023  Deluxe range of goods and festive favourites like mince pies sold well  By … Read more

Soho House founder’s £15m sell-off after Covid hit expansion plan

Founder of Soho House private members clubs sells £15m of his stake after Covid halted expansion plans By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 28 December 2020 The founder of Soho House private members clubs has sold £15m of his stake after the virus halted … Read more

David and Victoria Beckham start planning war over expansion of lake at their £6m Cotswold mansion

The Beckhams are facing another planning war with neighbours, who are worried that the lake being dug at their £6 million Cotswolds bolthole could flood other properties.  A 2,976 square metre kidney-shaped water feature is already in construction in the garden of the Grade II-listed country pad after the couple received planning permission in August, despite … Read more

Boris Johnson promises ‘massive’ expansion of one-hour rapid turnaround tests

Boris Johnson last night promised a ‘massive’ expansion of rapid turnaround tests in an effort to reduce the prevalence of the virus. The Prime Minister announced plans to draft in the Army to oversee the roll-out of tests for ‘whole cities’ within days to ‘drive down the disease’. Fast turnaround tests, which have been trialled … Read more

Pizza duo snap up bargain sites for expansion

Two former Pizza Express chiefs snapping up cut-price high street sites as they spot expansion opportunity By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 26 September 2020 | Updated: 23:01 BST, 26 September 2020 Two former Pizza Express chiefs are snapping up cut-price high street sites as they spot the biggest expansion opportunity … Read more

‘Over expansion’ of universities is leaving students with ‘heavy debts for little economic benefit’

‘Over expansion’ of universities is leaving students with ‘heavy debts for little economic benefit’ think tank warns as it calls for ‘radical reform’ of sector Dr Lee Jones and Dr Philip Cunliffe penned the report on universities’ struggles They recommend closing and merging some as well as making entry harder Universities are already facing problems … Read more

Mike Pompeo warns China is a danger to America with its global expansion drive

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said China poses a risk to ‘freedom-loving countries and democracies’ with its global expansion drive in his latest rant against the Communist superpower.  Pompeo said China had backed out of promises not to send warships to the South China Sea and ‘diminished’ the One Country, Two Systems policy in Hong … Read more

Matt Hancock announces expansion of coronavirus testing regime

Matt Hancock today announced coronavirus testing eligibility is being extended to include all over-65s and workers who cannot work from home – but only if they have symptoms.  All asymptomatic staff and patients at hospitals and care homes will also now be able to get checked.  The Health Secretary said opening up the testing regime … Read more