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Family are left ‘crying with joy’ after hitting £232,000 fundraising target to send four-year-old boy to New York for cancer treatment – as Premier League star Pepe Reina chips in £2,000 Claire Scott, whose son Liam has neuroblastoma, cried when they hit the target The fundraising milestone was passed after boost from Aston Villa’s Pepe … Read more
Save the Children Patron The Princess Royal, has marked the end of Save the Children’s hugely successful Save With Stories initiative by reading ‘Thomas and the Royal Engine’. The video, which has been shared on Save the Children UK’s Instagram page, is the final installment of the fundraising initiative which has seen over 70 well-known … Read more
Easyjet turns to shareholders to shore up finances with £450m fundraising… but will Stelios oppose it? By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 24 June 2020 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 24 June 2020 Easyjet has gone cap in hand to shareholders to raise up to £450million as it scrambles to shore up … Read more
William Hill launches £200m fundraising to provide more firepower for an expansion in the US By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 23:18 BST, 16 June 2020 | Updated: 23:18 BST, 16 June 2020 Gambling giant William Hill has launched a £200million fundraising. The company said it would issue up to 19.99 … Read more
David Beckham has left a delighted football fan, five, speechless by sending her a video message of support for her fundraising campaign. Betty-Leigh Allinson has raised more than £12,000 for a hospice providing special end-of-life care. The footballer fan – whose grandfather is Arsenal legend Ian Allinson – has been cycling one mile every day … Read more
Compass Group shares dropped after it detailed plans for the biggest fundraising since the coronavirus crisis began. The world’s largest catering firm managed to raise a staggering £2billion from investors to help it survive the lockdown. The mass closures of schools, offices and sports stadiums have hammered demand for its services. Revenues sank by a … Read more
‘At home but not alone’: Big Night In fundraiser gets underway with night of comedy and music to raise funds for people hit by coronavirus TV fundraiser is being broadcast live from The One Show studio in London Presenters Sir Lenny Henry, Davina McCall and Matt Baker are social distancing Three hours of comedy and … Read more
Aston Martin Lagonda gets £536m fundraising over the finish line as new F1 team-owning boss Lawrence Stroll pledges to ‘reset’ the business Stroll’s priority is to restart the luxury car firm’s manufacturing operations Particularly, to restart production of its first SUV model, the DBX Its four-for-one rights issue has been accepted by 98% of shareholders … Read more
Scammers pretending to be grieving relatives of coronavirus victims are setting up fake fundraising appeals online to fleece Good Samaritans Chloe Middleton, 21, died last month after contracting the coronavirus Her mother has now claimed hackers have cloned her social media pages Lindsay Marshall, 44, also died from the virus on April 4 in Greater … Read more
A mother who was told her son had a rare cancer while she held her newborn daughter in her arms has revealed how his little sister is inspiring her son through his battle. Claire Scott, 40, and husband Mike, 42, who live in Kent, found out their son had cancer – which they were originally … Read more