IG Group makes £728m swoop for US broker Tastytrade

IG Group makes £728m swoop for US broker Tastytrade in bid to crack the American market By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 21 January 2021 IG Group is hoping to crack the US market with a $1billion (£728million) takeover of rival Tastytrade. The investment … Read more

Australian bride is mocked for botched mesh neckline and ivy plant bouquet in Facebook wedding group

Can you spot why everyone is mocking this wedding dress? Bride gets more than she bargained after hundreds blast her for one glaring detail A bride has been brutally mocked in a wedding shaming group on Facebook Photo shows her wearing an off-the-shoulder gown holding a green bouquet Some likened the flower arrangement to a … Read more

Myleene Klass wows in Dancing On Ice’s group number… after speaking out about her miscarriage 

Myleene Klass treated her fans to a sneak peak of her skating skills as she took to the rink during the Dancing On Ice launch show’s group number on Sunday. The TV presenter, 42, looked radiant as her pro-partner Lukasz Rozycki picked her up and twirled her around while performing to Dolly Parton’s classic anthem 9 … Read more

Gym Group lost 216,000 members last year

Gym Group says it lost 216,000 members last year as Covid restrictions wiped out 45% of trading days Revenues plummeted by almost half year-on-year to £80.5m from £153.5m Ex-footballer Rio Ferdinand will join The Gym Group as a non-executive director The Gym Group said current closures were costing them around £5m per month  By Harry … Read more

Tycoons cash in £250m as shares in ecommerce business Hut Group surge following its London float

Tycoons cash in £250m as shares in ecommerce business Hut Group surge following last year’s London float Scottish tycoon Sir Tom Hunter was an early backer of the ecommerce business He bagged another £32m having sold £52.5m of stock when it listed in 2020 A number of other smaller shareholders also sold some stock  By Lucy … Read more

Covid cases were falling in every age group except the over-80s last week

Covid cases were falling in every age group except the over-80s last week and infections dropped in all but three English regions, official data shows By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:30 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 16:35 GMT, 14 January 2021 Coronavirus infections were falling in every age group except … Read more

Footballers flouting Covid rules in group hugs is ‘brainless’ and an ‘insult to the NHS’ claim MPs

Footballers are acting in a ‘brainless’ way that is ‘an insult to the NHS’ by engaging in group hugs after scoring goals, senior politicians have claimed. Players have been warned to avoid ‘unnecessary contact at all times’ including ‘handshakes and hugging’ in a set of tough new rules sent to Premier League clubs on Friday. … Read more

Recruiter Page Group is hit by a 20% profit loss as the pandemic and Brexit fears take their toll

Recruiter Page Group is hit by a 20% profit loss as the pandemic and Brexit fears take their toll By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 13 January 2021 Recruiter Page Group’s gross profits tumbled by a fifth for the end of 2020 … Read more

Homeless get Covid jabs as local GPs make rough sleepers a priority group for vaccinations

Homeless people will get Covid-19 jabs in the first scheme of its kind in the UK aimed at protecting rough sleepers and those living in shelters from the virus. Oldham Council and local GPs decided the town’s homeless people should be made a priority group to get the vaccine at the start of the rollout. … Read more

The Hut Group enjoys a lift from its beauty division over the festive period with sales up 51% 

The Hut Group enjoys a lift from its beauty division over the festive period with sales up 51% The retailer’s beauty division includes its Look fantastic and Glossybox websites  Online beauty sales came in at £298.2 million in the quarter – a rise of 66.2% Matthew Moulding started Hut in 2004 selling DVDs online He … Read more