British American Tobacco hikes dividend after profits rise 10%

British American Tobacco becomes latest firm to hike its dividend after posting a 10% rise in annual profits By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:04 GMT, 17 February 2021 British American Tobacco (BAT) is the latest firm to hike its dividend after a 10 per cent … Read more

Matt Damon blends in with the locals as he hikes along Byron Bay’s famous lighthouse trail

Matt Damon arrived in Australia with his wife and family in January ahead of filming onThor: Love and Thunder.  After completing mandatory quarantine at a private mansion, the Hollywood actor, 50, was enjoying his freedom with a stroll in the seaside town of Byron Bay, NSW.  The Good Will Hunting star took a stroll along … Read more

Supermarkets stung drivers with above-average fuel price hikes in December

Supermarkets accused of stinging drivers with above-average fuel price hikes in December The wholesale price of petrol and diesel rose by 1p-a-litre in December However, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco increased fuel prices by 3p per litre Only Asda matched the wholesale increase and was by far the cheapest to fill up RAC said retailers were … Read more

Council tax hikes of 5% await families under…

Families face a 5 per cent council tax hike next year that will ‘clobber’ them as services are cut, ministers have been warned. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick announced councils in England can continue to increase tax by up to 2 per cent without a referendum and boost the social care precept by up to 3 per cent … Read more

Joe Biden tax hikes will sink shares in US, says guru

Veteran investor Mark Mobius warns US stock market faces sharp drop due to Joe Biden’s plans to hike taxes By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 November 2020 Warning: Funds chief Mark Mobius Veteran investor Mark Mobius has warned that the US stock market … Read more

Tom Hanks cuts a casual figure as he hikes in the Gold Coast

Tom Hanks cuts a casual figure as he enjoys a 4km hike on the Gold Coast… as he takes a day off from filming the long-awaited new Elvis biopic in Queensland By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 13:59 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 13:59 GMT, 21 November 2020 He returned to Australia … Read more

Amber Heard hikes through the canyons of LA… after petitions to fire her from Aquaman 2

Amber Heard looks sporty during a hike through the canyons of LA… after fans petition to fire her from Aquaman 2 in the wake of Johnny Depp case By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:37 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 03:38 GMT, 17 November 2020 She has been hitting the canyons of Los Angeles … Read more

Hadrian’s Wall: One of the greatest hikes in Britain and the perfect way to blow away cabin fever

You may well find yourself in kinship with W. H. Auden’s soldier from his poem Roman Wall Blues at some point when walking Hadrian’s Wall. ‘Over the heather the wet wind blows/I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose/The rain comes pattering out of the sky/I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.’ … Read more

Amber Heard sports a flannel blouse and goes make-up free as she hikes in LA with her beloved pup

Amber Heard sports a flannel blouse and goes make-up free as she hikes in Los Angeles with her beloved pup By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 19:06 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 19:06 GMT, 25 October 2020 She has been going out on hikes and horseback riding to help pass the time as she … Read more

CBI boss Lord Bilimoria urges against tax hikes

The new president of Britain’s most powerful business lobby group has slammed Rishi Sunak’s plans to pay down the nation’s Covid debts – and called instead for tax cuts for companies.  In a significant intervention, Lord Bilimoria today sets the Confederation of British Industry on a collision course with the Government over the Chancellor’s plans … Read more