MARKET REPORT: Costain soars after striking Breacon Beacons road deal

MARKET REPORT: Construction firm Costain soars after striking a deal with the Welsh government over Breacon Beacons road By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 17 February 2021 Relieved investors sent construction contractor Costain higher after it drew a line under a problematic project. The … Read more

Bitcoin soars to $50,000 as mainstream appeal grows

Bitcoin hits $50,000 for the first time: Cryptocurrency continues to soar as mainstream appeal grows By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 22:02 GMT, 16 February 2021 Bitcoin hit $50,000 for the first time as the cryptocurrency continued to enjoy explosive growth. The milestone takes gains this … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Omega soars on demand for rapid Covid-19 tests 

MARKET REPORT: Omega Diagnostics soars as Government moves to lower UK’s dependence on foreign firms for Covid tests By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 8 February 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 8 February 2021 A government drive to lower the UK’s dependence on foreign Covid testing firms sent shares in Omega … Read more

Wonder Woman 1984 TRIUMPHS in the streaming wars as it soars to Christmas week win

Wonder Woman 1984 soared to a streaming win the week that it debuted in theaters and on HBO Max, an updated Nielsen list reveals. The superhero movie starring Gal Gadot got 2.25 billion minutes of streaming time for the week of December 21 through December 27, the most of any feature film that week according … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Indivior soars as it settles legal battle with Reckitt

MARKET REPORT: Pharma group Indivior soars as it settles legal battle with former parent company Reckitt Benckiser By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:56 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 23:26 GMT, 26 January 2021 Investors in Indivior celebrated after the pharmaceuticals group and its former parent company Reckitt Benckiser put an end … Read more

Britain’s jobless rate soars to five-year high

Britain’s jobless rate soars to five-year high after a record 395,000 lay-offs in the three months to November alone By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:59 GMT, 26 January 2021 Britain’s unemployment rate has hit its highest level in nearly five years. The number of jobless … Read more

Household chore platform TaskRabbit soars in 2020 thanks to pandemic

Jamie Sheridan is a tasker in Manchester Jamie Sheridan, based in Manchester, started tasking part-time in September to earn more money for his family. He works for a large energy provider, and has been working from home on a permanent basis since March.  He found being desk-bound with a slower pace of life difficult so … Read more

Stress soars among young adults and parents due to Covid-19 pandemic, two new studies reveal 

Stress soars among young adults and parents: Covid-19 pandemic has taken a huge toll on our mental health, two new studies reveal A total of 41 per cent of 16 to 25-year-olds say they ‘always’ or ‘often’ feel down The figures increase among those who are not in work during the pandemic A separate study … Read more

Demand for second homes in Spain soars by nearly 40% in first week of January

The number of Britons seeking a second home in Spain soared in the first week of January as more families cast their sights to the European country amid the lockdown, property experts said.  The real estate company Taylor Wimpey Espana found that interest in Spanish properties rose by 39 per cent during the first week of … Read more

Price of homes soars by £14k in six months but experts fear it could fade as stamp duty holiday ends

Price of a home soars by £14k in just six months… but experts fear boom could fade away once stamp duty holiday ends Average price of a home in the UK jumped to record £252,211 at the end of 2020 Market was ‘turbocharged’ by Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday  Biggest regional annual rise was … Read more