Dr Martens senior staff are set for £350m windfall as company floats

Dozens of Dr Martens executives, former staff and the founding family are set for a multi-million pound windfall when the iconic British bootmaker floats on the London Stock Exchange today. Chief executive Kenny Wilson only joined from Cath Kidston in 2018 but will see the value of his existing shares rocket to £58m if the … Read more

Boss heading for windfall in Moonpig stock market listing

Former WH Smith chief Kate Swann heading for windfall in bumper £1bn stock market listing by bespoke greetings card firm Moonpig.com By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 16 January 2021 Former WH Smith chief Kate Swann is heading for a windfall in a bumper … Read more

Rolls-Royce workers receive £100m windfall early

Rolls-Royce workers receive £100m windfall early after taking 10% pay delay from April Nearly 50,000 staff at the engineer had 10 per cent pay deferred from April  It made the payout on Christmas Eve, bringing it forward by three months By Alex Lawson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | … Read more

Advisers set for £835m fees windfall off LSE and Refinitiv mega-merger

Advisers set for £835m fees windfall from London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv’s mega-merger By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 10 December 2020 Advisers working on the mega-merger between the London Stock Exchange and data provider Refinitiv are set to bag £835million in fees. … Read more

As three more supermarkets hand back business rates relief, it’s a £1.8bn windfall for the taxman 

As three more supermarkets hand back business rates relief, it’s a £1.8bn windfall for the taxman Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi and discounter B&M followed Tesco and Morrisons They paid back the windfall after their sales boomed in lockdown Ministers say the action is a ‘real model of good, healthy capitalism’ By Tom Witherow Financial Correspondent For The … Read more

Outgoing Lloyds Banking Group boss set for shares windfall

Boss of Lloyds Banking Group on track to receive shares windfall just as he bows out of lender By Emma Dunkley, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 21:54 GMT, 21 November 2020 The boss of Lloyds Banking Group is on track to receive a shares windfall just as he … Read more

Supermarkets under pressure to hand back £1.9bn after they enjoyed tax windfall

The UK’s largest supermarket chains are set to benefit from almost £2 billion in business rate tax breaks this year despite sales soaring during the pandemic. It comes after Sainsbury’s and Tesco both paid millions to shareholders in dividend payouts despite accepting state support in the form of business rates relief for the 2020-21 financial … Read more

Codemasters bosses eye £32m takeover windfall

Codemasters bosses eye £32m takeover windfall after takeover approach from US rival Take-Two Interactive By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 November 2020 Bosses at video game developer Codemasters are eyeing a £32million windfall after a takeover approach from a US rival. The company … Read more

Foreign bidders in £7bn swoop on RSA: Boss eyes £16m windfall

Foreign bidders in £7bn swoop on RSA: Boss Stephen Hester eyes £16m windfall after joint approach from Canadian and Danish firms By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 5 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 5 November 2020 One of Britain’s oldest companies is set fall into foreign hands after a £7billion … Read more

TalkTalk tycoons in line for £450m takeover windfall

TalkTalk tycoons in line for £450m takeover windfall: Hedge fund launches £1.1bn bid for telecoms firm By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 8 October 2020 A hedge fund boss nicknamed ‘the Rottweiler’ has swooped on the budget broadband provider Talktalk – with a £1.1billion … Read more