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Barratt's £720m fundraiser threatened by postal strikes

27.10.09
The current strikes by postal workers is not only impacting badly on small businesses, it is also causing headaches for major companies such as Barratt Developments, down 2¾p at 142p ... more

End of an era as Hanson takes off

30.09.09
What is Robert Hanson, son of the late industrialist Lord Hanson, up to? ... more

Buoyant TUI welcomes end of the ‘staycation’

29.09.09
One wet British summer later and the much-vaunted ‘staycation’ is over ... more

Holiday giants the stars as Footsie stays above 5000

10.09.09
Shares of the UK’s two biggest package holiday operators were enjoying a blue-skies scenario today as they led the market higher. TUI Travel sported a rise of 8.7p to 265.3p while Thomas Cook added 6.7p at 251.7p as steps were being taken to clear a large overhang of stock ... more

Quintain slumps as Lloyds takes big loss on stake sale

10.09.09
Lloyds Banking Group today sold a 10% stake in London-based residential property developer Quintain Estates & Development, which it acquired along with duff bank HBOS earlier this year, notching up a thumping loss of almost £100 million ... more

Staycationers hit Kuoni

20.08.09
Luxury holiday, tours and safari operator Kuoni has plunged into the red this year with the global economic crisis leading many wealthy tourists to stay at home ... more

RBS gains ground as the City looks to a lift from £10m boss

25.06.09
The City expects big things from the new man charged with steering state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland back on the road to recovery... more

Chinese cheer for miners

01.06.09
Hopes of an imminent recovery in the world's third-biggest economy have breathed fresh life into commodity prices today ... more

TUI upbeat despite a £30m forex toll

19.05.09
The fall in the pound against the euro cost TUI Travel £30 million this year but the holidays group is still optimistic it will have a good summer ... more

Fuel charges put 10% on the cost of holidays

11.05.09
Holidays booked today are costing Britons 10% more than they were a year ago, a leading travel operator admits ... more

Barclays spurs Footsie rally as banks return to favour

16.04.09
Cash-strapped Barclays climbed back above 200p today for the first time since October with a rise of 9.7p to 206.5p, making it one of the best performers among the FTSE 100, as more than 50 million shares were traded... more

Rio Tinto plummets as it counts cost of fund-raising

15.04.09
Who said money was cheap? Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled 114p to 2386p — making it one of the biggest blue-chip fallers — after it discovered the real cost to its coffers of raising extra funds... more

Air Berlin's net loss widens

30.03.09
Air Berlin PLC, Germany's second-biggest airline, said that its net loss widened last year as a result of tax expenses related to a restructuring effort, but reported an improvement in revenue... more

Broker’s warning of bleak two years for UK banks

16.01.09
On the day that short-selling of the banks is lifted comes a warning from one leading broker that we can expect them to carry on making substantial losses for the next couple of years... more

Moneysupermarket founder steps down

17.12.08
Finance: Simon Nixon, the founder of Moneysupermarket.com, is taking a back seat less than two years since he floated the financial services website and collected £102 million in the process... more

TUI profits up as Britons keep flying to the sun

27.11.08
Leisure: The annual summer holiday is a necessity despite the tough economic climate - but Britons are taking shorter flights in search of the sun... more

Bargain-hunters boost Footsie in thin trading

07.11.08
After another brutal week on the stock market, punch drunk investors were grateful for a chance to re-group and find time for some to contemplate the future... more

TUI shares tumble as parent pulls out of buyout

16.10.08
Shares in holiday giant TUI Travel dived after hopes of a buyout by its German parent disappeared... more

Market report: Lloyds TSB on slide as Deutsche Bank says sell

25.09.08
Lloyds TSB may be picking up HBOS, the UK’s biggest mortgage provider, for a song but not everyone in the City believes its shares are a worthwhile investment... more

Landsbanki irony as rivals’ shares soar

12.09.08
With shares in Thomson holiday group TUI Travel and in Thomas Cook soaring on the back of the failure of their smaller rival XL, the irony of one particular share recommendation for the companies appeared to be lost on many in the City... more

Market report: Xstrata looking set to ditch its tilt at Lonmin

12.09.08
The odds on Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata going ahead with its £5 billion bid for Lonmin appear to be lengthening by the day, warn traders... more

Market report: Demand for equities ‘at six-year low and falling’

02.09.08
It's not just the pound that is feeling the heat from the credit crunch and looming recession, the stock market, in case you hadn’t already noticed, is also suffering... more

Travel trio ponder a merger of airlines

28.08.08
Three of Europe’s biggest travel firms, including Britain’s Thomas Cook and TUI, are considering merging their low-cost airlines in Germany... more

Market report: Consumer firms hit by spending cutbacks

27.08.08
Ill-effects of the credit squeeze are starting be felt by consumer-related companies as investors fret about the shrinking amounts of cash in our pockets and purses.... more

Dedicated holiday fans boosting TUI's sales

14.08.08
The great British holidaymaker will not be stopped as TUI Travel, the home of the package holiday, says that sales are rising and business is healthy... more

Thomas Cook cuts losses as sales hold up

15.05.08
Thomas Cook says demand for holidays is booming despite the consumer slowdown and grim outlook for the economy... more

TUI Travel says squeeze no bar to hols

13.05.08
Household finances may be stretched, but that is no reason to put off the family holiday... more

Old ICI team in at Rentokil as coup ousts chief

20.03.08
Rentokil chief executive ousted after a night of the long knives... more

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