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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

England fans planning trip of a lifetime to World Cup 2010

10.09.09
Travel agents report surge in bookings to watch England in the World Cup after Fabio Capello's team booked its place in South Africa... 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

Capello issues warning to England WAGs ahead of next year's World Cup

10.09.09
England boss Fabio Capello has ordered an unprecedented pre-match ban on WAGs at next year’s World Cup... 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

Constant trickle of positive news causes Footsie to breach 5000

09.09.09
Shares on the London stock market soared again, breaching the 5000 level for the first time since September last year... more

Bank holiday heatwave as millions make most of the summer’s end

28.08.09
Bank holiday getaway was in full swing as forecasters predicted a heatwave across the South-East... more

Stormy time for Raymarine after bleak warning on sale

28.08.09
Shares in Raymarine sank after a bleak broker warning that investors may be left almost empty-handed even if a sale of the group goes ahead.... more

Thomas Cook to be hit by £20m swine flu bill

13.08.09
Swine flu will cost Thomas Cook £20 million this year, the holiday company’s chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa predicted ... more

Honeymooner tells of Thai plane crash horror

05.08.09
Honeymooning tourist describes how passengers feared for their lives when their holiday plane crashed while landing at an airport on a Thai island ... more

WORLD: British tourists injured as Thai plane crashes on holiday island

04.08.09
British holidaymakers were among the injured after a plane crashed on Thai island Koh Samui killing the pilot... more

Travel firms feel pig sick over fears of swine flu pandemic

20.07.09
Swine flu fears infected the stock market today, consigning travel stocks and Smith & Nephew (S&N) to their sick beds ... more

Holiday fume death trial delayed

25.06.09
The trial of two tour firm employees over the deaths of a brother and sister who died from carbon monoxide poisoning on holiday in Greece was further delayed today until next year... more

Former Arcandor boss probed over property

12.06.09
German prosecutors said they are probing the former boss of the failed giant conglomerate Arcandor, part-owner of Britain’s Thomas Cook, over alleged financial irregularities... more

Shaftesbury takes a downturn after Laxey dumps shareholding

11.06.09
Activist investor Laxey Partners today dumped its 19% holding in Shaftesbury after a clash with the West End landlord over its £150 million rights issue ... more

Troubled Charter takes a 17% dive

10.06.09
If there really are green shoots in the global economy, engineering group Charter International certainly isn’t seeing them... more

The sun shines for Thomas Cook despite major shareholder’s woes

09.06.09
Thomas Cook shares enjoyed a day in the sun today despite its controlling shareholder filing for bankruptcy protection ... more

Ryanair boss in £16m sale

08.06.09
Michael O'Leary, if no one else, will now be able to afford to go to the loo on his own Ryanair planes - millions of times over, in fact - after today announcing five million shares in his airline ... more

Cook dives on fears of stake sell-off

05.06.09
Thomas Cook investors must be feeling in need of a holiday. The tour operator was the biggest loser on the top flight today, shedding 9¼p to 216p amid renewed fears that its stricken German parent will offload its stake ... 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

Germans staggered by blue-chip calls for aid

21.05.09
The German government is shocked by how many blue-chip companies have come begging for assistance during the financial crisis ... more

First female boss of CBI attacks FTSE

18.05.09
A leading City figure who is to be named the first woman president of Britain’s leading business lobby organisation the CBI has called for greater boardroom diversity... more

India-flavoured shares add spice to gains by the Footsie

18.05.09
Investors waiting for the next mining boom had better be in it for the long haul: analysts predicted that it won't start until 2016 ... more

IHG is hard hit by sellers wary of pandemic gloom

01.05.09
Three days is a long time in a nascent pandemic. There is every chance that the markets will re-open on Tuesday with 72 hours worth of panic-hewn news to digest... more

Honeymoon couple are first cases in the UK

28.04.09
The newly-wed couple who became the first people in Britain to contract swine flu are responding well to treatment, their relatives said ... more

Killer flu virus ‘already circulating in London’

28.04.09
Swine flu is already spreading through London, one of Britain's leading virus experts warned... more

Pandemic fears wipe billions off travel shares

27.04.09
Billions of pounds were wiped off the value of travel companies around the world amid growing fears of a swine-flu pandemic... more

AIG seeks £7.8bn in aircraft leasing sale

06.01.09
Transport: The airline leasing company that oils the wheels of the global aviation industry is up for sale in an increasingly desperate attempt by its parent AIG to raise up to $10 billion... 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

Trains into London now slower than in 1987 - or is just a ruse?

12.08.08
Rail passengers face slower train journeys into London than 21 years ago... more

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