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Right Said Fred singer Richard Fairbrass talks to ME & MY MONEY
Right Said Fred star Richard Fairbrass reckons he's made more than £10 million from the 1991 hit I'm Too Sexy. The 68-year-old singer also tells Donna Ferguson he and his brother Fred lost out on making the same amount of money by…
Revenue & Customs’ tax probe could hit £1.2bn bid for Biffa
The £1.2billion takeover of Biffa could be thrown into doubt by a landfill tax investigation. Revenue & Customs is looking into the waste firm's accounts, which could result in a £168million bill. The FTSE250 company's…
Private equity eyes Capita’s card payments firm Pay360
Private equity firms are circling the payment services business put up for sale by Capita, one of the Government's biggest contractors. Capita's Pay360 arm has been put on the block as part of a programme to offload non-core…
Craziest electric car yet: The £17k Dartz Freze Froggy Beachstar
If you think electric cars are boring, this one should certainly change your mind.It's the latest model from Latvia's Dartz Motorz, which is best-known for building hulking armoured vehicles for celebrities but has more recently launched a…
Cost of car insurance on the rise in another cost-of-living blow
Motorists have been told to brace themselves for a rise in car insurance premiums in the coming months in yet another cost-of-living blow for Britons, according to the latest industry update.The average motor policy increased by £5 in the…
RAY MASSEY: Sleek new Peugeot 308 SW estate attracts admiring glances
What a handsome beast! Sitting in my driveway or out on the road, the sleek new Peugeot 308 SW estate attracts admiring glances. Rightly so. In design terms, it's right up there with more expensive premium players such as Audi. And…
SHARE OF THE WEEK: Persimmon looking for optimism
From righting the wrongs of cladding costs to rising interest rates and helping first-time home buyers get on to the property ladder, the housing market has much on its plate. But Persimmon will hope it can find solutions – and…
GSK spin-off Haleon hit by US cancer drug showdown
Haleon's terrible start to life on the London Stock Exchange has intensified after the consumer health group admitted it may get caught up in a massive lawsuit involving a heartburn drug in the US. The company, which sells…
Defend your savings against recession: You can build a moat
The doom-laden predictions of the Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey are the centre of debate. Some question his forecast of a 15-month recession on the basis of the Bank's woefully flawed reading of the economic outlook earlier in the…
British businesses upbeat despite the gloom
UK businesses are more confident than their European peers and are investing at a faster pace than prior to the pandemic despite a small contraction in second quarter growth. As the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a…
