Eye hospital firms focus on a sale

Eye hospital firms focus on a sale that could be worth hundreds of millions of pounds A private equity fund backed by Fidelity is working on a potential sale of Optegra Optegra’s hospitals carry out laser eye surgery and also cataract removals   Newmedica is working on a ‘strategic review’ that may lead to the sale … Read more

Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator warns EU that Britain will not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels

Britain will not ‘blink’ in crunch Brexit talks this week, Boris Johnson’s chief negotiator has declared, in a marked ratcheting up of pressure on Brussels. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Lord Frost warned his EU counterpart Michel Barnier the UK would not become a ‘client state’ of Brussels by accepting restrictions … Read more

‘We need to fight back against bank branch closures’

We need to fight back against bank branch closures, says former bank executive DEREK FRENCH By Derek French For Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 5 September 2020 Derek French is a former bank executive and founder of the campaign for community banking services The devastating loss … Read more

Will Buffett’s $6 bn bet help boost Japan’s stock market?

Will Warren Buffett’s $6 bn bet help boost Japan’s stock market? By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:02 BST, 5 September 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 5 September 2020 Japan’s stock market, much overlooked by UK investors in recent years, has come under the spotlight again. This follows President Shinzo Abe stepping down … Read more