Taxpayers to foot £87m bill after ministers give failing company Covid contract then cancel it

Chris Yates was sounding bullish. Boastful, even. The chief executive of the medical diagnostic firm Abingdon Health was telling his audience that after a ‘roller-coaster 12 months’, it had been ‘a real positive for us to be able to mitigate the effects of the pandemic’. His workforce, he revealed proudly, had quadrupled to 200 but … Read more

£87m Siberian mansion linked to Putin ‘removed from Russian maps’

A luxury mansion linked to Vladimir Putin in Siberia has been removed from a Russian online map site following an outcry over the president’s £1billion Black Sea palace.   An £87 million hunting and fishing retreat beside the Yenisei River was previously visible on online Yandex Maps. But it has recently vanished from maps on this … Read more

M&S records first ever LOSS in its 94-year history with £87m slump into the red after Covid impact

M&S records first ever LOSS in its 94-year history with £87m slump into the red after impact of Covid hammered trading of retailer that even managed to turn a profit during World War Two Company revealed a £87.6 million pre-tax loss for the 26 weeks to September 26 Revenue dropped by 15.8% to £4.09 billion … Read more

EastEnders’ £87m set closer to completion as builders finish work on the redesigned Queen Vic

EastEnders‘ new £87 million set has taken a step closer to completion, as builders finished work on the redesigned Queen Vic pub along with a slew of other businesses on Tuesday. Snaps show the big-budget set isn’t far from being glimpsed on screens, with the newly-painted tavern boasting a new version of its iconic sign. … Read more