Your support helps us to tell the story
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.
Your support makes all the difference.Universities fund in Heathrow stake
One of the largest pension schemes in the UK, the Universities Superannuation Scheme, is buying a £392m, 8 per cent stake in Heathrow. The investment comes as the UK's largest airport is challenging proposed caps on landing charges, saying they have reduced returns to below the level at which shareholders are willing to invest.
Metro bank eyes stock market float
The first new bank to open on Britain's high streets in more than a century revealed yesterday that it is considering listing on the London Stock Exchange.
Metro Bank, best known for its dog-friendly branches and coin-counting machines, said it may float in order to boost ambitious expansion plans – or tap existing investors for cash.
Cineworld sells more seats for less
The cinema chain Cineworld had more bottoms on its seats in the last four months, but since more of them were child-sized ones watching family movies such as Despicable Me 2, its average ticket price slipped by almost 1 per cent. Reduced charges for children mean that family-friendly blockbusters are less lucrative for cinemas.
Aldi and Lidl increase share
Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl are still stealing customers from rivals Tesco, Asda and Morrisons, according to Kantar Worldpanel. Aldi and Lidl's combined market share of 6.8 per cent also overtook the struggling Co-op's 6.4 per cent. Sainsbury's was the only Big Four chain to grow market share, up to 16.7 per cent.
Firms joining Aim at six-year high
More companies joined Aim than left in the third quarter of 2013, the first time this has happened for six years. Accountancy group UHY Hacker Young found 20 companies joined between July and September while 16 delisted. The last time joiners outnumbered leavers was in the third quarter of 2007.
E.ON axes plan for biomass plant
German utility E.ON is scrapping plans to build a 150 megawatt biomass-fuelled power plant at Portbury Dock in south-west England because of unfavourable regulation and biomass policy. "We concluded that this project was not a priority investment for E.ON," the company said.
Gold miner warns on Russian floods
Peter Hambro, the chairman of gold miner Petropavlovsk, has warned that production will be 3 per cent down this year. Hambro hailed the "exceptional efforts" of its staff and management for limiting the effects of severe floods – said to be the worst weather since the 1880s.
Air-parts firm GKN is booming
GKN's high-flying 2013 continued today as the aircraft parts manufacturer announced a £131m pre-tax profit for the third quarter, up 34 per cent on the same period last year. Chief executive Nigel Stein also pointed to "automotive demand in China and North America".
Eurotunnel soars as UK picks up
Eurotunnel hailed the upturn in the UK for fuelling "new impetus" in the buoyant freight market between London and the Continent. "In the freight market it's quite clear the economic recovery in Britain is driving huge demand," it said.
Credit-card float hits top target
The Russian brewing entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has seen the London flotation of his Moscow-based credit-card business TCS Group hit the top of its target range, raising more than $1bn and valuing the company at $3.2bn.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
Comments