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Emily Hawkins

United Kingdom

Business Reporter at Daily Mail

Business reporter @DailyMailUK • 📧 send me things about shops and pubs @ [email protected] • prev @cityam @morningad

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Articles

  • Distillers attack Prime Minister over gin duty

    1 week ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Emily Hawkins

    Spirit makers have attacked Keir Starmer over his tax raid on their industry – undermining his boast that his trade deal with India delivered a major boost. The Prime Minister said that after the deal, distillers' 'only concern now is whether they can produce enough to sell'. But members of the UK Spirits Alliance, which represents 280 large and small drinks producers and bars, say higher taxes mean increasing exports is a 'pipe dream'.

  • M&S hikes its dividend despite £300m cyber hit

    2 weeks ago | thisismoney.co.uk | Emily Hawkins

    Marks & Spencer raised its dividend as boss Stuart Machin insisted a devastating cyber hack was a ‘bump in the road’ in its transformation. Investors will be handed 3.6p a share for the 12 months to March 29 – a 20 per cent increase on the year before – after profits hit their highest level for a decade and a half.

  • Marks & Spencer set to raise dividend despite cyber chaos

    2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Anne Ashworth |Emily Hawkins

    Marks & Spencer is set to soothe the nerves of anxious shareholders this week by paying them a higher dividend despite a cyber attack that has crippled the High Street giant. The company will also reveal for the first time the estimated cost of the havoc wreaked on its systems, which saw hackers make off with customer data and effectively shut down its online business.

  • Food boss Sir Harry Solomon sells slice of Lola's Cupcakes

    2 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Hawkins

    Food boss Sir Harry Solomon sells slice of Lola's CupcakesBy EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 16:50 EDT, 17 May 2025 The founder of Premier Foods is looking to sell his slice of bakery chain Lola's Cupcakes. Sir Harry Solomon, the tycoon behind the company that now owns Mr Kipling and other treats, controls up to half of the London-based firm. Lola's Cupcakes has 45 sites, including concessions and vending machines in train stations, and plans to open two more this year.

  • M&S, Ocado and Waitrose are latest supermarkets to back British beef

    3 weeks ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Hawkins

    M&S, Ocado and Waitrose are latest supermarkets to back British beefBy EMILY HAWKINS Updated: 16:50 EDT, 16 May 2025 M&S, Ocado and Waitrose are the latest supermarkets to say they will not sell American beef in a major boost for British farmers. The well-heeled grocers told the Mail they will stick with British meat and have no plans to start stocking any beef imported from the US.

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