Leo Quinn won the jackpot last week. The building boss’s two-year-old racehorse, Ivasecret, romped home to its first victory under the floodlights at Kempton Park in Surrey. The colt, which he co-owns with his brother and two others, scooped £3,428 in prize money.
The chief executive of Balfour Beatty gave shareholders a jackpot of their own when he said the construction giant would resume dividends in March and return a further £50m via a share buyback — which will have the effect of boosting his share options, too.
The decision was controversial: Balfour, along with thousands of other businesses, was a recipient of taxpayers’ cash earlier this year when its operations were interrupted by the pandemic. In one instance, a Covid-19 outbreak temporarily forced the