Truss believes City is ‘growth engine’ of the economy, says former minister September 8, 2022 Liz Truss believes the City is the “best growth engine in the UK” and is preparing to lean on the financial sector to achieve her political agenda, a former minister said today.
Cornwall Insight eases price cap predictions amid supply boost September 8, 2022 Cornwall Insight has eased its predictions for the price cap over the coming months - although rates will remain historically high.
Funding Circle slashes guidance as profits tumble September 8, 2022 Lending platform Funding Circle slashed its guidance for the year today as it reported a plunge in profits to £1.6m in the six months to June.
DWF bolsters offerings through acquisition of specialist cost-cutting firm Acumension September 8, 2022 London listed law firm DWF has acquired a specialist cost cutting company Acumension as it continues to expand its services offerings. The deal will see the law firm almost double the size of its DWF Costs business by taking on board Acumension’s 47 cost reduction specialists. DWF Costs, one of the UK’s largest legal cost [...]
Liz Truss’ government must not keep science on the backburner, urges hVIVO CEO September 8, 2022 Liz Truss’ new cabinet must not allow science to be kept on the backburner, the CEO of hVIVO, formerly Open Orphan, told City A.M. today. “One of the key things for me is to realise that the science industry played a significant role in fighting the pandemic,” CEO Yamin ‘Mo’ Khan said. “Without the vaccines, [...]
Octopus welcomes historic support package for households this winter September 8, 2022 The Government's historic intervention in the energy market has been welcomed by Octopus chief Greg Jackson.
All eyes on the Pound as Sterling set for bounce on Truss’s energy bill freeze September 8, 2022 It’s a big day in the markets with Liz Truss set to confirm her energy plans. The proposals are set to place a huge burden on the UK’s already strained finances. UK energy bills are set to rise to more than £3,500 a year for the average household from October, with Truss expected to outline [...]
Melrose to break up Britain’s oldest engineering firm via GKN automotive spin-off September 8, 2022 Melrose Industries confirmed this a.m. plans to spin off the GKN automotive business in a move that will see Britain’s oldest engineering firm broken up. Turnaround specialist Melrose, which bought GKN in a controversial £8bn takeover in 2018, said it will demerge GKN’s automotive and the smaller powder metallurgy divisions from its aerospace arm into [...]
Not having it: Revolut hits back at cost-cutting claims September 8, 2022 Revolut has hit back at claims it is cost-cutting and labelled them “misleading and incorrect” today after reports it was in the midst of a major review of its cost base.
UK must pursue overseas tech talent, says start-up body September 8, 2022 A leading start-up body has championed the flow of overseas talent into the UK’s technology sector today as new figures showed that nearly one in five UK tech firms had a foreign founder.