Drumroll please: This was the best performing FTSE 100 stock of 2016 and, hint, it’s a miner December 29, 2016 It's been a tumultuous year for global markets, but you might not have realised that by looking at the FTSE 100. The blue-chip index has largely brushed aside concerns over Brexit and the US election to hit its highest ever close yesterday, when it reached 7,106.08 points. Many of the FTSE 100's best days this year [...]
Transport for London warns Londoners that travelcards and daily fare caps will increase in the New Year December 29, 2016 Londoners have been warned not to get caught out by New Year public transport price hikes despite promises to freeze fares in the capital until 2020. Transport for London (TfL) said it did not have the power to stop a 2.3 per cent increase in the cost of travelcards because their pricing is set by the government. [...]
It’s City A.M.’s quite questionable quotes quiz: Who said what in 2016? December 29, 2016 It's been quite a year – but that has also given rise to some of the most outrageous business and political utterances in recent memory. Do you know your Mike Ashley from Sir Philip Green? Have you been memorising Donald Trump's Twitter rants? Test your knowledge here. [quiz id="42"]
Coasting, balance, fire and guts: Six career mistakes you’ll live to regret December 29, 2016 The New Year is a time when many of us make grandiose promises to ourselves and others about our life aspirations. When it comes to your career, making a decision to shake things up can be just the ticket and provide the impetus to achieve career aspirations. Read more: Eight podcasts to make you better at your [...]
An ageing population, robots taking jobs and increasing inequality: The 10 biggest dilemmas facing the UK in 2030 December 29, 2016 It's not even 2017 yet, but think tank the IPPR has turned its attentions to the year 2030, to work out what challenges the UK will be facing by then. The resulting report, Future Proof, suggests we'll be grappling with an ageing population, increased automation of jobs – and increasing inequality. But what will be the [...]
The UK’s population will grow by “a city the size of Birmingham every two years” unless we leave the Single Market, a think tank says December 29, 2016 Membership of the Single Market encourages mass immigration and will cause the UK to grow by a "city the size of Birmingham every two years", a think tank has warned. Migration Watch said the UK's population will grow by 12.2m by 2039 unless the UK pushes for a so-called hard Brexit. In a report published [...]
Major European states don’t want to follow in the UK’s footsteps and vote for their own Brexit, new poll shows December 29, 2016 Six months on from the UK's vote to leave the European Union, Brexit has failed to be as contagious as many expected it to be. According to a new poll, voters in the EU's biggest states of France, Germany, Italy and Greece believe their countries are heading in the wrong direction, but support for the EU [...]
Freezing fog and ice: Drivers told to take extra care and airports warn of delays December 29, 2016 Drivers are being urged to be wary of lingering freezing fog as temperatures plummeted following a relatively mild weekend. Visibility across London, eastern England, the Midlands and Wales could be less than 100 metres. And combined with temperatures falling below freezing, the Met Office said people hitting the roads should be careful of untreated surfaces. "Driving [...]
UK house price growth has edged up from its November low December 29, 2016 December may traditionally be a bad time to try to sell your house – but UK house prices bucked the trend this month, with growth edging up from their low in November. Nationwide's house price index showed prices rose 4.5 per cent in the year to December, up from 4.4 per cent in November, its [...]
BP pumps up Australian business with £1.1bn petrol deal to partner with Woolworths December 28, 2016 BP's share price rose today after the oil and gas giant announced it has paid $1.3bn (£1.1bn) to form a partnership with Australian supermarket chain Woolworths for its petrol business. The group has acquired 527 Woolworths fuel stations as part of the agreement, as well as a further 16 sites under construction. BP already owns [...]