Cyber Monday 2015 UK: Amazon’s best bargain deals are back, including on Xbox, PS4, Nest, Kindles, Kindle Fire and Fire TV November 29, 2015 Amazon will offer another week of deals starting on Cyber Monday following on from a week-long shopping bonanza for Black Friday, which on the day itself still brought the online retailer its single biggest ever shopping day in the UK. Shoppers will be able to take advantage of deals on electronics, video games and a whole range [...]
At the close: FTSE 100 index closes lower on miners November 27, 2015 The FTSE 100 closed down today, led lower by miners after having made gains yesterday. The UK's top blue-chip index closed 0.28 per cent down, at 6,375 points, led lower by Anglo American and Glencore, after negative data from China was released showing that Chinese industrial profits fell 4.6 per cent in October. Miners, other than BHP Billiton, yesterday led [...]
Merck looks to sell allergy unit Allergopharma for €600m November 27, 2015 Pharmaceutical firm Merck is considering selling its allergy business Allergopharma, according to reports. Sources close to the matter told Bloomberg that the German company is currently in the early stages of deciding whether to put the unit up for sale. If they go ahead with it, rival drugs companies and private equity firms are expected to be [...]
Thames Water chief executive Martin Baggs to step down November 27, 2015 Thames Water chief executive Martin Baggs has announced plans to step down next year, the company said today. Baggs has led the UK's largest water company for the past six years, but said today he will step down by the end of 2016. "After spending all 30 years of my working life in the UK water industry… I [...]
Lloyds Banking Group share price rises as it appoints to new non-exec directors November 27, 2015 Lloyds banking group today announced the appointment of two new non-executive directors to its board. Deborah McWhinney will service as a member of the audit and risk committees from 1 December, while Stuart Sinclair will service on the remuneration and risk committees from 4 January. The bank also said that Dyfrig John, an independent non-executive director, wishes to reduce [...]
FTSE 100 opens down as miners retreat November 27, 2015 The FTSE 100 opened down today, led lower by miners who yesterday made gains. The UK's top blue-chip index opened 0.59 per cent down, at 6,355 points, led lower by Anglo American and Glencore. Miners, other than BHP Billiton, yesterday led the index higher, but have today been largely falling. Anglo American opened 3.37 per [...]
Alliance Trust chair Karin Forseke steps down November 27, 2015 The chair of troubled investment vehicle Alliance Trust is stepping down at the end of this year, as part of an overhaul of the company's management structure. Karin Forseke will step down from the board on 1 January 2016 amid a move to "create a wholly independent board". Chief executive Katherine Garrett-Cox has already left [...]
Airbus files another wacky patent for detachable cabins to cut down boarding time November 27, 2015 Another day, another wacky patent from Airbus. Among surprise charges for obvious services such as baggage check-in fees, having to navigate an airport carpark as well as flight delays, the time it takes to actually board a plane probably isn't towards the top of most people's list of flying-related annoyances. But a patent unearthed by [...]
NatWest says government’s new Help to Buy ISAs will help young customers November 27, 2015 NatWest has revealed that it will be one of the country’s first lenders to participate in the government’s new Help to Buy: ISA scheme. Starting next week, NatWest will offer customers accounts on the scheme, which will see the government topping up individuals’ savings when they purchase their first home. For every £200 an individual [...]
Taiwanese insurer Fubon Life Insurance is frontrunner to buy Cannon Place for £500m November 26, 2015 One of Taiwan’s biggest insurers Fubon Life Insurance is poised to make a second splurge in the UK this year after emerging as the frontrunner to buy the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) headquarters in the City. Cannon Place, which sits above Cannon Street station in the City, was put up for sale by its [...]