Investors in SANE states: keep calm and carry on February 17, 2011 AT the start of the year, investment opportunities seemed aplenty for those seeking exposure to Africa. The London Stock Exchange announced that the HSBC MSCI South Africa ETF, launched yesterday, brought the total number of London-listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on emerging market indices to 75. South Africa, Algeria, Nigeria and Egypt find themselves following [...]
How to make Britain’s future February 17, 2011 PEOPLE should stop trying to make money out of money and make money out of inventing things,” James Dyson tells me, “it’s the best way to revive our economy.” Clearly a man of his word, he had literally just placed the last ceremonial brick on his latest philanthropic venture: the Royal College of Art’s (RCA) [...]
A real team needs a determined leader February 17, 2011 JUST as businesses have changed in the last 25 years, so have people’s attitudes to employment. It is not unusual to hear older business managers moan about the lack of loyalty staff show their employers these days. But many employers fail to realise that the changes in British business and these attitudes are actually a [...]
NEW DIGITAL FUNDING SCHEME February 17, 2011 Digital entrepreneurs are invited to join a £200,000 scheme aimed at helping to bring new UK innovations to market. IC Tomorrow, a technology strategy board programme, will invest in up to 20 consumer trials across creative market sectors including music, television, film, and publishing. The scheme will be high profile and provide the entrepreneurs with [...]
SMES WASTE MILLIONS ON FX February 17, 2011 Small and medium-sized (SME) businesses could be wasting millions of pounds every year when making international payments, according to Travelex Global Business Payments, the cross-border payments specialist. It estimates that smaller businesses that trade internationally are wasting up to £280m per year on transaction fees by using their bank instead of a payment specialist, or £2,280 [...]
Hopes of revival for financial sector drives the FTSE higher February 16, 2011 BRITAIN’S leading share index rallied yesterday, powered by banks, on hopes for further upbeat earnings in the sector after Barclays and French peer Societe Generale set the standard. HSBC gained 2.8 per cent, Royal Bank of Scotland rose 4.3 per cent and Barclays, which reported results on Tuesday, was up 1.0 per cent. Societe Generale [...]
S&P 500 bounces after Dell results February 16, 2011 THE S&P 500 rose yesterday to twice its value from just two years ago, in a bounce that showed vigour not seen since the Great Depression. Stocks were boosted by Dell’s earnings and deal announcements that fuelled hopes for gains, but light volume made the move more tenuous. The market overcame concerns about tensions between [...]
Three ways to maximise your borrowing potential February 16, 2011 IT’S bonus season, and some high-earning City workers are likely to take advantage of the promise of rising top-end prices to snap up exclusive pads – provided they can get the necessary finance. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) estimated earlier this year that bonuses would amount to £7bn. The final figure is [...]
CLICK TO SAVE: WEBSITES THAT STOP YOU LOSING OUT February 16, 2011 THE internet is tearing up many traditional business models, bringing down costs, along with barriers to information-sharing and market entry. We look at four sites that could change your life (or at least your bank balance): BILLMONITOR.COM This new mobile phone comparison website uses technology developed over the last four years by Oxford University statisticians. [...]
How you can score high for credit February 16, 2011 WE ALL have one, but what exactly makes up a credit score and how can you improve it? More than a quarter of credit applicants have been turned down over the past year, according to price comparison site Moneysupermarket.com, with London having the highest rejection rate. Scores of expats who returned to London due to [...]
