FTSE 100 quarterly review highlights the economy’s winners and losers June 4, 2020 | City Talk Home-repairs company Homeserve, cybersecurity firm Avast, DIY group Kingfisher and gambling giant GVC were the four companies announced yesterday as being promoted to the FTSE 100 – the index of the 100 biggest UK companies.Cruise giant Carnival, airline easyJet, aerospace components firm Meggitt and British Gas-owner Centrica are all making way. The FTSE reshuffles its [...]
Digital bank Monzo to cut up to 120 jobs due to coronavirus June 3, 2020 Digital bank Monzo will cut up to 120 jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it was revealed today. In an internal note seen by Reuters, the cuts, which amount to about eight per cent of the bank’s workforce, were announced. The memo said: “Unfortunately we haven’t been able to achieve the goal of [...]
Clean technologies and climate policy: the global financial crisis and Covid-19 June 3, 2020 | City Talk A lot has changed for clean technologies since the global crisis in 2008. As investors in climate change, this is hugely encouraging. It is striking just how much has changed for clean technologies and climate policy between the financial crisis in 2008 and the one we face today. As climate change investors, this gives us [...]
Covid-19: The golden age of investing comes with a silver lining June 3, 2020 | Sponsored In financial markets, there are no crystal balls, only things we know and things we do not – known knowns, and known unknowns. Both can help us to guide our decisions as investors. When faced with uncertainties or black swan events, investors have typically responded with a rush to precious metals. Gold has historically maintained [...]
Invest in knowledge to make your trades go further June 3, 2020 | Sponsored “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest,” once quipped US founding father, Benjamin Franklin. While the advice of long-dead polymaths can usually be disregarded in the context of modern investment, this maxim has stood the test of time. The primary reason an investment might fail is a lack of understanding. The democratisation of financial [...]
Funding the Covid-19 recovery: Seize the opportunity to build a better tax system June 2, 2020 The suspension of huge parts of the economy coupled with an unprecedented package of government support measures mean that tax revenues are falling while public spending is surging. A leaked Treasury assessment estimated a £337bn budget deficit this year, nearly seven times the forecast in March’s budget. Analysts expect the debt-to-GDP ratio to be near [...]
How to use cultural heritage as a competitive advantage June 1, 2020 | Sponsored Internationalising can be difficult for small business, especially if their products are grounded in domestic cultural traditions and require the possession of some degree of cultural knowledge to be understood, used, and valued by foreign customers. Difficult, but not impossible. Three different ‘cultural strategies’ are available to them if they wish to succeed on an [...]
Why global cities can still thrive despite Covid-19’s impact June 1, 2020 | City Talk The most connected part of global cities could be of even greater value despite an increase in remote working. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated our digital future with remote working set to become the norm for many people. But although fewer people will be travelling into cities each day to work in the knowledge economy, [...]
Q&A with Stefan Allesch-Taylor: How entrepreneurs can respond to coronavirus June 1, 2020 Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor CBE is a broadcaster, philanthropist, Professor of the Practice of Entrepreneurship and Fellow at King’s College London. How do you think the pandemic will affect entrepreneurs? Is it a crisis or an opportunity? It’s tough to avoid the obvious here. For some a crisis, for others an opportunity. But unlike most economic [...]
UK entrepreneurs rally behind the national response to COVID-19 May 29, 2020 | City Talk Entrepreneurs are typically good at acting fast, spotting opportunities and responding to a dynamic market, so it comes as no surprise that many are responding to the ongoing COVID-19 situation by taking decisive action. As they try to determine the impact of the crisis, they’ve had to react quickly to safeguard employees and the future [...]
