Investor confidence soars to 10-month high despite Brexit uncertainty March 21, 2019 Investor confidence hit a ten-month high in March despite ongoing uncertainty related to Brexit. The Hargreaves Lansdown Investor Confidence Index reached 80 points this month, recovering from a record low of 52 points in December, indicating that the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union is no longer tainting investor sentiment to the same extent. Read [...]
Challenger banks Oaknorth and Monzo team up to launch savings accounts March 21, 2019 Fintech banks Oaknorth and Monzo have launched a partnership that will allow Monzo users access to a high-interest savings account for the first time. The challenger bank tie-up will allow customers to open a range of savings accounts, with rates of up to 1.55 per cent, within minutes in the Monzo app. An easy-access cash [...]
Burford Capital: AIM’s biggest firm still growing fast March 21, 2019 | City Talk By Graeme Evans from interactive investor. This AIM star is already big enough to make the FTSE 100, but City analysts argue it is worth even more. The extraordinary story of Burford Capital (LSE:BUR) continued in earnest today as the AIM market's biggest stock delivered another record year of significant profits growth. With shares up [...]
Which workplace perks are the most popular among employees? March 21, 2019 As workplace perks and office wellbeing become increasingly important to employees, businesses are starting to take note. But now a study by employee experience platform Perkbox has revealed which benefits are most popular among workers looking for a little bit more from their job. Read more: No more ties in the office? Suit yourself Taking the [...]
Fed up with bureaucracy? Might be time to reform your meetings March 21, 2019 Every organisation is either struggling with bureaucracy or terrified of becoming one as they grow. But when companies reach a certain size, it’s not uncommon for them to have countless policies, practices, and structures in place that have accumulated over time. Business leaders should think of this as an operating system. And just as a [...]
Debate: With recent attention on Section 21 of the Landlord and Tenants Act, should it be scrapped? March 21, 2019 Debate: With recent attention on Section 21 of the Landlord and Tenants Act, should it be scrapped? Yes – Hannah Slater is policy and public affairs manager at Generation Rent. Section 21 allows landlords to evict tenants with just two months’ notice and without giving them any reason. It’s an outdated bit of law. Three decades on [...]
Bottoms up! March 20, 2019 | City Talk If an investor is specifically looking for reasons not to invest, he or she will always find them. Indeed, for one reason or another, it has been said that “now is the most difficult time to invest”, in perpetuity! At present, such reasons are in ample supply – geopolitical concerns, populism, punchy valuations, a lack [...]
Beware of these Tube terrors if you’re travelling on the London Underground March 20, 2019 Only the bravest explorers traverse the London Underground. The tunnels of the Tube have their own microclimate and ecosystem, and are inhabited by a wide array of eccentric species. Most of these specimens are placid, if not friendly, but recently I have observed a worrying trend of hostility from Undergrounders. It’s rough out there, so [...]
Invest in property with your IFISA March 20, 2019 | Sponsored Throughout history, wealth has always been accumulated and preserved by investing in the property sector. Over the years we have seen property prices reach all-time highs and even outperformed the stock market. The super-rich however don’t really “do” buy-to-let investments. They have always had access to other sectors and type of investment products that were [...]
For once, John Bercow’s egomaniac meddling actually has a point March 20, 2019 John Bercow is a pompous, smug, self-important showman. The only thing he likes more than the sound of his own voice is being in the limelight – and he isn’t afraid to ruffle feathers in his never-ending search for it. He has turned the centuries-old office of the speaker of the House of Commons into [...]
