No tall tales here but quite a yarn! May 4, 2022 | Sponsored It seems that many of the decisions that have made Brodie Cashmere a fashion powerhouse over the last 12 years were taken round the kitchen table – all the way from the initial set up to overcoming Covid’s impact in the last couple of years. Anne-Marie Holdsworth set up her luxury apparel and accessories company [...]
Focusrite – helping the world’s new musical talent be heard May 4, 2022 | Sponsored Focusrite Audio Engineering is no ordinary music equipment company. The company may sell a range of top products – and they have won this award for excellence in international trade – but it also puts its users, many of whom are musicians, first. Any visitor to Focusrite Group’s website, of which Focusrite Audio Engineering is [...]
Delphis Eco – cleaning up but no greenwashing May 4, 2022 | Sponsored For the founder and CEO of Delphis Eco, which supplies UK made, green and sustainable cleaning products, eliminating ‘greenwashing’ is key in not only to saving the planet but helping people to genuinely make a difference. This London-based company, established in 2007 by former banker Mark Jankovich and has been awarded the Queen’s Award for [...]
Brits cling onto pandemic savings amid economic uncertainty May 4, 2022 Brits are clinging on to their pandemic saving war chests in a sign that the UK could be headed toward a recession this year, reveals official figures published today. Rampant inflation is failing to push households into drawing down money set aside during lockdowns, suggests data from the Bank of England. Savings – including those [...]
Deforestation: what could be the market impact of new EU ban? May 4, 2022 | City Talk The EU looks set to require companies to demonstrate that agricultural products they import do not contribute to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and climate change through deforestation. The bloc is finally making efforts to ensure more sustainable consumption habits, with new legislation aimed at curbing deforestation and forest degradation linked to imported commodities such as [...]
Where are the opportunities in a disrupted US auto sector? May 4, 2022 | City Talk Worldwide automobile production is struggling to keep up with demand, mainly due to shortages in semiconductors and supply chain disruptions. Geopolitical unrest is causing further declines in production estimates and applying the most pressure to European output. Russian auto production is expected to collapse. German auto original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are facing factory slowdowns due [...]
Earth Day 2022 Q&A: Everything you need to know May 4, 2022 | City Talk When Earth Day 2022 is celebrated around the world on Friday 22 April it will be its 52nd anniversary. But what is its history and what progress, if any, has been made since it was first celebrated in 1970? What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual global event to demonstrate support for environmental protection [...]
IFS: Top City brass pocket decade-beating payouts May 4, 2022 Top bosses in the City are pocketing bumper payouts not seen for a decade, reveals analysis published today by a leading economic think tank. Growth in average pay packets in the Square Mile has far outstripped the rest of the economy since just before the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, according to the Institute for [...]
Cost of living crunch to deliver shock to UK households’ balance sheets May 4, 2022 Households’ balance sheets are set to be tainted by problem debt this year, driven by the worsening cost of living crunch forcing Brits to turn to credit cards to pay bills, reveals fresh analysis published today. Accelerating inflation over the course of this year is likely to spark a jump in unsecured lending, credit that [...]
Decade-high BP profit take boosts London’s FTSE 100 May 3, 2022 The best underlying profit take from one of the UK’s biggest oil giants in a decade sent London’s top index higher today. The capital’s FTSE 100 index climbed 0.22 per cent to close at 7,561.33 points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, dipped [...]