EU referendum: Will leaving the 28-member bloc actually lead to more sovereignty? March 14, 2016 NULL
Applegreen share price rises three per cent, fuelled by 15 per cent revenue growth March 14, 2016 The share price of Applegreen rose three per cent today after the petrol forecourt retailer reported a 15 per cent growth in revenue in the year it went public. The figures Ireland-based Applegreen reported a gross profit of €125.9m (£97.6m) in the year to 31 December 2015. This was up 30 per cent from €96.6m in [...]
Fitch: European Central Bank’s cheap lending will offer limited relief to Eurozone banks March 14, 2016 Ratings agency Fitch has said Eurozone bank profits will continue to come under pressure despite a new wave of cheap lending from the central bank. The European Central Bank (ECB) offered a new round of so-called targeted longer-term refinancing operations last week – cheap loans to banks that are available so long as banks lend more to the real economy. [...]
National Apprenticeship Week 2016: Top bosses join business secretary Sajid Javid at the Shard to kick off National Apprenticeship Week March 14, 2016 NULL
LV announces bumper profits for year ended December 2015, with strong growth in life and pensions division but a small dip in general insurance performance thanks to the December storms March 14, 2016 Insurance, pensions and investment company LV has today revealed that its profits have more than trebled for the year ended December 2015. The company announced profits before tax of £124m for 2015, up 235 per cent from £37m in 2014. "The challenging market conditions experienced in 2014 with depressed investment returns and pressure on home insurance rates, [...]
Glencore, Anglo American and Antofagasta share price: FTSE Mining shares bounce on steady copper prices March 14, 2016 Mining shares jumped today, tracking copper prices which steadied just below four-month highs following good news out of top consumer China. Copper prices were up 1.6 per cent to $4,970 per metric tonne on the London Metal Exchange in mid-afternoon trading. They were buoyed by assurances from an important securities regulator that top Copper consumer China will [...]
Mapped: The London areas best (and worst) at managing money based on the credit score of every borough March 14, 2016 Londoners are better at managing their finances than the rest of the country, but some areas are better than others. Residents of Kingston rack up the best credit score in the capital and 13 per cent higher than the city average of 386 and more than 14 per cent higher than the national average of [...]
Budget 2016: In the run up to the EU referendum, does Britain have to leave the blue to get out of the red? March 14, 2016 The news that the Britain’s goods-trade deficit with the European Union has widened to a record £8.1bn will leave the chancellor's Byron Burger tasting somewhat tough just a few days before his Budget. The record figures, released by the Office of National statistics (ONS), also showed a deficit of £23bn over the past three months. It is staggering [...]
EU referendum: More than half of French voters want their own In/Out vote, with voters in Sweden, Spain and Germany all calling for referendums March 14, 2016 More than half of French voters want their own referendum on European Union membership – and nearly just as many think Britain should leave the European Union – according to new research from the University of Edinburgh and dpart, a German think tank. Researchers polled more than 8,000 voters across six countries – France, Sweden, Spain, [...]
London mayoral election 2016: New YouGov poll shows Sadiq Khan leads Zac Goldsmith by seven points March 14, 2016 Labour candidate for mayor of London Sadiq Khan has a seven-point lead over Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, according to a new YouGov poll out this afternoon. Khan has the support of 32 per cent of voters, according to YouGov, while Goldsmith trails with 25 per cent of the vote. Both front-runners increased their share of the [...]