Howden hails business as insurance brokers ramp up partnership with British and Irish Lions January 15, 2024 Founder of City insurance group Howden has insisted that “business is on fire” as it prepares to announce its annual results next month. “It was another very strong year for us,” founder and chief executive David Howden told City A.M. “You’ll see that we have already announced a couple of other critical acquisitions in Europe [...]
City job vacancies dropped nearly 40 per cent in 2023 as firms reverse post-pandemic overhiring January 15, 2024 Job openings and jobseekers in the City's financial services sector have fallen back to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data, as firms respond to high costs and overhiring.
Small businesses expect positive year despite ‘incredibly challenging’ 2023 January 15, 2024 Small businesses are confident in reaching profit targets this year, new research shows, despite high interest rates and an “incredibly challenging” 2023. A new survey by accountant and business advisory Moore UK shows 80 per cent of small businesses expect to reach their profit targets, with 91 per cent saying their profitability will increase over [...]
Who created Bitcoin? A UK court trial is set to decide January 15, 2024 The self-proclaimed inventor of Bitcoin is set to appear at the High Court today as a trial gets underway to decide if he really is the creator of the first-ever cryptocurrency.
House prices make biggest January leap since 2020 amid mortgage price war January 15, 2024 House prices made their biggest month-on-month leap in December to January since the pandemic, rising by 1.3 per cent to £359k.
The Notebook: George Lagarias on why we’ve all been asking the wrong question about inflation January 15, 2024 George Lagarias, chief economist at Mazars, takes the Notebook pen to talk inflation, films and Winter Wonderland.
SFO chief: We’re ready to use our new powers to clamp down on fraud January 15, 2024 The head of the UK's Serious Fraud Office has said he is ready to put the agency's new powers to use to help investigate and prosecute fraudsters.
Investors look set to pour cash into infrastructure following BlackRock acquisition January 15, 2024 Top investors on both sides of the Atlantic could be set to pump cash into the $1trillion infrastructure market as governments ramp up pressure on the private sector for investment.
Octopus investment pours £200m into data centre heat recycling firm January 15, 2024 Using the Octopus tranche, the UK firm Deep Green plans to expand its technology to more sites across the country.
FTSE 100 today: London markets brace for muted start amid thin U.S. holiday trading January 15, 2024 Asian markets decline in response to sparse U.S. holiday trading; China's central bank maintains stable lending rate; investor attention shifts towards Q3 earnings and China's Q4 GDP figures,