Traders braced for busy week as pound opens flat and European markets edge up October 21, 2019 Traders are bracing themselves for a fresh week of market mayhem amid trade war negotiations and Brexit uncertainty. Optimism over an end to the US-China tariff battle has pushed European markets up slightly after the opening bell this morning, with both the German Dax and the FTSE 100 rising 0.4 per cent. Read more: Speaker [...]
Just Eat revenue rises as it hopes for £9bn end-of-year merger with Takeaway.com October 21, 2019 Just Eat’s third quarter revenue rose 25 per cent, it revealed today, as it hopes a £9bn merger with Dutch rival Takeaway.com willbe tied up by the end of the year. Despite this, shares fell five per cent in early trading as analysts were sceptical the deal would get past shareholders at a meeting pencilled [...]
SAP strikes three-year cloud computing deal with Microsoft October 21, 2019 Software company SAP said today it had agreed a three-year deal with Microsoft to help its large business customers move business processes into the cloud. The partnership, called Embrace, aims to help clients run operations hosted at remote servers supported by SAP’s S/4HANA database. Read more: Software giant SAP to buy Qualtrics for $8bn days [...]
Barclays UK chairman Sir Ian Cheshire: Get on with Brexit October 21, 2019 Barclays UK chairman Sir Ian Cheshire has urged the government to press ahead with Brexit, becoming the latest City figure to express his frustration at the continued uncertainty in Westminster. The pro-Remain businessman, who was previously the boss of Kingfisher, told the BBC this morning that Downing Street’s agreement with the EU is “an acceptable [...]
Wirecard hires KPMG to inspect accounting, days after dismissing calls for independent audit October 21, 2019 German payments giant Wirecard has hired KPMG to conduct an independent audit, in a bid to address claims its finance team had tried to inflate its reported sales and profits. The announcement was enough to push shares up 6.7 per cent this morning. It comes days after chairman Wulf Matthias dismissed calls for such an [...]
How Boris Johnson’s big day fell flat October 21, 2019 It was billed as a day of high drama. Not since the Falklands War had the Commons sat on a weekend. But as Super Saturday turned into Soggy Saturday, it was clear things were not going to pan out as the government had hoped. Having agreed an 11th-hour deal at the European Council, Saturday was [...]
City Moves for 21 October – Who’s switching jobs at Kemp Little, Fladgate and Unite? October 21, 2019 Today’s City Moves includes Kemp Little, Fladgate and Unte Kemp Little Leading technology and digital media law firm Kemp Little has announced that Matthew Irvine has joined the firm as an IT disputes partner. Matthew joins the company from international law firm Pinsent Masons. Matthew is a specialist disputes lawyer who helps clients to get [...]
Recover that Olympic spirit to give London back its mojo October 21, 2019 “Inspire a generation.” That was the slogan for the London 2012 Olympic Games, and a memory of a moment when the capital and the country felt confident about the future. Cast your mind back and recall the triumphs of elite athletes, the city at ease with itself, and the country bursting with the pride of [...]
It’s not just about avoiding another Carillion scandal, reforming public procurement can build a better Britain October 21, 2019 From the collapse of Carillion to the Brexit ferries fiasco, public procurement has had a rocky few years. But while the focus has rightly been on ensuring that such disasters don’t happen again, we must not forget that public procurement can actually be an enormous force for good. Public procurement is the act of the [...]
DEBATE: Could the BBC survive becoming a subscription service? October 21, 2019 Could the BBC survive becoming a subscription service? Nicholas Mazzei, a corporate social responsibility adviser, says YES. The BBC is a well-loved and historic British institution, but it needs to move with the times. Ending its guaranteed income and making it compete for its customers through a subscription model would drive it to become more [...]