Zoopla is splurging £120m on this property data company January 31, 2017 Online property giant Zoopla has unveiled plans to buy property data company Hometrack for £120m. In a statement after the market closed today, Zoopla Property Group, which also owns the likes of USwitch and PrimeLocation, said the transaction will take place on a cash-free, debt-free basis. Zoopla will pay £108m when the deal completes, and £6m [...]
Eurozone GDP growth beats expectations as inflation edges up January 31, 2017 It's a good day for the Eurozone, which beat expectations on growth and unemployment today – while inflation edged up. Figures published by Eurostat, the region's statistics authority, showed gross domestic product grew 0.5 per cent in the euro area, pushing inflation for the full year up to 1.8 per cent. Although it was slightly down from [...]
These are the UK’s 13 best MBAs January 31, 2017 Two UK business schools are among those world's 10 best MBAs, according to a new ranking. The Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking put University of Cambridge Judge's MBA in fifth place overall, while London Business School reached number six. However, while Cambridge Judge climbed four places, from ninth place last year, London Business School fell from [...]
Here’s the US embassy’s final word on Britons with dual nationality travelling to the US January 31, 2017 London's US embassy left a lot of people scratching their heads yesterday when it published a statement asking people sharing dual nationality with countries on Donald Trump's banned list not to travel to the US – despite assurances by Boris Johnson. But four days after the ban on people travelling from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, [...]
Now Ford has spoken out against Donald Trump’s travel ban January 30, 2017 The two top executives at the US' largest carmaker have waded into the row over Donald Trump's decision to ban citizens of seven Middle Eastern and North African countries from travelling to the US, saying it "goes against our values as a company". Reuters reported Ford's executive chairman Bill Ford Jr and chief exec Mark [...]
Airline shares are falling thanks to the Trump travel ban January 30, 2017 Airline shares were among some of the worst-hit stocks on both sides of the pond today, as Donald Trump's travel ban to citizens of seven countries in the Middle East and North Africa began to sink in. In the UK, International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways, Aer Lingus, Iberia and Vueling, fell almost [...]
An appeal against the third runway at Heathrow Airport has been delayed January 30, 2017 An appeal seeking a judicial review on the third runway at Heathrow Airport has been delayed by the High Court. The High Court put off the legal challenge by a coalition of local councils and Greenpeace UK (plus one Hillingdon resident, saying it cannot be heard until after a National Policy Statement (NPS) on aviation has [...]
The US embassy in London appears to be contradicting Boris Johnson on Donald Trump’s travel ban January 30, 2017 The US embassy in London appeared to directly contradict a statement by the foreign secretary this morning, by issuing a notice people who have dual nationalities with countries on Donald Trump's banned travel list not to apply for a US visa. In a statement posted on the embassy's website this morning, it advised: "If you are [...]
Trump and May discuss Nato, trade and Brexit during brief press conference January 27, 2017 Talks between Theresa May and Donald Trump were an "indication of the strength and importance of the special relationship between our two countries," May said at a joint press conference between the two leaders today. The pair said they planned to discuss Nato and a state visit by Trump to the UK later this year [...]
