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By: Harry Robertson

Reporter covering economics and markets. You can send me stories or get in touch at harry.robertson@cityam.com

  • Pound hits two-year high as hopes of Brexit trade deal rise

    December 16, 2020

    The pound hit its highest level in two years after market optimism rose that the UK and EU would strike a post-Brexit trade agreement. Sterling climbed 0.5 per cent to $1.352 having earlier touched $1.355, its highest level since the spring of 2018. The pound was up 0.3 per cent against the euro at €1.109. [...]

  • Quarter of UK pubs feared closing for good even before new lockdown

    December 16, 2020

    More than a quarter of UK pub and bar-owners said they feared their business would fail even before the latest lockdowns in London and the south east.  Figures from the UK’s statistics body showed that 27.9 per cent of pub and bar businesses said they had low or no confidence in surviving the next three [...]

  • UK firms see ‘severe pressure’ on supply chains ahead of Brexit deadline

    December 16, 2020

    UK manufacturing firms faced “severe pressure” on their supply chains in December ahead of the Brexit deadline, causing shortages of crucial parts, a survey has shown. It comes after 10-mile lorry queues were witnessed in Calais over the weekend, as businesses tried to stockpile in case of a no-deal Brexit. Britain and the EU are [...]

  • UK businesses return to growth in December after lockdowns

    December 16, 2020

    The UK’s businesses clawed their way back to growth in December after the England-wide lockdown hit the economy in November, a new survey has shown, although conditions were better in manufacturing than the all-important services sector. An early reading of the IHS Markit purchasing managers’ index (PMI) – a closely watched economic gauge – rose [...]

  • Bank of England set to hold policy amid Brexit and lockdown uncertainty

    December 16, 2020

    The Bank of England is set to leave interest rates on hold when it announces monetary policy tomorrow, according to analysts, after expanding its bond-buying programme sharply last month. Economists said there was little reason for the Bank to act. The latest lockdown measures have not been as damaging as feared, while the BoE asset-purchase [...]

  • FTSE 100 slips ahead of London lockdown as job losses mount

    December 15, 2020

    The FTSE 100 slipped into the red as London prepared itself for a new lockdown and job losses climbed, with the index bucking the trend of European and US markets which rose amid positivity about coronavirus vaccines. London’s biggest index was down 0.5 per cent in afternoon trading to 6,501 points. The FTSE 250 was [...]

  • Vaccine ‘gamechanger’ will see UK economy bounce back sharply, analysts say

    December 15, 2020

    The coronavirus vaccine will help the UK economy recover more rapidly than most experts think, according to economists at consultancy Capital Economics (CE) who predicted Covid will barely affect growth in the long-run. The respected economics consultancy predicted the economy would grow by about 7.5 per cent in both 2021 and 2022, after shrinking by [...]

  • Barclays fined £26m for mistreatment of customers in arrears

    December 15, 2020

    The UK’s financial watchdog has fined Barclays £26m for failures in its treatment of customers who fell into financial difficulties. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that Barclays had mistreated some retail and small business customers who fell into arrears between April 2014 and December 2018. Read more: Parlez-vous Français? Paris’ finance sector gets ready [...]

  • PM to visit India in January in bid to bolster economic ties

    December 15, 2020

    Prime Minister Boris Johnson will fly to India in January 2021 in an effort to strengthen economic and political relations between the two countries. It will be Johnson’s first major bilateral visit since becoming PM, and will come soon after the UK leaves the EU single market at the end of the post-Brexit transition period [...]

  • S&P: No-deal Brexit could threaten UK credit rating

    December 14, 2020

    The UK’s credit rating could come under pressure if there is a no-deal Brexit that badly dents the country’s economic recovery, ratings agency S&P Global has said. It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pledged to extend Brexit talks beyond Sunday. The pound rose sharply today amid [...]

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