Raab: Stop blaming Brexit for poor business performance September 13, 2018 Brexit secretary Dominic Raab today told businesses to stop blaming Brexit for poor performance and “take responsibility”. His comments come in the wake of John Lewis posting a 99 per cent drop in profits in its half-year results this morning, which it partly attributed to Brexit. Read more: Bank of England: Hold fire until there [...]
Debenhams share price falls as House of Fraser merger talk is dampened September 13, 2018 Shares in Debenhams fell by five per cent this morning, wiping out most of the gains made yesterday amid speculation that Sports Direct could merge the struggling retailer with House of Fraser. Read more: Sports Direct board 'mulled Debenhams and House of Fraser merger' The comments were made by an outgoing board member at the [...]
Debenhams share price falls as House of Fraser merger talk is dampened September 13, 2018 Shares in Debenhams fell by five per cent this morning, wiping out most of the gains made yesterday amid speculation that Sports Direct could merge the struggling retailer with House of Fraser. Read more: Sports Direct board 'mulled Debenhams and House of Fraser merger' The comments were made by an outgoing board member at the [...]
UK house prices: London and south east weigh down on growth September 13, 2018 House prices sank in London and vast swathes of the south east in August, according to Rics’ UK Residential Market Survey today, as a regional divide made itself felt on a national scale. Unsold housing stock neared historic lows on estate agents’ book while new instructions fell 15 per cent, down from a three per [...]
Gordon Brown: World ‘sleepwalking’ to another financial crisis September 13, 2018 The world is “sleepwalking” into another financial crisis, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today, but said it lacks the international will to quickly recover. Read more: A decade on, hubris is the lesson to learn from the Lehman tragedy Brown issued the warning in the week marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of [...]
Gordon Brown: World ‘sleepwalking’ to another financial crisis September 13, 2018 The world is “sleepwalking” into another financial crisis, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today, but said it lacks the international will to quickly recover. Read more: A decade on, hubris is the lesson to learn from the Lehman tragedy Brown issued the warning in the week marking the 10th anniversary of the collapse of [...]
European Parliament votes for controversial copyright rules September 12, 2018 The European Parliament today voted in favour of sweeping copyright reforms that could dramatically change the fortunes of both artists and businesses. The rules, which will force tech giants to pay for the work of artists and journalists that they use, passed by 438 votes to 226, with 39 abstentions. MEPs voted for amendments to [...]
Storms Peggy and Callum: The Met Office is naming bad weather again September 12, 2018 Peggy, Max and Bronagh might not sound like the most intimidating of names, but you might be scared to meet one in bad weather – they’re some of the epithets set to grace this year’s mega storms. The first storm to arrive this year will be dubbed Ali, as the Met Office and Republic of [...]
Putin calls on Novichok suspects to defend themselves in public September 12, 2018 Vladmir Putin has encouraged two Russian men allegedly sent to kill former Soviet military officer Sergei Skripal to defend themselves publically. The Russian President said the men identified by the UK as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov are “civilians”, claiming “there is nothing criminal here”. Read more: US, France, Germany and Canada back UK on [...]
