UK house prices rise at fastest rate since April, finds Halifax September 6, 2019 UK house prices climbed 1.8 per cent higher in August compared to the same time last year, Halifax’s House Price Index revealed today. That is the fastest rate of growth since April’s 2.6 per cent increase, Halifax’s figures showed. However, revisions to modernise Halifax’s measure means previous lofty growth of 4.1 per cent in July [...]
Smith News signs five-year distribution deal with the Telegraph September 6, 2019 Newspaper distributor Connect Group’s Smith News network has won a new five-year agreement to distribute the Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. Read more: Does the Telegraph’s allegedly biased survey mean there’s no more point in polls? The contract is worth £100m a year in revenue and runs from October 2019 until September 2024. Smith News’ Telegraph [...]
Beer sales slip at Greene King after last year’s World Cup summer September 6, 2019 Beer sales fell in Greene’ King’s summer quarter, as they suffered in comparison to last year’s World Cup-fuelled boost in drinking, the pub chain revealed today. Read more: Greene King shares surge 50 per cent as Hong Kong’s richest man makes an offer Like-for-like sales sank 4.2 per cent among Greene King’s pub partners for [...]
Facebook Dating app looks to convert Likes into love September 5, 2019 Has a Facebook Like ever led to love? Almost certainly, but the social network doesn’t want to leave it to chance. Mark Zuckerberg’s tech giant today launched a dating app that will allow its billions of users to Like somebody’s profile if they’re interested – Facebook’s own take on Tinder’s swipe right. Read more: Huge [...]
Sterling rallies against dollar to pass $1.23 as Boris grapples with Brexit September 5, 2019 Sterling has broken through the $1.23 barrier today as traders’ shorts are being squeezed amid a GBP rally. Read more: Prime Minister’s election plan scuppered as Labour holds out until Halloween Confidence in the currency has reversed over the last two days as it recovers from hitting a 34-year low earlier this week. The pound [...]
Jo Johnson quits Boris Johnson’s Tory party to spend less time with his family September 5, 2019 Boris Johnson’s brother has quit as minister and MP, saying he is “torn between family loyalty and the national interest”. Jo Johnson resigned as universities and science minister this morning, citing “unresolvable tension” for the decision. He will stand down as MP of Orpington at the next election. Read more: Boris Johnson’s first PMQs: The [...]
Ex-Labour MP Luciana Berger joins Liberal Democrats September 5, 2019 Former Change UK MP Luciana Berger has joined the Liberal Democrats. The former Labour MP who moved to the newly-former party this year said she would now serve under Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson as the party is “the strongest party to stop Brexit, fight for equality and a fairer country”. Read more: Boris Johnson’s [...]
Meet the 23 fintech startups on Tech Nation’s latest growth programme September 5, 2019 London startups dominate the list of 23 fintechs that have joined government-backed Tech Nation’s 2019 growth programme. Sixty per cent of the new cohort of financial technology firms hail from the capital, while 40 per cent boast at least one female co-founder, Tech Nation revealed today. Read more: Fintech is all the rage, but is [...]
Downing Street calls today ‘first day of election’ despite failure to pull trigger September 5, 2019 Downing Street has called today the “first day of the election campaign” despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to trigger a snap election in parliament last night. Johnson’s office told Sky News that the PM will begin his campaign to win an election today after opposition MPs resisted his call for a 15 October vote. [...]
Tube chaos: Severe delays hit Metropolitan Line and Victoria Line September 5, 2019 Commuters faced another day of chaos on the Tube today as severe delays struck two London Underground lines a day after no service on the Northern Line. The Metropolitan Line and Victoria Line were both running severe delays this morning as Transport for London (TfL) urged passengers to find alternative routes into work. Read more: [...]
