Metro Bank’s costs in focus as lender embarks on major restructuring March 9, 2024 Investors will be looking for more clues on Metro Bank's revamped strategy next week as the lender prepares to draw a line under a year that saw it rescued from potential collapse.
Gaza protests in London have cost over £32m to police March 9, 2024 The cost of policing Gaza-related protests in London has reached over £32m, as major marches are planned across the capital on Saturday. A Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) march will take place in central London, with this weekend being the fifth major demonstration of the year so far. The group said it was expecting “hundreds of [...]
The government’s levelling up cash for Canary Wharf is a step in the right direction for London March 9, 2024 A taxpayer loan of over £118m being handed to Canary Wharf to help elevate its life science offering and build news homes has inevitably raised some eyebrows across London.
London’s wealthiest renters can now pay with cryptocurrency March 9, 2024 Some of London’s richest tenants are now paying their rent in cryptocurrency.
Britain’s mega-wealthy look to cash in on uncertainty in property market March 9, 2024 Britain’s mega wealthy are ramping up investment in commercial and residential properties, as they look to cash in on the uncertainty in the market.
Londoners, here’s how much your council tax will be rising in April March 9, 2024 Councils are officially able to increase their tax rates by 4.99 per cent, but those with government permission are able to increase their residents’ bills by over 5 per cent.
Will a British ISA really boost the London Stock Exchange? March 9, 2024 Jeremy Hunt confirmed much trailed plans for a British ISA in the budget on Wednesday in a bid to get cash flowing into London’s beleaguered stock market.
It could be Sweynesse’s Lucky day March 8, 2024 IT IS a day of reckoning for top-rated sprinter LUCKY SWEYNESSE, who lines-up in the feature race on the ten-race programme, the seven-furlong Group One Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup (8.05am), at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday. For a galloper whose record reads 15 wins from 22 races, it seems strange that some pundits [...]
Bowman has Ambition for a Patch of winners March 8, 2024 LEGENDARY jockey Hugh Bowman has given his many thousands of supporters plenty to cheer about in Hong Kong in the past week. The 43-year-old has been at his indomitable best, riding a handful of winners and taking his total up to 40 for the current campaign – and that’s despite missing a large chunk of [...]
Vodafone brand Voxi launches AI chatbot with Accenture in innovation drive March 8, 2024 Vodafone's Voxi brand has partnered with professional services firm Accenture to launch a generative AI chatbot.
