Retail sales crash 3.2 per cent in December as struggling high street hits Covid-era low January 19, 2024 UK retail sales plummeted 3.2 per cent in December, well below analyst expectations and the largest monthly fall since January 2021 when coronavirus restrictions pushed down sales. Analysts had expected sales to fall by 0.5 per cent in the last month of the year, but a significant drop in both food and non-food store sales [...]
Wincanton to go private – with board fed up with share price underperformance January 19, 2024 Wincanton, the logistics and warehouse outfit, is the latest firm to leave the London public market and head for private hands.
Why Argentine president Javier Milei’s Davos speech was such a tonic January 19, 2024 Javier Milei delivered a ringing defence of capitalism in his Davos speech this week
Green alternatives: How investing in cannabis fuelled my hydrogen startup January 19, 2024 Green startups find it hard to get funding - but thinking outside the box can be rewarding.
Sadiq Khan freezes TfL fares after drumming up extra £123m January 19, 2024 Tube and rail fares will be frozen until March 2025 after Mayor Sadiq Khan drummed up an extra £123m in funding for TfL.
Private equity-owned firms facing pressure over ‘poor’ human rights and ESG transparency January 19, 2024 Private equity-backed companies are under pressure to improve “poor” reporting on areas like human rights and social impact amid a global pull-back from environmental, social and governance [ESG] standards over the past year.
What’s driving Bentley sales? Wealthy buyers paying to have their name spotlit on the ground January 19, 2024 Bentley Motors reported its third best ever year of luxury car sales in 2023, driven by record demand for personalisation.
FTSE 100 today: London markets likely to soar on the heels of global tech rally January 19, 2024 Global stocks surge in a tech rally, oil prices dip, and Bitcoin hits a five-week low. Attention now shifts to UK retail sales and U.S. Michigan Sentiment data.
‘Huge vote of confidence’: Sunak cheers Google’s £790m AI injection in Watford January 18, 2024 Google has announced plans to invest $1bn (£790m) to build a new UK data centre as it tries to gain a lead in the race for AI supremacy.
AI could help us with vaccines and tax cuts, Jeremy Hunt tells Davos January 18, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) could help the world with vaccines for the next global pandemic and aid politicians in cutting taxes, Jeremy Hunt has told Davos.
