By: Natasha Clark

I am a political journalist interested in education and business. I previously worked for The Times and Twitter, do a lot of running, and make good cake.

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Post Office strike: 3600 walk out today as further action could cause Christmas post chaos

October 31, 2016

Thousands of staff at Post Offices across the UK will walk out today as they strike over jobs, pensions and branch closures. The 24-hour strike will affect 118 of the Crown Post Offices, but 99 per cent of the 11,600 Post Offices will remain open. Up to 3,500 members of the Communication Workers Union and Unite [...]
Ford net income plunges 50 per cent after product recall and Brexit ripples hits results

October 27, 2016

Ford announced a drop of more than 50 per cent in its third-quarter profits today after the auto trader took a hit from a safety recall earlier in the year. The second-largest US car marker said lower sales, the high cost of the recall and complications surrounding the launch of a new truck had dented its income. [...]
Blackstone Group tops third quarter results

October 27, 2016

Blackstone Group has posted stronger than expected third quarter earnings as oil prices rebounded. Predictions by analysts from Reuters expected earnings of 48 cents per share, which were greatly exceeded. The results The world's largest asset manager said it earned an economic net income – a metric that accounts for unrealised investment gains or losses – of $687m (£562.2m) [...]
Five things we learned from today’s GDP figures: Could Star Wars have saved us from a post-Brexit slump?

October 27, 2016

A surprising set of GDP results came out this morning, revealing that the resilient economy had grown by 0.5 per cent in the last quarter. This was at odds to predictions from the Treasury earlier this year who thought that if the UK voted to leave the EU, economic growth could slow to one per cent. [...]
Brexit hits trading as C&C revenue falls 8 per cent but cider sales are up

October 27, 2016

Drinks Group C&C said its revenue was down more than eight per cent due to investment in marketing and the volatile behaviour of customers after the Brexit vote. The drinks company, who produce Bulmers and Magners cider, said that its half-year performance was "defined by currency headwind and investment in marketing and price support to drive momentum in our core [...]
Brexit, what Brexit? UK economy grows by 0.5 per cent – slower than the previous quarter but better than economists had expected

October 27, 2016

GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter of the year, in a sign the economy has – so far – shrugged off the effects of Brexit. The statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are the first to cover the full three months after the UK voted to leave the [...]
No kidding: Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, warns that Brexit uncertainty is bad for the economy

October 27, 2016

Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Foundation, has warned that the uncertainty surrounding the UK's vote to leave the EU is bad for the economy. Speaking to Bloomberg this morning, she said businesses needed to know whether they would lose their access to passporting across the market when the UK leaves the bloc. The uncertainty [...]
Southwest shares plummet after tech issues force profits down by a third

October 26, 2016

Southwest Airlines missed quarterly revenue estimates yesterday which were partly affected by a technology problem in July which forced flights to be cancelled. Company shares were down more than 12 per cent during early morning trading on Wednesday as it was revealed that profits had taken a 30 per cent dip. The results Net income [...]
Mike Hookem formally reprimanded after Stephen Woolfe altercation, but the former MEP is blamed for starting the fight

October 26, 2016

An investigation into an "altercation" between two Ukip MEPs said it was not possible to verify what happened when they clashed at the European Parliament earlier this month, but blamed former party member Steven Woolfe for kicking off the argument. Ukip chairman Paul Oakden said that MEPs Steven Woolfe and Mike Hookem "brought the party into disrepute" when news broke of an [...]
Comcast reports boost in earnings after Rio Olympics and attraction openings in Hollywood and Japan

October 26, 2016

Comcast posted better than expected results today as it added viewers in its third quarter as a result of the Rio Olympics over the summer. The cable giant said today that it had achieved "terrific operational and financial results" and the company remained on a trajectory for growth. The figures Revenue grew 15 per cent to [...]

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