The next government must rebuild the UK’s planning system May 14, 2024 You almost couldn’t make it up. Britain, faced with a generational housing crisis, building less than a year ago. Even better, the weather is at least partly to blame. Welcome to Blighty. We used to build things, you know. The main culprit is of course the planning system, which – from the moment a misty-eyed [...]
FTSE 100 today: London markets to open higher on weaker UK jobs report May 14, 2024 Asia markets mixed after lackluster Wall Street. Focus on UK jobs report, Fed Chair Jerome Powell speech, and Vodafone's earnings.
Starmer pledges to ‘rebuild our economy’ with decade-long local growth plans May 13, 2024 Firing up the UK’s regional prosperity will be key to Labour’s plans to “rebuild our economy”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he called for mayors to deliver 10-year local growth plans.
London’s most respected ad guru on why data giants Publicis and WPP have it wrong May 13, 2024 The former chief of operations at Publicis says brands that still launch with a TV ad and a poster blows his mind.
Gamestop shares rocket as meme stock rally engineer ‘Roaring Kitty’ returns May 13, 2024 Gamestop shares soared as high as 110 per cent on Monday after the engineer of the meme stock rally, "Roaring Kitty," returned.
Coutts: Prime London property prices to rebound as inflation subsides May 13, 2024 A cocktail of macroeconomic factors meant there was a 3.9 per cent drop in prime London prices in the last quarter.
Ex-pensions minister: ‘Serious questions’ for lenders as ultra-long mortgages surge May 13, 2024 Young homebuyers are at risk of falling into poverty in older age, a former pensions minister has warned, as fresh data suggests more than one million new mortgages over the last three years were issued with end dates beyond the state pension age.
Higher wage growth has not fuelled inflation – but it will if productivity does not improve May 13, 2024 Despite stronger real wage growth, productivity - which measures workers' output per hour - has actually deteriorated in the past year.
Former O2 and Pizza Express boss takes chairman seat at Gaucho-owner Rare Restaurants May 13, 2024 Hospitality grandee David Campbell is to take the chairman's role at Rare Restaurants, the group behind the Gaucho and M restaurant brands.
Plans for an Asda ‘town centre’ linking London’s Old Oak and Park Royal May 13, 2024 The Issa brother-owned grocer has entered into an agreement with developer Barratt, on a Brownfield site, currently home to a superstore, marking a "significant milestone" for the firm.
