High-flying lawyers and comms whizzkids: Meet the City types running for Parliament February 6, 2024 Meet the City workers packing it in for a run at election in this year's general election - and they're not all Tories
FTSE 100 today: London markets brace for caution as traders scale back rate cut bets February 6, 2024 Asian markets mimic Wall Street's dip, oil prices hold steady. UK retail sales slow in January, RBA maintains interest rate at 4.35%; focus shifts to UK Construction PMI.
Sterling slumps as hawkish Fed spooks investors February 5, 2024 Lower rate expectations tend to hit currencies as it suggests investors will receive a lower rate of return on their investments.
FTSE 100: London markets tick down as traders trim rate cut bets February 5, 2024 London's FTSE 100 ticked down on Monday amid a deluge of economic data that spurred traders to trim their bets on UK interest rate cuts.
More than £1tn languishing in low-interest savings accounts as Brits urged to shop around February 5, 2024 More than £1tn of savings is languishing in low-interest accounts, according to an analysis of Bank of England data, as Britons are urged to shop around for the best deals.
Interest rates should remain high for ‘some time to come’, OECD warns February 5, 2024 The OECD warned that labour costs remain too high to be compatible with inflation returning to target on a sustainable basis.
Unemployment lower than previously thought according to ONS following revamp of data collection February 5, 2024 The ONS has been forced to improve the accuracy of its flagship Labour Force Survey after falling response rates raised questions about the accuracy of the data.
Prosecutions fail to keep up with the UK’s growing ‘fraud epidemic’ February 5, 2024 The UK government has been urged to do more to crack down on fraud after new data showed the number of high-value criminal cases reaching the courts has stayed flat despite a sharp rise in fraud.
Insolvencies forecast to hit 33,000 in 2024 despite improving economic outlook February 5, 2024 According to new forecasts from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), there could be more than 8,000 insolvencies per quarter in 2024.
Barratt: FTSE 100 developer will bank on mortgage cuts for sales lift February 3, 2024 Barratt Developments will update investors on its half year trading performance this Wednesday, with hopes that cooling mortgage rates will boost its balance sheet.