Private equity market soars as dealmakers shrug off uncertainty February 3, 2022 Private equity dealmaking in the UK soared to record levels last year as dealmakers shrugged off pandemic and Brexit uncertainty, new data has revealed today.
The rallying cry of levelling up has been cash-strapped and watered down February 3, 2022 People deserve to live in a country where life is not a postcode lottery, says Michael Gove in the foreword of the much awaited flagship plan for levelling up unveiled yesterday. This is one of those recycled truisms we hear again and again in politics. The same could be said for much of the white [...]
As Johnson and Starmer dance to the same tune, politics will look for an outsider February 3, 2022 THIS week, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has invoked Margaret Thatcher in an effort to skewer Boris Johnson for ignoring Covid rules and attacked the Prime Minister for presiding over a policy of “low growth and high taxes”. It’s a strong position for Starmer to be in, as support for Johnson groans under the [...]
Northern Ireland minister calls for food border checks to end at midnight as Brexit row heats up February 2, 2022 Irish Sea border checks on British agri-food exports to Northern Ireland have been ordered to stop from midnight tonight by the Democratic Unionist Party, undermining the hard Irish border. Agriculture minister Edwin Poots has called on his officials to halt the checks, which are required under the Northern Ireland Protocol. Poots has initially made the threat [...]
Editorial: TfL deal needed as you can’t grow the UK with London in gridlock February 2, 2022 It is a strange and perverse mark of this government that it seems thoroughly uninterested in Britain’s most successful industries. Financial services were broadly absent from the treaty with the European Union, and barely feature in the post-Brexit discussions instead dominated by debates over our mackerel catch. It seems in a semi-permanent state of war [...]
Both Bitcoin and Ethereum show signs of renewed confidence February 2, 2022 Bitcoin continues to trade sideways as it has for the past seven days, changing hands for around $38,500 this morning.
UK aims to become global legal services hub using newfound Brexit freedoms February 1, 2022 The government has set out plans to use new Brexit to become a global hub for legal services. In a document called “The benefits of Brexit: how the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU,” the government argued that new freedoms under Brexit will allow the UK to become a global centre for dispute [...]
Westminster Council: West End to receive millions in recovery support fund February 1, 2022 Westminster Council is to inject millions of pounds into reviving the borough’s hospitality industry. Within a £190m investment to support the area, the council has announced a dedicated £1m to recruit waiters, baristas and bar staff, it said yesterday. Some £150m is to be used to redesign the Oxford Street district and make Strand Aldwych [...]
Johnson set to water down Brexit regulations bonfire in net-zero push February 1, 2022 Boris Johnson is set to water down plans to dramatically cut EU red tape post-Brexit in order to impose more environmental regulations to reach the UK’s net-zero target. The UK has a raft of Brussels regulations that are still in place post-Brexit, with many Tory Brexiteers calling for a staunch deregulatory push from Johnson. Lord [...]
Why the world’s whisky fans can’t get enough of Scotch February 1, 2022 Scottish whisky is selling fast in every corner of the globe as drinkers and collectors embrace the ‘wee dram’. In fact, in 2020, 36 bottles of Scotch were shipped every second to 166 global markets, totalling 1.1bn a year. Emerging Asian consumers are spending more than ever on Scotch, with Singapore and Taiwan now ranking [...]