Believe it or not, there are still reasons to be cheerful for 2022 December 16, 2021 There are, it is fair to say, many reasons to feel a tad disheartened at the minute. Yesterday’s record number of Omicron cases was hardly cheering. Neither is the sight of empty streets and shuttered businesses on a quick stroll around the City. But, believe it or not, there are reasons to be cheerful. Plenty, [...]
Bitcoin recovers some losses, but markets still look sluggish December 15, 2021 After a laboured start to the week, Bitcoin has recovered some losses from Monday. It's currently up three per cent on this time yesterday.
Keir Starmer’s anti-Brexit frontbench needs to banish their love of Brussels December 15, 2021 There’s at least one Christmas Party the Prime Minister will enjoy remembering. On December 12, 2019, Boris Johnson celebrated in style after wrapping himself in Brexit and securing an election landslide. It’s easy to forget now as the Prime Minister fights for his political life, but just two years ago he handed the Tories an [...]
Check out 2021’s top ten most read articles in ICAS’ CA magazine December 15, 2021 Read December/January’s CA magazine now Explore our top ten most read articles from this year’s CA magazine This past year has marked many milestones as the world has moved through another 12 months of the Covid pandemic, featuring large-scale but uneven access to vital vaccinations, the tentative reopening of economies and attempts to blend the [...]
‘We won’t give in’ says French Maritime Minister as the fishing licence war lingers on December 14, 2021 France's Maritime Minister Annick Girardin said this evening that although France has received over 80 additional post-Brexit fishing licences, the fight with Britain continues.
IMF boss: UK to face even more Brexit disruption in new year December 14, 2021 The UK will face more trade disruption in the new year as new post-Brexit customs checks come into place, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva has said. The UK will implement its full range of post-Brexit checks on EU goods coming into Britain from 1 January, after delaying them for a year. The EU [...]
Crypto markets fall again ahead of possible US rates rise December 14, 2021 Bitcoin slipped to a low of $45,000 on Monday, down almost 10 per cent from its weekend highs of more than $50k.
Some rationality called for amidst the drumbeat to restrictions December 14, 2021 Who would have thought that just five years after the Brexit referendum, Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin and the CBI would be back on the same side. Truly, Covid-19 has made for the strangest of bedfellows. Both have railed, reasonably, against the new Plan B restrictions which are well on their way to being passed into [...]
Covid fear-mongering will slash through business confidence December 14, 2021 Businesses need confidence even more than they need good policy. Whispers from government over the need for Plan C and the possibility of a Plan D, before MPs have even voted on Plan B, are just the latest in a long line of public utterances that undermine business confidence – with very real results. Business [...]
Bill’s closes 14 restaurants after pandemic pressure December 13, 2021 Restaurant chain Bill’s has shut 14 loss-making venues in its financial year after the pandemic hammered sales. In accounts filed to Companies House, the firm stated it made a £62m turnover for the 53 weeks to 3 January 2021. This was down on the £127m for the 52 weeks to 29 December 2019. The restaurant [...]