Currensea: Travel card fintech targets overseas growth after bumper summer Fintech Travel debit card start-up Currensea is targeting overseas markets for its next phase of growth after a rebound in holiday demand helped the fintech grow its user base by a third this summer.
Politics to set the tone for markets as election campaigns step up Markets Politics will compete with economic data for investors' focus this week, with events in the US and the Spring Budget likely to attract a lot of attention alongside the latest figures on the US labour market.
IHG: Holiday Inn owner unveils another buyback as revenue and profit jumps Hotels Total revenue at the British chain, which owns a number of affordable and high end hotel, also leaped £3.6bn.
FTSE 100 close: Strong Barclays results fails to lift London due to China concerns February 20, 2024 Caution gripped the air as investors continued to fret over the prospects of the world's second largest economy.
Ryanair, Easyjet, Wizz Air: Low cost giants to see another bumper summer February 4, 2024 Europe's low cost airlines are expecting another bumper summer for travel with consumers set to flock abroad despite a challenging macroeconomic backdrop.
Card spending jumps in 2023 as Brits splash out on travel and booze December 29, 2023 Debit and credit card spending jumped this year despite inflation and higher household bills, as Brits forked out on holidays and booze.
The FTSE 100’s biggest winners of 2023 December 28, 2023 It has been a tumultuous year on London’s markets as a cocktail of inflation, aggressive rate hikes and geopolitical instability roiled listed equities.
Explainer: Why are plane tickets so expensive? July 28, 2023 Have you recently found yourself making an Excel spreadsheet of flights prices for a summer holiday, or trying to strategise how to book flights for that international trip like it was a game of chess? If you have, that’s because flying has become more and more expensive over the past year. The owner of British [...]
London Heathrow reports booming May traffic as triple Bank Holiday eclipses strikes June 12, 2023 London’s Heathrow Airport had 6.7m passengers in May as a triple bank holiday and strong demand for transatlantic routes helped it shrug off eight days of strike action. The airport said this morning that it currently has “more daily flights than ever before between the UK and USA,” with one in four passengers flying between [...]
Heathrow: Strike chaos to hit almost every weekend through summer holidays June 7, 2023 Heathrow Airport will be hit by 31 days of strike action this summer, beginning 24 June, as 2,000 security officers walk-out in a dispute over pay. Nearly every weekend between June-August will be hit by the strikes, which will see more than 2,000 security staff walk out. The strikes will take place on 24-25 and [...]