Three more lenders cut mortgage rates as others warned to ‘sharpen pencils or risk losing out’ November 14, 2023 First Direct, Halifax and HSBC UK have all cut their rates, while others have been warned they risk losing out.
Two-thirds of people would join a class action against their own company November 14, 2023 Class actions are the desirable route for people, as 64 per cent of people would join if they thought a company had broken the law, up four per cent on the previous year. New data from Portland Communications shows that 63 per cent of people would also join a class action against their own employer [...]
Returning Bowman and Hall to become an Invincible combination at Sha Tin November 10, 2023 JOCKEY Hugh Bowman is back in action after serving his five-meeting enforced holiday with eight booked rides on the Sha Tin card. The legendary Australian pilot must be pleasantly surprised to find himself only two behind jockeys’ championship leader Zac Purton, after the latter failed to capitalise on Bowman’s absence, with a disappointing six wins [...]
Water firms ease fat cat bonuses ahead of Ofwat clampdown November 8, 2023 Regulator warned water companies they need to be more transparent about the targets and how they will improve performance
The Twitter we knew no longer exists, so I’m finally giving up on X November 7, 2023 Dear X, finally, I’m leaving. You've wasted my time with otter memes and Twitter spats, but now you've descended into vitriol, writes Susie Alegre
Thames Water: 140 staff to be sacked as it ‘danced with the devil’ on £14bn debt pile November 2, 2023 GMB has pledged to contest job cuts from Thames Water, it confirms preparations to slash as many as 300 jobs.
Without the City, this country wouldn’t work November 2, 2023 Every day half a million people pile into the Square Mile, and many more beyond it, to ensure the wheels of UK finance keep spinning around.
Can ChatGPT replace a financial adviser? November 1, 2023 A majority of investors would be comfortable with taking investment advice from bot so CityAM decided to quiz ChatGPT on what moves we should be making.
London Stock Exchange chief Julia Hoggett: The City can’t just be for ‘fat cats’ November 1, 2023 Brits need to stop thinking of the City as the realm of “fat cats” and “grandees” in order to widen access to the UK’s capital markets and boost the flow of cash into the UK’s beleaguered listed companies, the London Stock Exchange boss has said.
Insurance is the city’s backbone – and it’s got people at its heart September 28, 2023 It’s been a dynamic market over the past year,” says Jack Snowden head of the global reinsurance clients team in London for Aon’s reinsurance solutions, with the look of a man who has used words other than ‘dynamic’ to describe itto friends. Over the past year or more, the reinsurance industry has embarked on an [...]