Burnham and Healey face investor fury over summer of tax speculation July 27, 2026 Andy Burnham and John Healey are contending with a growing backlash from investors after another summer of tax speculation looks set to leave financial managers on edge. The chief executive of one of the UK’s biggest investment platforms, AJ Bell, urged Chancellor Healey to take a more emphatic approach on ruling out tax hikes across [...]
OBR misery makes tax rises inevitable July 24, 2026 The OBR’s dire fiscal risks report portrays a world in which the only possible solution to Britain’s economic state is tax rises, says Emmanuel Igwe In ancient Greece, devotees trekked to Delphi to be told in ambiguous prose by the Pythia that chaos was nigh and only sacrifice to Apollo could hold off punishment. These [...]
Allegion (NYSE: ALLE) Reports Q2-2026 Financial Results July 23, 2026 Low-Double Digit Revenue Growth, High-Teens EPS Growth; Raising Full-Year 2026 Outlook Quarterly Financial Highlights (All comparisons are year-over-year, unless otherwise noted) Net earnings per share (EPS) of $2.15, up 16.2% compared with $1.85; Adjusted EPS of $2.40, up 17.6% compared with $2.04 Revenues of $1,151.5 million, up 12.7% on a reported basis and up 6.9% on an organic basis Operating margin of 22.1%, compared with 21.5%; Adjusted operating margin of 24.2%, compared with 23.7%
FTSE 100 property giants urge Burnham to unleash London office construction July 20, 2026 London’s leading property giants have urged Andy Burnham to unleash a wave of new office construction in the capital to boost the UK’s stagnant productivity and sluggish growth. The London Property Alliance (LPA), which represents the capital’s 300 biggest property developers and investors, has written to the incoming Prime Minister urging him to designate central [...]
RealPage Acquires Cherre, Creating a Trusted AI-Powered Intelligence Platform Across the Full Real Estate Capital Stack July 14, 2026 Combination connects property-level operations with institutional portfolio intelligence, giving owners and operators a governed, trusted foundation for better decisions and stronger performance.
Here’s an idea for you Gary Stevenson: a 0 per cent wealth tax July 14, 2026 Gary Stevenson’s success lies in translating a highly complicated economic problem into an emotional story people instinctively understand. The trouble is that successful communication is not really about popularity, it is about ensuring the policy underpinning the message can survive contact with a political and economic reality, says Tim Focas Eye catching, the audience wants [...]
Could an England World Cup win boost the markets? July 14, 2026 The equity markets of World Cup-winning countries frequently outperform immediately after victory. A Goldman Sachs study of tournaments from 1974-2014 found that every winner except Brazil in 2002 subsequently enjoyed a period of market outperformance, says Helen Thomas If football finally came home, what might it do for financial markets, aside from a late start [...]
Fixing the £100,000 tax trap would be a bold first step – let’s not undermine it by taxing investment more July 9, 2026 Lord O’Neill is right to call for reform of the £100,000 tax trap, but taxing capital gains more heavily could end up costing the Treasury £8bn, says Michael Healy This week, a group of leading economists led by Lord O’Neill called for a fundamental overhaul of the UK’s tax system. Their argument that Britain has [...]
If Burnham wants growth he’ll have to save the City July 9, 2026 Quite the roll call: Beazley, Tate & Lyle, Intertek, Schroders, easyjet. Companies abandon their public listing for their own reasons but the cumulative impact cannot be ignored and, given the dearth of any substantial new entrants, it cannot be dismissed as the healthy churn of dynamic capital markets. Far from it. A typically punchy note [...]
‘One-two punch’ – Families face huge capital gains death tax under Burnham July 9, 2026 Bereaved families could face a huge tax bill under an Andy Burnham premiership if the likely next Prime Minister presses ahead with a policy to hike capital gains tax on assets of the deceased. Supporters of Burnham, including the former health secretary Wes Streeting and ex-transport minister Louise Haigh, have said previously they believe wealth [...]