CoStar Data Shows Amazon, Defence and Chinese Firms Drive UK Warehouse Demand Recovery July 16, 2026 UK warehouse demand increased after three years of occupier consolidation following the pandemic and a period of elevated costs, according to data from CoStar, a global leading provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260703768026/en/ Industrial net absorption turned [...]
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 [...]
Citroën 2CV returns as a £13,000 electric car, and the timing is no accident July 12, 2026 Citroën is reviving one of its most famous cars as a sub-£15,000 electric city car. It looks like a nostalgia play, but it is really a response to a gap Europe’s carmakers left at the cheap end of the market, one that Chinese rivals are now moving quickly to fill. Citroën’s decision to bring back [...]
Tesco ‘in talks’ to exit eastern Europe July 8, 2026 Tesco is reportedly considering cutting loose its business in central and eastern Europe in a move to end its expansion outside of the UK and Ireland. The supermarket giant has hired bankers to explore the possibility of a sale of its operations in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to the Financial Times. A [...]
The former African gold miner taking on the billionaire Issa brothers July 8, 2026 Roadside Real Estate has been along a weird and wonderful journey since it was first floated on the stock market. The company began life as Sovereign Mines of Africa, hunting gold deposits in the farthest corners of the African continent. But in 2016 the firm had a change of heart and decided to sell its [...]
I’ve lived the American Dream but as the country turns 250 I’m watching it die June 30, 2026 The American Dream is being snatched away by regressive economic policies and predatory capitalist practices that prioritise the interests of the ultra-wealthy over the well-being of the median American, says Lewis Liu I am the quintessential product of the American Dream. My first memory is of meeting my father at three and a half. I [...]
Volkswagen’s China crunch deepens as Europe’s biggest carmaker weighs 100,000 job cuts June 27, 2026 Volkswagen is weighing up to 100,000 job cuts as Europe’s biggest carmaker accelerates a sweeping overhaul after admitting the manufacturing model that underpinned decades of German industrial success can no longer compete in a market reshaped by Chinese rivals. The German automotive giant is reportedly considering almost doubling previously announced workforce reductions while shutting four [...]
Apple eyes blacklisted Chinese supplier to ease chip shortage June 27, 2026 Apple has reportedly lobbied the Trump administration for permission to buy memory chips from a Chinese manufacturer blacklisted by the Pentagon, as the AI boom continues to squeeze global semiconductor supplies. The iPhone maker has approached US officials seeking reassurance over sourcing memory chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), according to the Financial Times, after [...]
Steel tariffs watered down after industry backlash June 25, 2026 Government ministers have watered down the looming steel tariffs after manufacturers warned that the measures intended to safeguard Britain’s steelmakers would cause “immediate hardship” on downstream businesses. In a written statement to parliament, trade minister Chris Bryant confirmed the government would now slash the tariff-free steel import quota by 51 per cent, as opposed to [...]
Is the jobs market driving graduates to spy for China? June 25, 2026 When Thomas Munson was approached by a keen recruiter on Linkedin, he was pleased - before realising it may be a Chinese intelligence agent.