Banks facing squeezed margins? ‘Fetch me a smaller violin’, Treasury committee chair says February 1, 2024 Following pressure from the Treasury Committee, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intervened over the summer, prompting high street banks to offer better rates. All over? Not exactly.
Santander UK rides out interest rate peak but expects further mortgage weakness January 31, 2024 High street lender Santander UK has reported a jump in annual profits as it rode out the end of an interest rate spike, while weakness continued in the mortgage market.
Moving markets: Five things shaping the FTSE 100 today January 31, 2024 Asia markets mirror Wall Street's decline; most AI stocks, including Microsoft, Alphabet, and AMD, tumble; China's January factory activity contracts; attention shifts to Fed and BOE policy meetings.
The Big List: Top London cocktails to break Dry January January 30, 2024 The Life&Style desk is planning an epic night out, taking in some of London’s most august cocktail bars and trendy new venues.
Keir Starmer is the right person to rebuild government’s vital relationship with business January 30, 2024 By focusing on “growth, growth, growth”, Keir Starmer will be able to mobilise the business community behind him to make his goal a reality.
Wetherspoon’s pubs are more than drinking dens – they’re cultural glue in a world without much of it January 29, 2024 Come for the prices, stay for the history: in many of Britain’s towns, “Spoons” has become the chief steward of civic heritage, writes Adam Hawksbee
Take a stunning break in an eco lodge in Glen Glack, Perthshire January 29, 2024 This remote stretch of Perthshire at Glen Glack, almost exactly halfway between Edinburgh and Inverness, is certainly full of life.
Elon Musk’s X blocks searches for Taylor Swift after deepfakes cause fan uproar January 29, 2024 Elon Musk's X has barred searches for Taylor Swift following the spread of AI-generated explicit images of the pop star on the site.
The Notebook: Hunt must scrap the tourist tax if the UK wants to stay competitive January 29, 2024 Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, James Chapman, Director of Soho Communications, takes the Notebook pen. The tourist tax is causing the UK to fall behind European rivals Ahead of his Spring Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is casting around for measures to promote that most elusive of things, economic growth. It’s [...]
In a housing crisis it’s mad that millions of vacant offices cannot be turned into homes January 29, 2024 Planning regulations are preventing vacant offices from being turned into vitally-needed homes despite the housing crisis, writes Tyler Goodwin