London markets look to put soggy week behind them October 4, 2021 Investors will be looking to put what was a soggy end to last week behind them today and kick off a fresh week in positive fashion. The FTSE 100 tumbled 0.84 per cent to 7,027.07 points last Friday as markets sweated over the global economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis stalling after Wall Street registered [...]
Tory MP: Let supermarkets suffer to bring back the village shop October 3, 2021 A Conservative MP has today said it is in the UK’s “long-term interest” for supermarkets to face crippling shortages and that he would like more local producers to be able to sell their milk in village shops. West Dorset MP Chris Loder told a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester that it [...]
Tory MP says supermarket shortages are in UK’s ‘long-term interest’ October 3, 2021 A Conservative MP has today said it is in the UK’s “long-term interest” for supermarkets to face crippling shortages and that he would like more local producers to be able to sell their milk in village shops. West Dorset MP Chris Loder told a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester that it [...]
Where to eat, drink and sleep in Manchester this Tory conference October 2, 2021 Conservative Party Conference, which starts tomorrow, is a useful opportunity for the London bubble dwellers amongst us to be reminded of the promise beyond the M25. It sometimes feels as if Manchester is more familiar to football-crazy kids in the Far East than to denizens of this country’s capital city. So for out of the [...]
London markets tumble after US stocks register worst month since March 2020 October 1, 2021 London’s FTSE 100 tumbled on the closing day of the week as investors sweated over the global economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis stalling after Wall Street registered its worst month since March 2020. The capital’s premier index slid 0.94 per cent to 7,019.90 points. The spectre of rising costs eating into margins, rate hikes [...]
Can EVs really handle a family holiday? October 1, 2021 Electric vehicles (EVs) have enjoyed soaring sales in recent years but there are still many EV doubters out there, not least because of the charging infrastructure. Among them is Allegra Stratton, the UK government’s spokesperson for the upcoming COP26 climate summit. She made headlines by saying she couldn’t use an EV because stopping to recharge [...]
Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens sentenced to whole life in prison September 30, 2021 Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole life order after admitting to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens was a serving police officer with the Metropolitan Police when he kidnapped the 33-year-old marketing executive. At the sentencing at the Old Bailey on Thursday afternoon, Lord Justice Fulford said [...]
Oxford Nanopore soars on London debut, touching £5bn September 30, 2021 Shares in genome sequencing company Oxford Nanopore rocketed as much as 45 per cent this morning after its IPO, in the best-ever London market debut for a company of its size. Oxford Nanopore shares were trading at 619p per share at market open, pushing its market cap up to £4.93bn – significantly higher than the [...]
Three brilliant jobs to apply for this week September 29, 2021 This time of year is full of changes. The weather is cooling down, the nights are longer – there’s just something in the air. Interestingly, we find that this is also a very popular time of year in terms of people changing jobs, and likewise companies looking for new talent. Which is what brings us [...]
Cryptocurrency markets struggle again as debt ceiling deal fails September 29, 2021 The prices of Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies are largely flat over the last 24 hours, though still down slightly from before Friday’s news about China.