PWC thought about EY-style split – and thought better of it March 17, 2024 Outgoing PWC UK chairman Kevin Ellis said his decision not to split the firm paid off during the pandemic
Remember the £190m interest bill Thames Water wanted more time on? It’s due next month March 15, 2024 The embattled firm will learn from Ofwat in the next few months whether it will be allowed to charge customers more to fund its recovery plan
The Square Mile Comes Together for the Launch of City Giving Day 2024 March 14, 2024 The Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli and Lady Mayoress Elisabeth Mainelli hosted the Square Mile’s top businesses at Mansion House this week to launch City Giving Day 2024. A firmly fixed date in the Square Mile’s social calendar, the annual event hosted by The Lord Mayor’s Appeal, brings the [...]
EY’s incoming chief Janet Truncale names four global bosses in new leadership team March 13, 2024 Truncale has names four global managing partners, adding that the wider global executive team will be “the same size or smaller” in the future
Targeting non-doms was a cheap hit the Chancellor will regret March 13, 2024 The ultra-wealthy may be an easy target, but the government is sending a signal that playing politics matters more to them than securing investment, says James Price he temptation to play politics is often an irresistible one around fiscal events, and with the twin straitjackets of the Office for Budget Responsibility and a looming election, [...]
Ageas’s interest Direct Line shows just how far the UK’s insurers have come since Covid March 9, 2024 And it is hard to overstate how difficult personal line insurers—by which we mean insurers whose customers are people, as opposed to businesses—like Direct Line, Admiral and Aviva have found business in the post-pandemic era.
London’s Big Law hires near record level despite recession March 5, 2024 Law firm partner hires in the first two months of 2024 ran at the second highest pace on record. According to data provided by legal recruiter, Edwards Gibson, there were 101 law firm partner moves in the first two months of this year, an increase of 7 per cent on the number of hires the [...]
Asda: Issa brother to step back and hire new chief executive March 1, 2024 Mohsin Issa, one half of the billionaire family duo which owns Asda, has confirmed he is stepping back from the day to day running of the business.
Mortgage approvals rise to highest level in a year – but UK housing market rebound unlikely to last February 29, 2024 The figures show that the housing market is steadily rebounding from the impact of higher interest rates.
London Stock Exchange owner pledges ‘aggressive’ IPO push after ‘encouraging’ signs of revival February 29, 2024 The owner of the London Stock Exchange said it was seeing an “encouraging IPO pipeline” for the year ahead today as it looks to rebound from a historic slump in listings last year.