Slate Asset Management and OneIM Agree to Acquire Portfolio of Grocery-Anchored Essential Real Estate in the Greater Oslo Region Valued at Approximately €250 Million October 5, 2026 Slate Asset Management (“Slate”), a global investor and manager focused on essential real estate and infrastructure assets, and One Investment Management (“OneIM”), a global alternative investment manager, today announced they have agreed to acquire a portfolio of eight grocery-anchored retail parks in Norway from Tellus Eiendom AS. The portfolio is located in the Greater Oslo [...]
Beware the politician who promises he is different October 5, 2026 Andy Burnham has battered home that he is different, an outsider, but distinction comes from actions, not 'honest conversations'.
Healey’s headroom ‘could be wiped out by Iran war’ October 5, 2026 Chancellor John Healey’s fiscal headroom could be entirely wiped out by the impact of the war in Iran as economists said the Office for Budget Responsibility could offer a more pessimistic view on the UK economy. A central fiscal forecast by analysts at EY suggests that the Chancellor’s buffer against a borrowing target has fallen [...]
Heathrow and housing: Griffith pledges ‘most ambitious deregulation project’ in generation October 4, 2026 The Conservatives’ pick for chancellor has pledged to roll out the “most ambitious deregulation project in a generation” as he is set to say plans could cut £50,000 off the price of a new home. Andrew Griffith, the shadow chancellor, will say on Monday he will slash red tape for businesses across construction, supermarkets and [...]
Badenoch says triple lock pension is ‘right policy’ as new Tory blueprint announced October 4, 2026 Kemi Badenoch has defended the triple lock pension as the “right policy” ahead of the Conservatives’ party conference this weekend. Badenoch said the triple lock, which is widely condemned as “unsustainable” across the political spectrum, ensured pensioners who had “contributed” were properly rewarded. The triple lock pension ensures that the state pension rises by whichever [...]
G7 agrees to release diesel reserves after crisis meeting October 2, 2026 Leaders from the G7 have agreed to tap into 100m of diesel and oil from their reserves in a bid to stave off a soaring supply crisis and end an escalating feud between the Euope and the US. The club of wealthy democracies said on Friday that they would work with the International Energy Agency [...]
Price pressures hit firms amid uncertain outlook and fears of interest rate hikes October 2, 2026 Firms’ inflation expectations for the next 12 months rose higher, according to closely watched Bank of England survey, the results of which could pile pressure on policymakers to raise interest rates. The Bank’s monthly survey of firms’ price expectations, the Decision Makers’ Panel, showed price expectations becoming more jittery as costs from the energy price [...]
Awash With Whisk(e)y October 2, 2026 Faltering demand, especially in the USA, has promoted concerns about oversupply and the prospect of another whisk(e)y loch. A number of Scotch distillers are slowing down production, but for Tom Bruce-Gardyne it feels like a bigger issue across the pond … “Every drop of liquid we distil, every barrel we choose to fill, every palate [...]
Don’t celebrate the demise of the triple lock, higher taxes are coming October 2, 2026 Andy Burnham’s tweak to the triple lock won’t save money, in fact a national social care service represents the biggest non-crisis expansion of the state in decades, says William Nixon Many commentators welcomed Prime Minister Burnham’s announcement that he will ‘abolish’ the triple lock in 2030. But bond markets had a different take. Yields on [...]
Blue on blue: Tory infighting erupts over triple lock pension petition October 1, 2026 Infighting across Tory circles has broken out after the party published a petition claiming Labour had pledged to “cut” the state pension following its triple lock reforms. At this week’s party conference, Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced he would reform the triple lock pension if Labour remained in power after the next election. The state [...]