EG Group: From a Bury service station to a $13bn IPO January 14, 2025 EG Group is set to end 24 years as a private company with a $13bn float on the New York Stock Exchange, according to reports. Co-founder of EG Group and current non-executive, Zuber Issa, told the Sunday Times that “the road map is starting now” on an IPO, with the float expected to complete this [...]
Why the London Stock Exchange is no longer a home for the legal sector January 14, 2025 A scandal broke out at one of the only remaining listed legal groups last week. It is time to say the London Stock Exchange is not the place for the legal sector
‘Don’t squander the scientific opportunity of a lifetime’, Lords warns UK January 14, 2025 The UK must take urgent action to reverse its declining leadership in engineering biology to avoid ‘squandering the scientific opportunity of a lifetime’. The House of Lords released a report today cautioning that without bold government intervention and increased private sector investment, Britain risks losing out on vast economic potential. Engineering biology, an evolving field [...]
It’s hard to see how City Minister survives the week January 14, 2025 Will Tulip Siddiq still be the City minister by the end of this week? It’s an important question, for a number of reasons. Siddiq’s fate matters a great deal to Keir Starmer and the government, because nobody wants to lose an anti-corruption minister to a corruption scandal. It matters to the wider Labour party because [...]
Fewer firms expanded headcount following the Budget, BCC says January 14, 2025 Fewer firms increased their headcount in the final quarter of last year, a new survey showed, as businesses prepare for the impact of the national insurance hike.
Kiki McDonough: Business lessons from 40 years as a royal jeweller January 14, 2025 Royal jeweller Kiki McDonough has made a name for herself in fine jewellery over the last 40 years. She shares her business lessons in today's Notebook.
Millionaire Barry Maloney takes FTSE 100 ICG to court over unicorn spat January 14, 2025 Intermediate Capital Group is set to face Irish investor Barry Maloney in High Court today over a spat linked to an investment into "unicorn" firm Workhuman
Steve Borthwick England squad: Three Champions Cup bolters to watch January 14, 2025 This morning England manager Steve Borthwick names his squad for the Six Nations, with a trip to Dublin up first next month. Last weekend’s Investec Champions Cup action, then, was the very last chance for players to give a good account of themselves before today’s announcement. But it wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies for hopefuls [...]
London house prices rise by just £600 as worst borough revealed January 14, 2025 The London borough where more houses fell in value than almost any other area in the UK in 2024 has been revealed. According to new data released by Zoopla, the value of 72 per cent of houses in Kensington and Chelsea fell by at least one per cent last year. A total of 73,200 homes [...]
Petition against WPP four-day office policy hits 10,000 signatures January 13, 2025 A petition demanding that WPP revokes its new four-day office policy has attracted over 10,000 signatures in just four days, as backlash from staff grows against the ad giant’s decision to mandate a higher level of attendance at its offices worldwide. The Change.org petition, which claims to have been set up by a group of [...]