Real Estate Investors: Property downturn ‘at or near the bottom’ September 23, 2024 "A normalising market backdrop will contribute to more rapid sales and debt repayment, allowing us to execute our strategy and return capital to shareholders, whilst continuing to pay a covered dividend," he said.
Optimism among UK SMEs rises for third straight year September 23, 2024 Optimism among the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses has grown for a third consecutive year in a positive sign for the domestic economy, according to fresh data. Around seven in ten SMEs said they felt confident about the future of their company, rising from 67 per cent in 2023 and 65 per cent in 2022, [...]
Linklaters early bet on competition law sees it leading in class action trend September 23, 2024 Law firms are racing to grab work defending businesses during the class actions surge but Linklaters sees itself at the 'forefront'
‘Grown up’ Sue Gray is looking like a political ingenue September 23, 2024 Sue Gray awarding herself a more generous salary than the Prime Minister’s betrays a high-handed and naive approach to politics, says Eliot Wilson When the BBC revealed last week that Sue Gray, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, earned more than her boss, the story developed in a number of different ways. Some felt that [...]
Misery index gives cause for hope September 23, 2024 There is an unmistakable inverse correlation between emiserating factors like unemployment, wages and house prices and consumer confidence, but new analysis suggests things may be looking up, says James Sproule The cost-of-living crisis may be difficult to define or quantify, but it is easy enough to feel – and misery has been felt not just [...]
Premiership rugby: Saints stunned, Cheika heist and TV deal September 22, 2024 England’s domestic rugby league got under way at the weekend and already there have been shocks, surprises and a couple of predictable outcomes. There’s a new coach at Leicester Tigers in former Australia boss Michael Cheika, and a host of new stars across the 10-team Premiership to look forward to across the season, but what [...]
Donations a ‘feature of our politics’, Angela Rayner tells BBC amid gifts row September 22, 2024 Donations to MPs are “a feature of our politics”, Angela Rayner has insisted amid a row over Labour politicians accepting gifts and freebies. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had come in for criticism in the past week over accepting more than £100,000-worth of gifts, including tickets to football matches, concerts and luxury clothes. But he, [...]
US Fed’s preferred inflation metric set to validate jumbo rate cut September 22, 2024 Crucial US inflation data is poised to back up the Federal Reserve's jumbo interest rate cut as investors question where other central banks will follow in its footsteps.
London readies for Raspberry Pi’s first results as a public company September 22, 2024 Raspberry Pi's first set of results since its much-hyped London IPO will be in focus for UK investors this week in a test for the capital's reputation as a listing venue for tech firms.
Singapore’s wealth fund snubs regulated UK utilities amid Thames Water crisis September 22, 2024 Singapore's sovereign wealth fund has reportedly told the government that it will not invest in regulated UK water, electricity and gas utilities due to unpredictable rules on infrastructure, in a blow for Labour's economic strategy.