FTSE 100 today: London markets brace for muted start amid thin U.S. holiday trading January 15, 2024 Asian markets decline in response to sparse U.S. holiday trading; China's central bank maintains stable lending rate; investor attention shifts towards Q3 earnings and China's Q4 GDP figures,
Ocado: Are price cuts and M&S magic enough to help shares recover? January 14, 2024 Ocado will update investors on its fourth quarter trading on Tuesday, to see if a barrage of price cuts has managed to win over more customers amid the cost of living crisis. The supermarket technology business, which owns an online grocery venture with Marks and Spencer, enjoyed big wins during the pandemic but has struggled [...]
Marks and Spencer: Good Christmas gives retailer a ‘spring in its step’ as food sales rocket to £2bn January 11, 2024 Marks and Spencer has maintained its guidance for the year after it racked in over £2bn in food sales over the Christmas period.
Days: Meet the lively pair turning alcohol-free beer into more than a trend January 9, 2024 Here we go again – Dry January, the month in which avid pub-goers try to kickstart a healthier year ahead. You might think that means boom-time for brewers of non-alcoholic beer. But for Edinburgh-based Days Brewing, it’s just another month; 2023 saw the company sell more than a million of their lager and pale ale [...]
Veganuary: Try this ‘completely revolutionary’ vegan steak January 8, 2024 This vegan steak is available in London supermarkets this year
Best wines of 2023 – from rad reds to fantastic fizz December 29, 2023 Many of these wines are on my 2023 Top Ten list because of the influences that surrounded them, but they are all utterly delicious and wines I would not hesitate to recommend.
Mark Kleinman: Thames Water will be hoping for a fresh start in 2024 December 28, 2023 Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column.
FTSE 100: London climbs to three-month high after Christmas break December 28, 2023 London’s top index moved 0.36 per cent , or 27.44 points higher, to finish at 7,724.95.
FTSE climbs despite Bank’s wobble on interest rate cuts December 14, 2023 The FTSE 100 has climbed to its highest level for almost two months, despite caution from the Bank of England over expectations that interest rates will be slashed next year.
What is going on with Ocado’s share price? November 20, 2023 Ocado has found itself in the spotlight for a host of reasons this year including a rumoured takeover from Amazon and a tiff with M&S.