Investors flee bonds and stocks to cash as interest rates stay high March 4, 2024 UK retail investors are increasing flocking to cash over other investments as interest rates remain at sky-high levels. Interest rates are at their highest level in over 15 years, at 5.25 per cent, leaving many investors to see a guaranteed return on cash as more appealing than stocks or bonds. UK households now hold 31 [...]
Exodus: Eight troubling omens for the London Stock Exchange March 4, 2024 The pace of delistings and take-privates looks set to continue this year.
Lord Sugar buys back Amstrad brand name for new marketing agency led by grandson March 4, 2024 Lord Alan Sugar has bought back the rights to the household name Amstrad, 17 years after selling it to Sky, for a new digital marketing firm led by his grandson.
Ngannou: I can knock Anthony Joshua out in Saudi Arabia March 3, 2024 Francis Ngannou believes he can knock Anthony Joshua out when the two heavyweights clash this Friday in Saudi Arabia. The winner of this bout could end up taking on either Tyson Fury or Oleksandr Usyk for an undisputed showdown but that fight has been pushed back. Ngannou, a former UFC champion, knocked Fury to the [...]
Spring Budget 2024: Hunt won’t borrow to fund tax cuts in ‘prudent’ package March 3, 2024 Jeremy Hunt has insisted he won’t borrow to fund tax cuts in what he said would be a “prudent and responsible” Spring Budget this week.
Bloobloom glasses review: friendly service, bold eyewear March 2, 2024 Bloobloom glasses: the specialists are expanding their London retail empire. We tried on a pair
The week that was: St James’s Place and Reckitt lead painful few days for the City March 2, 2024 A week in which 50 firms posted their final results was always going to produce some news. St James's Place and Reckitt defined a bruising few days for the Square Mile.
Standing at the Sky’s Edge is way duller than the estate it’s based on February 29, 2024 Standing at the Sky’s Edge is a boring musical that does a disservice to the fascinating story of Sheffield's Park Hill estate, writes Lucy Kenningham
Mark Kleinman: This Post Office circus is obscuring the real drama February 29, 2024 The City's best connected columnist on the Post Office, confusion at the top of an insurer and why the Pru is looking at Hong Kong
Square Mile and Me: Town crier Alan Myatt on his accidental career and messing up names February 29, 2024 Alan Myatt, City of London town crier – and world record holder for loudest crier – tells us about his unique role in the Square Mile.