Platinum Jubilee fuel price surge could become a ‘national crisis’ and needs ‘radical’ intervention – RAC June 6, 2022 A “national crisis” is emerging as a result of surging fuel prices over the platinum Jubilee bank holiday, motoring giant the RAC has said. The driving champions warned unless there was “radical” intervention from the government, people would suffer at the pump even further. This comes after the price of petrol went up by £3.16 [...]
Bitcoin price rises ahead of key inflation data June 6, 2022 The price of Bitcoin is currently $31,247 - an increase of around five per cent over the past 24 hours and two per cent since last week.
Doceo market insights- Chips & Stout: How investment trusts can protect against inflation June 6, 2022 The promise This article will explain how an extra-large portion of chips and the finest Stout is just one of a number of strategies being deployed by investment trusts to tackle the threat of a sustained period of inflation. But first… The problem: too much tomato ketchup “The Federal Reserve and several administrations have [...]
Western IPOs plummet in value as war in Ukraine triggers volatile conditions for businesses June 6, 2022 The value of US and European IPOs has tumbled 90 per cent this year amid conflict in Ukraine, with rising inflation and interest rates.
RAC urges more support for drivers amid near-record petrol price spike June 5, 2022 Petrol prices rocketed over 10p last month, the second largest monthly rise on record, putting more pressure on road users.
Ukraine mulls extra import duty as it hikes interest rate to seven-year high June 2, 2022 Ukraine’s central bank is considering bringing in an extra import duty on non-critical imports, having hiked its main interest rate to a seven-year high. The country has increased interested rates from a previously frozen 10 per cent to 25 per cent today, in the first tightening of policy from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) [...]
The influencer economy is one step ahead of us and changing again as TikTok stars demand freedom June 2, 2022 Influencers – also known as content creators – have been anticipating what the public likes since the beginning. From blogging in the late ‘90s – showing a new appetite for sharing intimate thoughts in public arenas – to TikTok now – with our thirst for informal, snappy content – influencers started doing it before the [...]
An update from Fund Manager of abrdn Asian Income, Yoojeong Oh June 1, 2022 To watch the update video in full, visit: https://doceo.tv/funds/abrdn-asian-income Market sentiment remains very jittery. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has further added to several macro challenges in Asia. These include a slowdown in China driven by regulation, the common prosperity policy, the zero-Covid strategy, as well as geopolitics. The spread of Omicron as well as rising inflation, [...]
As Johnson squirms, his party must remember the roots of Conservatives values June 1, 2022 Boris Johnson has strayed very far from Conservative ideals
BT and Ericsson join forces for multi-million pound 5G push May 31, 2022 BT and Ericsson today announced a multi-million-pound new joint partnership to provide commercial 5G Private Networks for the UK market – the first agreement of its kind in the country.