Plus500 hit by revolt on pay as shareholders ramp up pressure in AGM season May 4, 2022 London-listed fintech giant Plus500 was struck a blow by investors yesterday as shareholders voted down the firm’s remuneration report at its annual general meeting.
Earth Day 2022 Q&A: Everything you need to know May 4, 2022 When Earth Day 2022 is celebrated around the world on Friday 22 April it will be its 52nd anniversary. But what is its history and what progress, if any, has been made since it was first celebrated in 1970? What is Earth Day? Earth Day is an annual global event to demonstrate support for environmental protection [...]
Starmer could hardly ask for a stronger position – but he’s still squandering it May 4, 2022 You couldn’t open Twitter on Sunday without seeing the name – Tony Blair. Sunday marked 25 years since New Labour trounced John Major’s broken Conservative Party at the 1997 General Election. Mr Blair handed the Tories – riddled with sleaze and incompetence – their worst drubbing since 1906. Less than a year before, the die [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? May 4, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Volterra Fietta Law firm Volterra Fietta has hired a new partner in London, who previously represented Egypt in a case related to Al Jazeera. Gunjan Sharma, who stepped into the role at the beginning of the month, [...]
The City View: Michael Hewson on why calls for a windfall tax are misplaced May 3, 2022 Today Andy Silvester talks to Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets. They pick apart the arguments for a windfall tax on BP, discuss potential rate rises from the Fed and Bank of England, and go through the impact that China’s zero-Covid policy has had on manufacturing in the country. And in other news [...]
Artemis Optical are Queen’s Award Top Guns May 3, 2022 Winning a Queen’s Award for international trade during your 70th year of trading is a birthday present never to be forgotten, but that’s precisely what has happened to Artemis Optical. Established in 1952, the Plymouth-based company is now a world-renowned provider of high precision, optical thin film coatings for some ground-breaking hi-tech applications. Yet the [...]
AgbioInvestors – helping their clients feed the world May 3, 2022 It was only as recently as 2017 that the founding five of AgbioInvestor established their business and started trading, making the fact that they have now won a Queen’s Award for international trade all the more remarkable. But then they are a company that lives and breathes their work; operating in the agricultural industry with [...]
BP rebounds with soaring underlying profits as calls for windfall tax escalate May 3, 2022 BP has raked in massive underlying profits across its oil and gas operations over the first three months of 2022 amid soaring energy prices.
Thomson Reuters ups forecasts despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties May 3, 2022 Thomson Reuters raised its 2022 forecast after beating first-quarter expectations and warning of the ongoing economic woes.
Today: Tens of thousands of Post Office workers stage a strike as they demand more pay May 3, 2022 A one-day strike by Post Office workers in a dispute over pay started this morning. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action in April. The union said the strike is over a pay freeze for 2021 and the offer of a 2 per cent increase from April this [...]