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Before the Bell: Europe to open higher as US fiscal talks get underway January 25, 2021 While US markets continued to set new records last week, European markets traded in a more lacklustre fashion as the early year optimism of the first week of 2021, gave way to a lot more caution, as a rise in short-term economic pessimism and the prospect of tighter lockdown restrictions for longer raise the prospect [...]
Innovation is why London is ahead of New York, Hong Kong and Frankfurt as world’s financial capital January 25, 2021 Innovation is why London is ahead of New York, Hong Kong and Frankfurt as a world's financial capital
Gatwick Airport borrows extra £75m from government due to pandemic January 24, 2021 Gatwick Airport has borrowed an extra £75m from the government to bolster its finances due to the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the travel sector. The airport has reportedly borrowed £250m so far under the Covid Corporate Financing Scheme, after being forced to keep applying for new funds due to lockdowns and restrictions on [...]
HSBC exec ‘protected’ from alleged sex assault claim through Chinese Communist Party membership January 24, 2021 A parliamentary committee is investigating allegations that an HSBC executive was protected from sexual assault claims by being a member of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. The explosive claims are reportedly contained in a dossier that is being compiled for a Foreign Affairs Committee report into HSBC’s role in Beijing’s freedom of speech crackdown in [...]
Asos emerges as frontrunner to buy Topshop January 24, 2021 Online retail giant Asos is now the frontrunner to buy Topshop, the flagship brand of Sir Philip Green’s collapsed high street empire Arcadia. Asos has reportedly put in an offer of more than £250m to buy Topshop, according to Sky News, days after Next withdrew from the race. If Asos’ bid is successful, the future [...]
Sustainable investing may be the breakout star of 2021 January 24, 2021 The concept of sustainable investing has been around a while but, for many, it has taken a long time for the penny to drop – that we can actually use our money, our investment decisions, to bring positive change in the world. The good news is that momentum has been slowly gathering over the last [...]
Become a digital nomad and move to paradise January 23, 2021 Has the coronavirus compelled you to work from home? And is the view from your house or flat a bit uninspiring? Winter blues getting you down? Picture in your mind cerulean seas and white coral sand, 30-degree heat and cooling tropical cocktails with which you needn’t order a scotch egg just to comply with Tier [...]
London still in first place for financial and professional services January 22, 2021 London continues to hold the top spot for financial and professional services when compared with other major cities, a report by the City of London Corporation has found. The research, which took 91 different metrics for success into account, found that, while other major centres may lead on some measures, London and the UK have [...]
Topshop set for discount sale price after Next pulls out of race, analysts say January 22, 2021 The bidders circling Sir Philip Green’s collapsed retail empire Arcadia could bag a good deal to buy Topshop, after Next – a frontrunner to rescue the firm’s “crown jewel” – pulled out of the race. Restructuring experts said Next’s exit from the sales process will put the other bidders in a stronger position, making it [...]
Netflix pays £3.2m in UK corporation tax as it ramps up British-made shows January 22, 2021 Netflix pays £3.2m in UK corporation tax as it ramps up British-made shows