The Notebook: Where are retail investors putting their money? May 8, 2024 Victoria Scholar takes the Notebook pen to talk retail investors, Ozempic's fat profits, and the UK's inflation forecast.
FTSE 100 today: Rate cut optimism to fuel Footsie’s push to fresh record highs May 8, 2024 Markets showcase mixed performance in Asia, mirroring Wall Street's trajectory. Oil prices dip, while Reddit shares soar by 16 per cent. Additionally, TikTok initiates a legal challenge against a potential US ban, adding to tech sector uncertainties. All attention now shifts to the Bank of England policy decision and UK GDP data release.
Don’t let Labour put FDI at risk May 8, 2024 A Labour government would threaten London’s position as Europe’s top destination for FDI. Only one part knows how to create an attractive regulatory and investment environment, says Lord Johnson One of this Government’s most important missions is to drive innovation and growth by attracting a continuous stream of high quality, global investment. As the Minister [...]
Train strikes only serve to hurt the hardest working Londoners May 8, 2024 Working from home has changed many things. For one, it’s turned train strikes from a nation-strangling act of economic terrorism into an entertaining monthly diversion for millions of office workers. As such, the unions have responded by upping the ante: more strikes, more often. The workers hurt by this, however, are the very working men [...]
UK to bid recession farewell as debate over state of the economy heats up May 7, 2024 New figures out this week are set to show that last year's shallow recession has come to an end as political debate about the state of the economy heats up.
Green light given to class-action lawsuit over electricity costs May 7, 2024 Damages sought for consumers are in the hundreds of millions of pounds.
How Miu Miu escaped the luxury slowdown which hit LVMH, Gucci and Watches of Switzerland May 7, 2024 Miu Miu has managed to create a brand which taps into to the Chinese fashion trends Gen Z shoppers are looking for.
UK housebuilding could fall to half of target without intervention new report warns May 7, 2024 Uncertainty and inflation are hitting builders' output, threating government housebuilding targets.
The Notebook: Brexit has been a failure, and politicians can’t ignore it forever May 7, 2024 James Chapman, director of Soho Communications, takes the Notebook pen to talk Brexit, music and PR lessons from Ed Balls.
Asset management industry ‘under pressure’ as costs rocket May 7, 2024 The global asset management industry is coming “under pressure” globally this year as costs rocket at nearly twenty times the rate of revenues, Boston Consulting Group has warned.