Jeremy Corbyn has busted the myth of Labour’s moral superiority January 21, 2020 Let’s play a game. Imagine that a Tory-supporting business leader had delivered her company’s worst financial results for more than three decades. Let’s further imagine that the company had then, because of significant overspending, had raised the prospect of firing dozens of ordinary workers — while rewarding said senior executive with a bumper new contract [...]
Over 1000 EU financial firms planning to open UK offices after Brexit January 20, 2020 More than 1000 banks, asset managers, payments firms and insurers from the European Union are planning to open offices in post-Brexit Britain so they can continue to serve UK clients. The new offices would help financial firms counter the loss of business as unrestricted two-way access between the UK and EU comes to an end [...]
The cost of an international office January 20, 2020 From expanding sales to mitigating Brexit risk, many companies are securing presence overseas. Some companies have already set up an office in the EU to avoid trade barriers in the future, others are considering a move or a satellite office in the EU or further afield to take advantage of new opportunities in emerging geographic [...]
Spilling the beans: How coffee chain Grind has carved out its own London niche January 20, 2020 Given how busy life in the capital can get, and how hard the people here work, most Londoners must live on coffee. It’s the only plausible explanation for the explosion in coffee shops in recent years. Independent coffee houses are thriving alongside the big brands like Costa and Pret a Manger. According to research by [...]
Central London property investment soars after General Election January 17, 2020 Investment in central London’s office market soared in December, after the result of the General Election sparked a flurry of deal activity. The £4.9bn invested in the fourth quarter of last year was a 125 per cent jump on the amount invested in the previous quarter and was on par with 2018. The Conservative general [...]
Lekoil fraud scandal firm says it will help investigation January 16, 2020 The consultancy which is alleged to have brokered Lekoil’s loan deal with a Qatari wealth fund has issued a statement announcing its own investigation into the matter. Seawave Invest, which West African oil explorer said it had paid $600,000 for introducing it to the individuals “purporting to be the [representatives] of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)” [...]
Businesses urged to support employees seek settled status, or risk ‘catastrophic’ consequences after Brexit January 15, 2020 Businesses are being urged to ensure their employees apply for settled status as soon as possible, or risk losing up to a fifth of their workforce, with more than a million Europeans still yet to do so. A third of UK-based EU nationals, of which the vast majority are in employment, have failed to secure [...]
Shares in listed law firm Ince halve after £12m placing January 15, 2020 Shares in listed law firm Ince Group plunged nearly 50 per cent today after the firm raised £12m via a share placing. The firm’s share price plunged 47 per cent today on the placing at 45p, falling from 89p at yesterday’s close to 47p today. Ince – formerly Gordon Dadds – became the second English [...]
Fintech can be the silver bullet to banking the UK’s unbanked January 15, 2020 Can new technology help the 1.23m people in the UK who don’t have a bank account? And could it improve the lives of the 10–12m who still struggle to access affordable loans? New research suggests that the answer to both those questions is yes. It is all thanks to London’s booming fintech sector — one [...]
Iran protesters take to streets for third day after shooting down of plane January 13, 2020 Protesters have taken to the streets of Iran for a third day running, as outage over the authorities’ admission it accidentally shot down a Ukranian airliner, despite repeated denials that Iranian forces were responsible. Demonstrations in the country began on Saturday following the Iranian military’s admission that it had mistakenly shot down the plane, killing [...]