Peel Ports: Billionaire tycoon handed higher pay day despite profit slump January 3, 2025 The billionaire family behind Peel Ports raked in even more money despite profit at Britain’s second largest operator being slashed during its latest financial year. The Whittaker family shared a dividend pot of £153.9m with fellow shareholders in the Liverpool-headquartered group in the year to 31 March, 2024. The dividend is up from the £138.9m [...]
Gary Neville’s hotel makes huge loss after Tom Kerridge closure January 2, 2025 A hotel owned by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs slumped further into the red after the closure of Tom Kerridge’s restaurant, it has been revealed. The Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester city centre has also posted falling sales despite the publicity it received after Madonna booked the entire hotel out while she was performing in [...]
Where did UK house prices rise fastest in 2024? January 2, 2025 Nationwide's house price index showed that house prices rose 4.7 per cent over the year-to-December. Across 2023 house prices fell 1.8 per cent, according to the building society.
Women’s football and NFL: The biggest sports deals of 2024 December 31, 2024 Sport has been full of deals in 2024 with Premier League clubs being taken over, cricket selling stakes in franchise teams and transfers sending sports fans mad. But which were the standout deals of the last 12 months? Founder of SportsInvest Advisory Achille de Rauglaudre takes a look. March: Women’s football on the rise 2024 [...]
Geopolitics, property and the London marketplace: Here’s what’s in store for insurance next year December 30, 2024 Insurance market in 2024 was defined by record floods and soaring premiums. So what are expects predicting for 2025?
Caution persists in London’s prime property market after Budget hit December 27, 2024 A tense political and economic environment has left buyers of prime property cautious in the last few months of the year, with prices dipping in central London. House prices in Knightsbridge and Belgravia fell by two per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively, while prices fell 0.8 per cent across the capital as a whole, [...]
London’s poshest district is nearly 100 times pricier than the north of England December 23, 2024 Knightsbridge has been named the most expensive district in London and the UK, with the average house price coming in at a whooping £21.4m. That’s nearly 96 times the average price of a home in the north of England. The West London region is home to the capital’s most expensive residential site, Knightsbridge’s One Hyde [...]
Will Trump mean more American expats coming to the UK? December 22, 2024 As leaders sit on the edge of their seats, bracing for the impact of Trump’s tariffs, they may find an offset – albeit a slight one – in the form of American expats joining their economies, says Bill Sedat Frater Reflecting on the US elections, it’s hard to ignore the role tax policy played in [...]
Headlam: Flooring specialist’s shares rise after £54m property deals December 20, 2024 Shares in the Brummie-based flooring distributor rose over seven per cent on Friday after it sold off some of its properties for £54m.
I’m putting Markel International ‘on the map’, says president December 19, 2024 The London insurance market is the "jewel in the crown'", it's no surprise that US insurer Markel International has the City at the heart of its strategy