Every week, Charlie Conchie sits down with the biggest movers and shakers in financial services. This week it’s Tariq Fancy, Blackrock’s former sustainable investing and ESG chief When Tariq Fancy …
April 2024
AJ Bell customers pass half a million as investors flock to low-cost platform
The number of AJ Bell customers has surpassed 500,000, up from under 200,000 when the company listed in 2018. In the first three months of the year, the company’s platform …
Hipgnosis board approves £1.1bn Concord takeover offer
The board of Hipgnosis Songs Fund has approved a takeover bid by Concord, an American independent music company. Concord, which is controlled by Alchemy Copyrights, has proposed to buy Hipgnosis …
UK firms to invest £338bn on re-industrialisation in next three years, research shows
UK firms are planning to invest hundreds of billions in an attempt to bubble-wrap supply chains and bring manufacturing closer to home, new research suggests. Investment in re-industrialisation among UK …
Foxtons: ‘Value of homes under offer best since Brexit’
Estate agent Foxtons said improved market conditions helped drive housing sales revenue by 17 per cent in the first quarter of the year, with the value of homes under offer …
Strong appetite for travel helps Easyjet reduce losses over the winter period
Easyjet has continued to benefit from travellers’ strong appetite for travel in the wake of the pandemic. Today it reported an uptick in passengers and a reduction in the traditional …
US hedgie Citadel makes big bet on London with space in another new skyscraper
Global hedge fund giant Citadel has agreed a deal on a new London headquarters – moving into one of two gleaming new skyscrapers coming to Broadgate. Known as 2FA, the …
Home REIT set to sue former investment manager as shareholders circle
Home REIT has threatened to sue its former fund manager Alvarium today as it faces its own legal challenge from a group of shareholders who claim to have been misled. …
Is Microsoft’s Copilot the future of how businesses use AI productively?
Dive into what some businesses might call the future of productivity with Jess Jones as she sits down with Nick Hedderman from Microsoft, who explains to her how Copilot works.
Deliveroo treads water in first quarter but still projects growth for 2024
Deliveroo has said its takeaway service made a small amount of progress in the first quarter of 2024 amid a more stable consumer environment in the UK. The London-listed food …