Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. The German …
June 2024
Profit falls at Watches of Switzerland but Rolex seller maintains guidance
Watches of Switzerland reported a significant fall in profit in 2024 but the firm reiterated its guidance despite the challenging year. The Rolex seller reported that pretax profit fell 40 …
Currys back in the black thanks to ‘encouraging’ momentum in key markets
Tech retailer Currys has seen its profit rise as bosses declared the company is “getting back on track” after a tumultuous couple of years. The London-listed firm grew its pre-tax …
Halfords: Profit slides as cycling and motoring giant lowers guidance on ‘soft’ trading
Halfords has reported a slide in profit as the cycling and motoring retailer cut its dividend and lowered its guidance for the current financial year on the back of “soft” …
Moonpig new subscription model helps it achieve solid earnings
Moonpig has credited its “extraordinary” customer loyalty and expectation-beating subscription product as the reason behind improvements in profit, earnings per share and revenue. The personalised card maker, which was founded …
Microsoft to build ‘hyperscale’ datacentre near Leeds after £106m deal
Tech giant Microsoft is one step closer to building a ‘hyperscale’ datacentre near Leeds after it purchased a 48-acre site from British property developer Harworth Group. The company bought the …
Ed Warner: Why athletics still hits different at the Olympics
Our sport columnist on attempts to stimulate interest in athletics outside of the Olympics, disarray at Middlesex and British basketball, and Premier League clubs’ latest wheeze. It takes eight days …
Job postings plummet by a fifth over past year as demand for workers weakens
Job postings have fallen by a fifth over the past year, according to Indeed, in an indication of how the Bank of England’s interest rate hikes have hit demand for …
Will it work? Tax and benefit cuts
It’s an election year. Politicians are giving us a barrage of policies. But we often forget to ask the most important question: will they actually work? In this column Sam …
Private school VAT furore shows just how much help our state schools need
VAT on private schools has been slated as a “tax on aspiration” – but why don’t we focus on making state education aspirational, asks Simon Neville My favourite theory about …