Optimism among CFOs at the UK’s largest firms increased for the third consecutive quarter as the UK economy’s rosier economic prospects filtered through into corporate confidence. With inflation falling fast…
Slack continued to grow in the labour market in March, a closely watched survey suggested, as experts called on the Bank of England to “loosen its grip on growth”. Starting…
Over 2,000 retailers have gone bust in the last year, a new report has found, delivering another blow to the UK’s struggling retail sector. According to a study by Mazars,…
Where the City’s best and brightest get a few things off their chest. Today, Jackie Leiper, managing director at Scottish Widows, takes the Notebook pen Closing the pensions gap When…
In this new weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from James Dowey, fund manager at Liontrust Global…
The Bakerloo Line is at risk of failing as cash-strapped TfL can’t afford new trains. So why on earth is it wasting its time banning revenue-making hot dog adverts, Guy…
Each month, Jasper De Maere, Research Lead at Outlier Ventures will zoom on trends and events happening in cryptocurrency and the broader ecosystem across public and private markets. Outlier Ventures…
Moving markets today: Asian equities mixed; Nikkei recovers, while China stumbles on property woes, major Asian currencies weaken; spotlight on US inflation data and start of Q1 earnings season Global…
It may, perhaps, seem odd that the Bank of England’s decision on interest rates should be effectively made by the market. But that is the case over the coming ten…
Sadiq Khan’s grand plan for London is based on an optimistic fantasy of what a Labour government will bring, writes Eliot Wilson Last week the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,…