Ben Houchen held onto the Tees Valley mayoralty by forcefully rejecting the Conservative brand. Other Tory candidates will take note, says Fintan Smith The Conservative Party have suffered a massive …
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Should investors sell in May and go away?
“Sell in May and go away, don’t come back until St Leger’s Day”. The phrase is an often quoted investment adage, referring to the St Leger’s Stakes, a horse race …
Hospitality sector shows ‘cautious confidence’ as rate of closures slows
Hospitality sector closures in Britain have slowed this year thanks to a “modest revival” in independent restaurants and dining out, a new report has revealed. There were an average of …
High levels of migration contributing to slowdown in productivity growth, report suggests
A new report has suggested high levels of migration over the past two decades have contributed to the slowdown in the UK’s productivity growth since the financial crisis. Productivity, a …
City regulator should force lenders to be more transparent on SME ‘debanking’, MPs urge
An influential group of MPs has urged the City watchdog to force banks to be more transparent on why they “debank” businesses amid criticism that regulators and lenders are hamstringing …
Grayscale’s GBTC experiences first two days of Bitcoin ETF inflows as market rebounds
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 past …
Train strikes only serve to hurt the hardest working Londoners
Working from home has changed many things. For one, it’s turned train strikes from a nation-strangling act of economic terrorism into an entertaining monthly diversion for millions of office workers. …
The City is a model of good local government (kind of)
Local government in the UK is a mess, but the ancient system we have in the City is more accountable than most – and the whole country benefits, says James …
Managing a breakdown: Supporting a colleague having a mental health crisis
Although there has been a clear improvement in the workplace’s understanding of mental health over the years, unfortunately, it can still be a delicate subject. Often there are times when …
In-form Atzeni set to Boom in more winners
HAPPY Valley in Hong Kong hosts another nine-race programme today, jam-packed with highly competitive handicaps and featuring the £200,000 Graham Handicap (2.45pm) over the extended mile. The unseasonably rainy weather …