8 December 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY THOSE REAL ESTATE BLUES: They say UK real estate cycles are typically about eight years and the Bank of England, which knows its cycles, is now calling the peak of this one, eight years after the market collapsed in 2008. The Bank’s Financial Policy Committee, which… Continue reading Issue 83;2016 12 08:Week in Brief Financial
Category: Week In Brief Financial
Issue82:2016 12 01:Week in Brief Financial
1 December 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY SMELL OF SUCCESS: It may be essential for the smooth running of our lives, but Pennon plc is one of those companies that is far from being a household name – even if what it does is household friendly. Pennon is a FTSE top 250 company… Continue reading Issue82:2016 12 01:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 81:2016 11 24:Week in Brief Financial
24 November 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY SAFE HAVEN: Twelve years ago Ken Morrison, chairman of the supermarket chain he built up to be one of Britain’s big four food retailers, was heavily criticised for the acquisition of Safeway for £3.35bn, a competitor almost the same size as Wm Morrison. It was said… Continue reading Issue 81:2016 11 24:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief financial
17 November 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY THERE IS A TIDE …: In an island such as Britain, surrounded by a restless sea, the urge to harness that power to create energy has long captivated entrepreneurs and inventors. The obvious place to begin is with tidal barrages, and a number have been… Continue reading Issue 80: 2016 11 17: Week in Brief financial
Issue 79:2016 11 10:Week in brief(financial)
10 November 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY LATE SURGE: Royal Bank of Scotland, having despaired of ever selling its Williams and Glyn’s sub-business, announced a couple of weeks ago that it finally had a serious bidder in Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, the newly independent regional bank formerly owned by National Australian Bank. But… Continue reading Issue 79:2016 11 10:Week in brief(financial)
Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief financial
3 November 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY UBER LAW: Technology is building a new world of super service; no need to get the car out to go and collect your takeaway; just lie back in your armchair, mobile phone in hand, scroll a menu for dozens of different food types, press a… Continue reading Issue 78:2016 11 03:Week in Brief financial
Issue 77:2016 10 27: Week in Brief (Financial)
27 October 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY THE PRICE OF PLEASURE: The effects of the weak pound are starting to hit British consumers where it hurts – in their sweet tooth. Nestle, the Swiss domiciled chocolate and food manufacturer who own the former Rowntree’s brand in the UK, have announced that they will… Continue reading Issue 77:2016 10 27: Week in Brief (Financial)
Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Week in Brief: Financial
20 October 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY TROUBLE AT T’SHOP: As if food retail were not difficult enough, ASDA has a new problem in the aisles – or, really, a long running old one. This difficulty is on the cost side rather than the usual difficulty of trying to entice the customers… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Week in Brief: Financial
Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY
13 October 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY THE BIG PUSH: There is a touch of the First World War artillery barrage in the European Central Bank’s decision to extend its quantitative easing programme beyond March if inflation does not move towards the 2% target. It doesn’t seem to be working, but what… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 74:2016 10 06:News in Brief Financial
06 October 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BASE CAMP £: The FTSE 100 reached almost its highest level ever on Tuesday and was maintaining values over 7,000 on Wednesday, as Mrs May and the Tory Party conference made tough noises on a Hard Brexit. Base Camp Four for the index, but a… Continue reading Issue 74:2016 10 06:News in Brief Financial
Issue73:2016 09 29: Week in Brief financial
29 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY STORM BREWING: So much of what we value has come from the North Sea – kippers, Cromer crabs, oil and gas. Trouble is, they are all running short – and the ones that might soon have the biggest effect on our lifestyles are diminishing oil… Continue reading Issue73:2016 09 29: Week in Brief financial
Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAPITAL EQUALS TROUBLE: LV=, the strangely named former Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, is blaming low interest rates for bad news which it revealed to policy holders and others (it is a mutual society with no shareholders) earlier this week. Profits in the first six months… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BOLD BRANDING: “Barings is an iconic brand which has been around a very long time…” says Tom Finke, chief executive of what on Monday this week became Barings; a new conglomeration of four brands owned by the Boston headquartered life insurance company MassMutual. Mass Mutual… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
