19 November 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY UP THE WORKERS: Good news for workers in the UK economy; after six years of falling or flat-lining real wages, average wage inflation was 1.9% in the year ended April 2015. In fact wages only rose by 1.8%, but as the economy saw deflation of… Continue reading Issue 29: 2015 11 19 Business news
Category: Week In Brief Financial
Issue 27:2015 11 12: Financial News
12 November 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY KEEP IT SECRET: It’s a very topical time for Sophos to issue its first trading results in its new quoted identity. The Abingdon based company, which was floated in July in the LSE’s largest ever technology flotation, at around US$1bn, specialises in security for technology users. … Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 12: Financial News
Issue 27:2015 11 05: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: Business and the City LESS MEANS MORE: The cost of increased regulation on the banking sector was set out very clearly in HSBC’s latest (third quarter) results. Profits of the bank were 32% up, to £3.9bn, even though turnover was down 4% to £9.8bn – mainly reflecting discontinuation of… Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 05: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 26: 2015 10 29:Week in Brief ;BUSINESS AND THE CITY
29 October 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SHUNNING THE FLEXIBLE FRIEND: In news that should cheer the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the latest statistics on personal borrowing show a marked slowing of the rate of take up of debt. The level of this has been seen as a structural danger throughout the… Continue reading Issue 26: 2015 10 29:Week in Brief ;BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
22 October 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IRON-IC: Right on cue, as if designed to coincide with the state visit of the Chinese President to London, much of the British steel industry announced bad news. Caparo Industries, part of the Paul family owned group of heavy industries primarily trading in the UK… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Business News
15 october 2015 Week in Brief: Business and the City TAKE MORE ZINC: Or rather, less. Glencore, the struggling mining and commodity trading giant which has seen its share price slump over the past few months, has taken vigorous but brave action to begin to deal with its problems. Following on its announcement that it… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15: Business News
Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
08 October 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY AN INSPECTOR CALLS: The Serious Fraud Office has announced that it is investigating actions instigated by the Bank of England during the early stages of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. The Bank of England has confirmed that several officials have voluntarily met officers from… Continue reading Issue 23: 2015 10 08: Week in Brief: CITY
Issue 22: 2015 10 1: Week in Brief FINANCIAL
1 October 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY MINING THE DEPTHS: Glencore, once many investor’s favourite mining and commodity share stock, but recently much bruised by volatile commodity markets and an even more wobbly share price, suffered a 30% fall in its market value on Monday after weekend commentary by analysts about grim prospects… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 1: Week in Brief FINANCIAL
Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
24 September 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY BREAKDOWN: The extraordinary confession by Volkswagen Group that it had carried out sophisticated amendments to the software which governs its car engine management systems, so that when the engine is under test it will reduce emissions to meet USA standards – which the engines in normal… Continue reading Issue 21: 2015 09 24: Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
17 September 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SAWING OFF THE BRANCHES: The dismemberment of the Royal Bank of Scotland empire continues. A lot of this is the implementation of the promises made in 2008 when the government rescued the bank (once the biggest in Europe and with even greater aspirations under its… Continue reading Issue 20: 2015 09 17: News in Brief: Business and City
Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
10 September 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WORLD ECONOMY: The slowdown in the Chinese economy is affecting share prices across the world. A survey of China’s manufacturing sector reported a 6 year low. The downturn has affected oil prices with Brent crude now trading at below US$50 a barrel. In the… Continue reading Issue 19: 2015 09 10: Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 18:2015 09 03:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
3 September 2015 Week in Brief :BUSINESS AND THE CITY PESTS: One of British commerce’s less known success stories is Rentokil Initial, a FTSE 250 company which specialises in office services of all types – from paper towel supply to rat catching to full facilities management. It had a long record, over 25 years,… Continue reading Issue 18:2015 09 03:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
27 August 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BLACK MONDAY?: So the Tuesday headlines might have had you believe. Certainly stock markets round the world dropped very abruptly, and the cause is very easy to find – the faltering of the Chinese economy. China has had a long run of economic growth, around twenty… Continue reading Issue 17:2015 08 27: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
