20 August 2015 News in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOFLATION: The new word for lack of inflation, and indeed, lack of deflation. That seems as though it might continue to be the state of the price indices in the UK for a while yet. Having escaped the fear of deflation last year, the… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Category: Week In Brief Financial
Issue 15: 2015 08 13: Week in Brief Financial
13 August 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY SLOWING DOWN THE PUMPS: Has Saudi Arabia’s nerve finally cracked? The oil price has been heading down for months, but the Saudis, unlike in previous price slumps, have kept their production up, with much speculation as to what their strategy was – the most popular… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 14: 2013 08 06 Financial week in brief
6 August 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY SOVEREIGN DEFAULT: The Greek government may have bought some time to sort its finances out, but the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, whose troubled finances were discussed here a few weeks ago, has failed to do so, and has gone into default. A US$58m loan repayment… Continue reading Issue 14: 2013 08 06 Financial week in brief
Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
30 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY SMART COP: Great Scotland Yard, historical home of the Metropolitan Police, though government offices for many years, has been sold by Galliard, a development firm, to Lulu Group International, the international business vehicle of Indian tycoon Yusuffali Kader. Galliard are converting the building to a… Continue reading Issue 13: 2015 07 30 Financial Week In Brief
Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
23 July 2014 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY GREEK BANKS: Greek financial affairs have suddenly been relegated from the headlines, following the rescue package agreed last week which has led to their banks reopening on Monday, and enabling the central bank to make the delinquent IMF payments to take the country back out… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
Issue 11: 2015 07 16: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
16 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BUSY PARKER: Tim Parker, who is rapidly becoming one of the great and the good, added to his reputation in that august forum when he was announced as the new chairman of the Post Office this week. Mr Parker is already chairman of Samsonite,… Continue reading Issue 11: 2015 07 16: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 10: 2015 07 09: business news
9 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY EMPTYING WALLETS: George Osborne, the Chancellor, has been indicated that his budget speech will announce proposals for a further extension of permitted retail trading on Sundays. By the time you have this issue that will be confirmed, or not, but certainly there is a lot… Continue reading Issue 10: 2015 07 09: business news
Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
2 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BULGING WALLETS: The British Chancellor, George Osborne, has advised British tourists going on holiday to Greece to prepare for banking chaos as a Greek default on its external debts seems more and more likely. The Chancellor’s advice is to carry all the cash needed for… Continue reading Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
25 June 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY WORKING HARDER: Or, at least, more efficiently. The Bank of England has several times in recent years expressed serious concerns over UK productivity – lack of, that is, compared with the USA and most of Europe – blaming factors from difficult commuting conditions to the… Continue reading Issue 8: 2015 06 25: Financial news
Issue 7:2015 06 18:Financial news
18 June 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY REVERSE DEFLATION: Economists were relieved to see Britain’s cost of living rise 0.1% in May, after a couple of months of deflation. Though it may seem counter-intuitive to welcome rising prices, the effects of deflation are little understood in modern economies, but generally felt to… Continue reading Issue 7:2015 06 18:Financial news
Issue 6:2015 06 11:Business news
11 June 2015 BUSINESS AND THE CITY VANISHING BANKERS: Stuart Gulliver’s reshaping of HSBC has gathered pace. The long serving chief executive said that the bank will, over the next two years, cut 10% of its workforce – 25,000 jobs or more, of which around a third will be in the UK. Not only is… Continue reading Issue 6:2015 06 11:Business news
Issue 5: 2015 06 014: Business and the City
4 June 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY FLYING NORTH: While the debate goes on as to how and where to expand airport capacity in the south-east, with Heathrow and Gatwick airports both running major advertising and lobbying campaigns to attract government support for an additional runway, Manchester Airport is just quietly getting… Continue reading Issue 5: 2015 06 014: Business and the City
Issue 4:2015 05 28:Business and the City
28 May 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY THE PROPERTY MARKET: The De Montfort Report, the comprehensive annual survey of debt trends in the UK commercial property market has been published. This long running report, compiled by De Montfort University by analysis of detailed returns from what is believed to be around… Continue reading Issue 4:2015 05 28:Business and the City
