13 April 2017 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY TRY AGAIN: The troubles of leading house builder Bovis may be coming to an end with the help of fellow residential builder Galliford Try – but not quite in the way that Bovis had in mind. Bovis found both house sales and its share price in a… Continue reading Issue 100:2017 04 13:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
16 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY ALL CHANGE: Rather more change than expected at HSBC which has been engaged in a search for a new chairman to replace seven year serving Douglas Flint – who was finance director before that. HSBC almost always has promoted its top men (they all have… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief Financial
25 August 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City CITY SHOCK HORROR: For traditional City of London earners it may be the first swallow leaving for winter… closely followed by the second. Woodford Investment Management have announced that they are abolishing bonuses for all staff in their specialist investment management business. Woodford, founded… Continue reading Issue 68: 2016 08 25: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: Financial
18 August 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City SMALL CHANGE; NO CHANGE: The Swedish bank Handelsbanken has become over the last twenty years the wealthy private customer’s bank of choice, both in Scandinavia and in the UK, where it has gone from a modest number of offices in London and a couple of… Continue reading Issue 67: 2016 08 18: Week in Brief: Financial