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
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Issue 43: 2016 03 03:Week in brief Financial
03 March 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LESS THAN DELIGHTED: If HSBC thought that its decision a few days ago to keep its head office in the UK would be well received it must now be feeling disappointed. The Government and the Bank of England welcomed the decision, which no doubt brought… Continue reading Issue 43: 2016 03 03:Week in brief Financial
Issue36:2016 01 14:Week in Brief:FINANCIAL
14 January 2016 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY COMFORT AT THE TILL: Surprise results of the season were those from Big Four grocer WM Morrison who said that like for like sales were up 0.2% in the last nine weeks of 2015. Not all that impressive perhaps, but when the rise and rise of… Continue reading Issue36:2016 01 14:Week in Brief:FINANCIAL
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
