09 June 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SHELLING OUT: Shell Group completed its purchase of BG Group three months ago and has now completed a major review of what it has bought, and how that and Shell’s existing business will fit together. It justified the purchase from the beginning by the opportunities… Continue reading Issue 57:2016 06 09: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
Issue 41:2016 02 18:Week in Brief Financial
18 February 2016 Week in Brief:Business and the City INFLATED EXPECTATIONS: Inflation is rising – but not enough to worry the Chancellor or the Bank of England. The Bank’s task is to manage the economy so as to keep inflation at or just below 2%; in this it is failing as the annualised rate is… Continue reading Issue 41:2016 02 18: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
