22 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAPITAL EQUALS TROUBLE: LV=, the strangely named former Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, is blaming low interest rates for bad news which it revealed to policy holders and others (it is a mutual society with no shareholders) earlier this week. Profits in the first six months… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
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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 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
17 December 2015 Week in Brief: UK ENVIRONMENT: The commitment in the Paris agreement to pursue efforts to keep global warning down to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels would require a substantial step up from Britain. Until now the Committee on Climate Change has worked on the basis of 2C°, the maximum envisaged by Paris. … Continue reading Issue 33: 2015 12 17: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
05 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK POPULATION FIGURES: The Office for National Statistics predicts that over the next twenty-five years the population of the UK will increase from 64,600,000 to 74,300,000. By then it will have overtaken that of France and, if trends continue, it will overtake that of Germany in 2047. The projected… Continue reading Issue 27: 2015 11 05: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 16: 2015 08 20: UK News in Brief
20 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS LABOUR LEADERSHIP: Tony Blair has added his voice to those of Jack Straw, Alan Milburn and other big beasts campaigning to prevent Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader of the Labour Party. Mr Corbyn’s position has been reinforced as new voters are signed up, polls indicating that he is… Continue reading Issue 16: 2015 08 20: UK News in Brief
Issue 15: 2015 08 13 UK News
13 August 2015 Week in Brief: UK NEWS CHARITY COLLAPSE: Kids Company, the charity founded by Ms Batmanghelidj in 1996 has closed following allegations of financial mismanagement and questions over its practices. The charity, which drew support from the government as embodying its Big Society agenda, employed some 650 staff and made use of 10,000… Continue reading Issue 15: 2015 08 13 UK News
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 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
