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 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
26 January 2017 Service with a Shock The future of the electricity supply by J.R.Thomas Who would want to run an electricity supply company in these times? More and more choice for the consumer, with all sorts of potential supply, including pumping heat from under back gardens or powering freezers from mini windmills on the… Continue reading Issue 89: 2017 01 26:Service with a shock (J.R.Thomas)
Issue 69:2016 09 01:Week in Brief Financial
1 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BRAKE AND ACCELERATE: Tata’s UK subsidiary JLR – or Jaguar Land Rover as it is better known – reported a good second quarter to the end of June. Or was it a bad second quarter? In terms of volume it was certainly very impressive; sales… Continue reading Issue 69:2016 09 01: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 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
14 July 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City TATA REVIEWS DATA: In an abrupt and unexpected reversal of intent, Tata Steel have announced that they now do not intend to sell the Port Talbot steelworks in South Wales, which they announced earlier this year. The sale of the Scunthorpe plant which makes rail… Continue reading Issue 62:2016 07 14:Week in Brief (Financial)
Issue 31:2015 12 03: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
03 December 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY MOTOR WORKS: Following Jaguar Land Rover’s announcement of investment of £450m into its new engine factory at Wolverhampton, more good news for British car engineering this week as Nissan announced that it was spending £250m on its production facilities at Sunderland, Co. Durham. … Continue reading Issue 31:2015 12 03: BUSINESS AND THE CITY
Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
12 November 2015 Week in Brief: UK SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Although the action of the British government in promptly grounding flights in and out of Sharm el-Sheikh was initially condemned by Egypt as being unwarranted, it has been justified by the conclusion of the investigating authorities that the destruction of the plane bound for St Petersburg… Continue reading Issue 28: 2015 11 12: Week in Brief: UK
