09 February 2017 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: Regional newspapers used to be the thing to be in. National titles had high production and distribution costs, with uncertain advertising revenue, but regional newspapers derived a much higher proportion of revenue from advertising, especially from estate agents, and had… Continue reading Issue 91: 2017 02 09: Week in Brief Financial
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Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
15 September 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City BOLD BRANDING: “Barings is an iconic brand which has been around a very long time…” says Tom Finke, chief executive of what on Monday this week became Barings; a new conglomeration of four brands owned by the Boston headquartered life insurance company MassMutual. Mass Mutual… Continue reading Issue71:2016 09 15:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 57:2016 06 09:Week in Brief Financial
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
Issue 50: 2017 04 21: Week in Brief Financial
21 April 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY MOVES ON THE HIGH STREET: Your friendly local estate agency is changing fast. It may be still trading from that branch in the high street, but generally the future is on-line and that increasingly means that the agents need to get their properties onto one… Continue reading Issue 50: 2017 04 21: Week in Brief Financial