Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK

05 October 2017 Week In Brief: UK Brexit JOHNSON RETREATS FROM LIMB: Last week Boris Johnson continued his attempts at backseat driving, telling The Sun that the Government must raise the minimum wage and pay more to public sector workers.  He was also said to have set further red lines for Brexit saying that the transitional… Continue reading Issue 123: 2017 10 05: Week in Brief: UK

Issue 104:2017 05 11:Week in brief Financial

11 May 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAN’T GIVE IT AWAY: It’s not easy owning a bank nowadays – but it is even more difficult getting rid of one.  Readers will remember RBS’s struggles to get rid of its Williams and Glynn’s arm, Barclays has struggled to sell some of its peripheral… Continue reading Issue 104:2017 05 11:Week in brief Financial

Issue 87:2017 01 12: Week in Brief Financial

12 January 2017 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BOOTS: One of the largest retail chains in the UK, with shops in almost every street it often seems -there are 2,500 of them – is Boots, supplier of a wide mixture of goodies, from sweets to perfumes to medicines.  Boots was taken over some… Continue reading Issue 87:2017 01 12: Week in Brief Financial

Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY

13 October 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY THE BIG PUSH:  There is a touch of the First World War artillery barrage in the European Central Bank’s decision to extend its quantitative easing programme beyond March if inflation does not move towards the 2% target.  It doesn’t seem to be working, but what… Continue reading Issue 75:2016 10 13:Week In Brief BUSINESS AND THE CITY

Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK

26 May 2016 Week in Brief: UK NEWS EU  Referendum INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS:  Pat Glass, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Europe, was overheard referring to a voter as a “horrible racist”.  UKIP claimed that these remarks showed disdain for voters and Ms Glass has said that she regrets them. TRANSATLANTIC TRADE AND INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP:  The Government has… Continue reading Issue 55: 2016 05 26: Week in Brief UK

Issue 27:2015 11 12: Financial News

12 November 2015 Week in Brief:BUSINESS AND THE CITY KEEP IT SECRET: It’s a very topical time for Sophos to issue its first trading results in its new quoted identity.  The Abingdon based company, which was floated in July in the LSE’s largest ever technology flotation, at around US$1bn, specialises in security for technology users. … Continue reading Issue 27:2015 11 12: Financial News

Issue 4:2015 05 28:Business and the City

28 May 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY   THE PROPERTY MARKET: The De Montfort Report, the comprehensive annual survey of debt trends in the UK commercial property market has been published. This long running report, compiled by De Montfort University by analysis of detailed returns from what is believed to be around… Continue reading Issue 4:2015 05 28:Business and the City

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