22 June 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BAD WEEK BEHIND THE COUNTERS: Maybe the bankers are going to be regulated less (see our article on the US this week) but Barclays, the 300 year old UK domiciled bank, must be wishing it had thrown itself on the regulatory mercies of the Bank… Continue reading Issue 110: 2017 0-6 22: Week In Brief Financial
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Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial
02 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY COPPER BOTTOMED: Copper is one of those fascinating metals which whilst beautiful in colour and easily wrought for jewellery is principally used industrially, and on an increasingly large scale. Indeed, it is a metal without which we would struggle to make the modern world work,… Continue reading Issue 90: 2017 02 02: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 76: 2016 10 20: Week in Brief: Financial
20 October 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY TROUBLE AT T’SHOP: As if food retail were not difficult enough, ASDA has a new problem in the aisles – or, really, a long running old one. This difficulty is on the cost side rather than the usual difficulty of trying to entice the customers… Continue reading Issue 76: 2016 10 20: 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 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief Financial
14 April 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY SCUNTHORPE REVISITED: Whilst Mr Cameron continues to struggle with the fascinating subject (to some) of his wealth and how he acquired it, the heat has been off his Trade and Industry Minister, Sajid David, who has used the opportunity to quietly regroup. He has confirmed… Continue reading Issue 49: 2016 04 14: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 48: 2016 04 07:Week in Brief: Financial
07 April 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOT A BLAST: The fall-out from Tata’s announcement that it will close its steel business in the UK if it cannot find a buyer continues to have major political and economic ramifications. These include China’s announcement of increased tariffs on the type of steel which… Continue reading Issue 48: 2016 04 07:Week in Brief: Financial
Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
31 March 2016 Week in Brief: Business and the City GRIM NEWS FOR THE VALLEYS: 2015 was a terrible year for the British steel manufacturing industry. Battered by cheap Chinese and Indian imported steel, many UK plants making non-speciality steel gave up the struggle and closed down, with thousands of job losses. Now… Continue reading Issue 47: 2016 03 31: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
22 October 2015 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY IRON-IC: Right on cue, as if designed to coincide with the state visit of the Chinese President to London, much of the British steel industry announced bad news. Caparo Industries, part of the Paul family owned group of heavy industries primarily trading in the UK… Continue reading Issue 25: 2015 10 22: Business and the City
