16 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY ALL CHANGE: Rather more change than expected at HSBC which has been engaged in a search for a new chairman to replace seven year serving Douglas Flint – who was finance director before that. HSBC almost always has promoted its top men (they all have… Continue reading Issue 96: 2017 03 16: Week in Brief, Financial
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Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
16 February 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY LOOKING ON THE BRIGHT SIDE – AGAIN: Last week it was regional newspaper publisher Johnston Press who got the Shaw Sheet Business Pages prize for optimism. We have a new contender this week for our award – Rolls-Royce Holdings plc, who announced a pretty startling… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief Financial
Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK
01 October 2015 Week in Brief: UK CYBERCRIME: According to The Times, less than one in every hundred cases of online fraud is investigated by the police, with 3,200,000 frauds over the last year resulting in less than 9,000 being followed up. A computer program is used to identify which cases warrant action by the… Continue reading Issue 22: 2015 10 01: Week in Brief: UK
Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
23 July 2014 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY GREEK BANKS: Greek financial affairs have suddenly been relegated from the headlines, following the rescue package agreed last week which has led to their banks reopening on Monday, and enabling the central bank to make the delinquent IMF payments to take the country back out… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City
Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City
21 May 2015 Week in brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY . DEFLATION: For the first time for many years official government figures showed that the UK economy is in deflation, with the measuring basket of prices falling 0.1% in the last year (to end of April). This is caused by a range of factors, but… Continue reading Issue3:2015 05 21: Business and the City
