16 February 2017 Week in Brief: UK SPEAKER: John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is facing calls from MPs to resign after he declared that he would prevent Donald Trump from addressing MPs and peers in Westminster Hall during the proposed state visit. Diplomatic sources have said that there has been no… Continue reading Issue 92: 2017 02 16: Week in Brief: UK
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Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
22 September 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY CAPITAL EQUALS TROUBLE: LV=, the strangely named former Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society, is blaming low interest rates for bad news which it revealed to policy holders and others (it is a mutual society with no shareholders) earlier this week. Profits in the first six months… Continue reading Issue 72: 2016 09 22:Week in Brief Financial
Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
2 July 2015 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY BULGING WALLETS: The British Chancellor, George Osborne, has advised British tourists going on holiday to Greece to prepare for banking chaos as a Greek default on its external debts seems more and more likely. The Chancellor’s advice is to carry all the cash needed for… Continue reading Issue 9:2015 07 02:BUSINESS AND THE CITY
