It’s been tough, but there really is light at the end of this tunnel January 20, 2022 Could it really be coming to an end? The implication from the health secretary Sajid Javid’s speech yesterday was that Britain might genuinely be coming out the other side of a nearly two-year pandemic which has disrupted so much. Perhaps it is time to take stock – and though it’s not overly British to do [...]
And they’re off! The Tory party looks for alternatives amid Johnson struggles January 20, 2022 ON Tuesday morning of this week, the furore surrounding Boris Johnson’s attendance at a lockdown garden party in May 2020 appeared to be dying down in Westminster. The Prime Minister’s apology in the house had, it seemed, put judgment day on hold until the publication of the now infamous Cabinet Office report from Sue Gray. [...]
How Instagram conquered the antiques world January 20, 2022 It was a classic case of love at first sight. Over breakfast I’d spotted my ‘forever-table’ on Instagram, and by that afternoon my partner and I were en route to a residential street in Brixton to pick it up. The caption gave some dimensions and the price; the seller’s bio read ‘shop via the grid’. [...]
The City View: January 19: Inflation and B-Corps January 19, 2022 Today Andy Silvester is joined by Kin + Carta CEO J Schwan, and by Jack Barnett to discuss today’s news on inflation and future rate rises by the Bank of England. Andy also goes through the headlines, which include GSK’s rebuttal of a £50bn Unilever merger, corporate results, and today’s political news as Boris Johnson [...]
Exclusive: In war for talent, the rapid surge in pay is tipping the balance of power, says Edmond de Rothschild manager January 19, 2022 11 million. Eleven million is the number of job openings that are currently unfilled in the world’s largest market alone, the United States. In other words, Corporate America is looking for 11m workers to operate at a level that meets end demand. To put this figure into perspective, this is an all-time high and double [...]
Crypto markets maintain a steady course alongside the S&P 500 January 19, 2022 A flat week in the crypto markets goes on, as Bitcoin continues to consolidate within a narrow range of $41-43k.
Most UK workers embrace four-day working week with many saying less time in office would boost productivity January 19, 2022 Over half of British workers feel a four-day work week would increase their productivity, according to new data shared with Morning Wire today. In fact, 57 per cent of UK employees would like to have more space in their working week by reducing their hours to four days, the research commissioned by Airtasker found. However, one in three UK workers would consider supplementing their salary [...]
£12m in remortgages and drawdowns every single day: Homeowners release record £4.4bn in property wealth January 19, 2022 Older homeowners released a record £4.4 billion in property wealth last year at a rate of more than £12 million a day as customers helped family and secured their own finances by repaying debt or remortgaging existing borrowing, according to new data. Around one in five equity release plans (19 per cent) taken out in [...]
BDO exec on Treasury clampdown on crypto advertising: ‘We all knew this day was coming’ January 19, 2022 The Treasury outlined plans yesterday to legislate to address misleading cryptoasset promotions. Adverts will be brought into line with other financial advertising, ensuring they are fair and clear, with the new rules designed to increase consumer protection. “This is the day promoters of cryptoassets have known was coming for a long time, commented Adam Soilleux, [...]
€200bn moved across Irish Sea since Brexit: Balance sheets of global banks in Dublin swell to record €500bn January 19, 2022 The Irish balance sheets of a range of global banks that run international operations from Dublin has ballooned to more than half a billion euros. As a result, Dublin is gradually becoming a major banking hub within the EU, adding as much as €200bn to banks’ balance sheets since the UK voted to leave the [...]