Tusk accuses UK of ‘wasting time’ amid Tory leadership race June 21, 2019 EU chief Donald Tusk has slammed the UK for “wasting” the extension to the Brexit deadline as the Conservative Party gears up for the final stage of the leadership race. Read more: EU ‘dreams’ of UK U-turn on Brexit decision, says Donald Tusk The European Council president said he was not happy with the situation [...]
Mark Carney: 150,000 firms not ready for no-deal Brexit June 21, 2019 Roughly 150,000 UK businesses are not ready to keep exporting to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Mark Carney has said. The Bank of England governor said the companies still did not have the necessary paperwork and while many had built up contingency stocks, these would only last “weeks”. Read more: BoE’s [...]
EU must drop its City hostility in UK trade talks, warns Brexit secretary June 18, 2019 The European Union must drop its hardline approach to relations between the City and the continent after Brexit, a cabinet minister has warned. The EU insists London’s finance sector must be closely-tied to the bloc’s own regulations in order to grant market access post-Brexit, despite calls for a more wide-ranging and preferential deal in light [...]
The Brexit Party ‘at risk’ of accepting illegal donations, watchdog finds June 12, 2019 The Electoral Commission has ruled that the The Brexit Party is at high risk of collecting illegal donations through its online platform. The commission visited Nigel Farage’s party’s office last month to review its online donation system. Read more: The Brexit Party genie cannot be stuffed back into the bottle It found that the platform, [...]
Meet Blenheim Forge, the blacksmiths supplying quality kitchen knives to London’s top chefs June 10, 2019 TUCKED away in a railway arch beneath Peckham train station lies a workshop. Here, the blacksmiths of Blenheim Forge toil away making kitchen knives. But these are not just any old blades. These are handcrafted Japanese-style knives – and the cheapest model starts at £160. There’s no better endorsement for a product than knowing who [...]
‘Is this serious?’ Boris Johnson’s £39bn threat gives City the jitters June 10, 2019 Boris Johnson’s threat to withhold the UK’s £39bn Brexit divorce bill raised eyebrows in the City yesterday and provoked a strong reaction from across the Channel. The former mayor of London vowed to hold onto the cash to force the EU to give Britain a better withdrawal deal, as part of his pitch to become [...]
Boris Johnson vows to hold back £39bn Brexit divorce bill to force EU into a better deal June 9, 2019 Boris Johnson has threatened to force the European Union’s hand by withholding Britain’s £39bn “divorce” bill until it agrees to more favourable terms to leave. The former mayor of London made his first pitch to become Prime Minister by vowing to keep hold of the cash, scrap the Northern Irish backstop and guarantee the rights [...]
Theresa May, take comfort from knowing that leaders change all the time in business June 7, 2019 Two weeks ago, as Theresa May stood outside Downing Street to announce her resignation, you would have been hard-pressed not to feel a degree of sympathy, regardless of political affiliation. But the truth is that what can look like a bruising resignation is sometimes exactly what’s needed for an organisation to move on and – [...]
Peterborough by-election: Labour beats Brexit party to defend seat June 7, 2019 Labour has retained a strongly-contested seat after withstanding a fierce challenge from the Brexit party in the Peterborough by-election. Read more: Rival blasts Raab’s no-deal Brexit as ‘illegal’ Labour’s union activist candidate, Lisa Forbes, won 31 per cent of the vote to beat the Brexit part’s Mike Greene, who came a narrow second with 29 [...]
Fevertree Drinks: Does 20% slump offer rare chance to buy? June 5, 2019 | City Talk By Edmond Jackson from interactive investor. It’s one of the great stock market success stories but is vulnerable to shifts in sentiment. Our companies analyst shares his thoughts after a savage sell-off in May. Following my recent review of soft drinks firm Britvic (LSE:BVIC), it is pertinent to compare the risk/reward profile of AIM-listed Fevertree (LSE:FEVR) – both as a potential [...]