Tower Cold Chain runs hot after Covid booster May 10, 2022 | Sponsored It is 22 years since this multi-award-winning company’s founder John Pring filed his first patent for a reusable container to transport temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, life-science, and biotech products, and 20 years since the first products were launched. Much has happened in those two decades: a name change from Kryotrans to Tower Cold Chain, a lot [...]
Nasco UK Ltd is no stranger to an award and certainly no stranger to the Queen’s Awards. May 10, 2022 | Sponsored Their winning of this year’s award for international trade is the fifth time Nasco has been recognised by the crown in this category, the previous four coming consecutively between 2013 and 2016. On top of that Nasco won Sunday Times Fast Track awards in 2013 and 2014 as one of the fastest growing private companies [...]
1 Minute Market Rundown – 10th May 2022 May 10, 2022 | City Talk Trade the ExtremesCrypto Under PressureUSD Hits New 2 Decade High Yesterday really was more of the same – another risk rout. Equities sold off, yields flew, gold lower – further deleveraging going through the markets. Overnight, we have seen dip buyers emerge helping to stop the rot…for now. There seemed to be only two things [...]
Brits cut back on pints and petrol amid tightening cost of living grip May 10, 2022 Brits are cutting back on pints and are driving less in response to the tightening cost of living grip, reveals fresh figures published today. Purchases in pubs, bars and clubs slowed last month, but were still nearly 40 per cent higher last month compared to April 2019, according to Barclaycard, which oversees around half of [...]
Concoction of risks trigger global sell off to kick start week May 9, 2022 A ratcheting up in anxieties over the possibility of the global economy hurtling toward a sharp slowdown wiped billions off the value of the world’s top companies today. London’s FTSE 100 index plunged 2.32 per cent to points, while the domestically-focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index tumbled 2.59 per cent. Investors ditched London stocks on the [...]
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Sure, the cost of living crisis is ‘difficult’ but the government cannot just spend its way out it May 9, 2022 Senior Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg said hard-pressed households are facing a “difficult” future as inflation rises but he warned the Government cannot spend its way out of the problem. The Brexit Opportunities Minister said increasing public spending to mitigate the impacts of the rising cost of living risked adding to inflation, pushing prices higher. The squeeze [...]
Wings over the world as Blackbird flies high with unique technology May 9, 2022 | Sponsored It might be said that it was only a matter of time before London-based Blackbird plc won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Afterall it is a company that the world seems increasingly to need and as a consequence is growing rapidly, especially overseas, particularly in America. In the last year Blackbird has won a raft [...]
Inflation could surge beyond our bleakest forecast, BoE rate setter warns May 9, 2022 A member of the Bank of England’s group of rate setters has today warned inflation could surge above its own worst expectations. Michael Saunders, an external member of the monetary policy committee (MPC), said unless interest rates keep rising, “inflation pressures [will] probably be greater and more persistent” than the Bank expects. The alert chimes [...]
An A-Z of sustainability terms for investors May 9, 2022 | City Talk Sustainability, once a fringe consideration, has become core for many investors. Impacts on the planet – such as climate change and biodiversity loss – and on people – for example through the treatment of workers – are in the news every day. We believe companies and countries that adapt to such issues and challenges should thrive. [...]
Could UK economy be more fragile than BoE believes? May 9, 2022 | City Talk At its May meeting, the Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points (bps) to a 13-year high of 1.00%. All nine members considered policy tightening to be appropriate given the strength of the labour market and persistence of domestic inflationary pressures. However, three policymakers went one [...]