Create investment boosting tax system to end economic malaise, CBI chief urges Tory leadership hopefuls July 13, 2022 Creating a tax system that boosts business investment to lift the UK out of its growth malaise is the only way to solve the country’s economic stagnation. That’s according to the chief of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the country’s largest business group. In an open letter to Conservative leadership candidates published today, Tony [...]
Lost decade of growth leaves Brits nearly £9k worse off than French and Germans July 13, 2022 Anaemic economic growth since the financial crisis has left the average UK household £8,800 worse off compared to families in Germany and France and other comparable countries, reveals a study published today. Widening income gaps between Britain’s poorest and richest, compounded by flatlining productivity growth since the financial crisis, has led to families missing out [...]
Airlines lift off helps FTSE 100 reverse early losses July 12, 2022 London markets whipsawed today as a rally among airline stocks outweighed recession fears. The capital’s premier FTSE 100 index jumped 0.18 per cent to drop to 7,209.86 points, while the mid-cap domestically-focused FTSE 250 index, which is more aligned with the health of the UK economy, added 0.1 per cent to close at 18,854.96 points. [...]
Euro kisses parity with US dollar for first time in two decades July 12, 2022 The euro kissed parity with the US dollar for the first time in 20 years today. Fears of the Continent tipping into recession have strengthened recently due to bets that Russian president Vladimir Putin will choke energy supplies to the bloc. The currency used by 19 countries – soon to be 20 when Croatia adopts [...]
Top UK firms set to dish out £85bn in dividends this year July 12, 2022 Shareholders in Britain's top firms are set to pocket as much as £85bn in dividends this year as boardrooms pay out excess cash to investors, new research has revealed.
Exclusive: Oxylabs CEO on why controversial web scraping is coming out from the shadows July 12, 2022 The world’s largest and most progressive companies depend on web scraping, a technology that allows large-scale public online data gathering. Web scraping allows them getting deep knowledge of the market they are operating in, it is behind the competitor analysis and even influences product assortment. However, the potential of web scraping remains untapped – many [...]
Government set to unveil fresh capital markets reform to boost the City July 12, 2022 The government is set to push through a number of further reforms to the City’s capital markets to ease the way that listed firms can raise cash and allow greater participation from retail investors.
Markets have bigger things to worry about than a change in Number 10 July 12, 2022 Markets tend to be one step ahead of everyone else. Investors are always trying to identify new risks and limit their exposure to events that hurt stock markets. That forward-looking ethos probably explains why they ignored the upheaval in Number 10 last week. Boris Johnson’s position has looked wobbly for a while. Investors priced in [...]
No Brexit exodus: Foreign homeowners sit on £45bn worth of property in London alone July 12, 2022 It has been revealed this morning which areas of the property market are home to the highest value of homes owned by overseas homeowners, with the total market value of foreign owned homes currently standing at £90.7bn across England and Wales. Just shy of a quarter of a million homes are owned by overseas buyers, [...]
London businesses crimped by cost of living spending slowdown July 12, 2022 London’s businesses are being crimped by Brits cutting spending in response to the cost of living squeeze, reveals a survey released today. Some one in four of the capital’s firms have suffered income hits over the last three months, up from a fifth in the first quarter of this year, according to the London Chamber [...]
