The Square Mile and Me: Asif Aziz on turning London’s neglected spaces into eclectic landmarks October 5, 2023 Entrepreneur Asif Aziz – CEO of Criterion Capital and the operator of the London Trocadero and a host of London landmarks – has made the capital his playground What was your first job?When I was still in school, I was intrigued by the London property market. My first ‘real’ job was at Morgan Grenfell Laurie [...]
Carmen Stevens on philanthropy, wine and South Africa July 26, 2023 The first black South African to study winemaking in South Africa, Carmen Stevens owns the first black-owned winery in the country and, aided by her partnership with Naked Wines in the UK, provides meals to 25,000 hungry school children in Stellenbosch each year through ‘Carmen’s Kids’. WHAT GOT YOU INTO WINE? Wine has a lot [...]
Fed’s preferred measure of inflation picks up slightly as signs of persistence remain February 29, 2024 On an annual basis, core PCE came in at 2.8 per cent, down from 2.9 per cent the month before.
Blind people amongst those worst affected by cost of living crisis October 28, 2022 The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) conducted a survey recently, asking 125 blind and visually impaired individuals to explain how the cost of living crisis was affecting them. The cost of living crisis has become a focal point for the government and a point of concern for the public in recent months. Soaring [...]
Astrazeneca drug gets US approval for use on endometrial cancer June 17, 2024 Astrazeneca's Imfinzi drug has gained FDA approval for use on patients with primary or advanced endometrial cancer.
Exclusive: Des Gunewardena on the rift that ended his decades-long leadership of D&D June 12, 2024 Des Gunewardena ran D&D restaurant group for 18 years. He speaks to Steve Dinneen about the split and his big plans for the future
The Russia–Ukraine war and other geopolitical risks April 5, 2022 The war in Ukraine is dominating the headlines. For now. But the conflict’s indirect reverberations will ripple far beyond the borders of its combatants and their allies. Indeed, they could give rise to new and varied geopolitical risks throughout the world. The war’s potential effect on the global grain supply and food inflation is especially [...]
Regulator launches investigation into baby formula market February 20, 2024 The CMA investigation, which was launched today, came off the back of a November study which found manufacturers raised prices by 25 per cent over two years, increasing profit margins during the cost-of-living crisis.
Truffle ahead as cocoa price surge spells costly Valentine’s Day for chocolate-loving Brits February 13, 2024 The price of cocoa on London's Exchange is up 127 per cent on this time last year
Inflation expected to soar above eye-watering 40-year highs as cost of living onslaught deepens July 19, 2022 When official figures lay bare the extent of the mounting cost-of-living crisis on tomorrow morning, UK inflation is expected to soar even further above current eye-watering 40-year highs. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will show Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose to at least 9.3 per cent in June, up [...]