‘Deepening crisis: London house building craters as UK pipeline at lowest since records began June 11, 2024 England's house building pipeline is at the lowest level since records began 17 years ago, as fresh pressure is piled on government parties to mend a “deepening housing crisis”.
Spring Budget 2024: Is levelling up coming to Canary Wharf? Hunt injects £243m into new homes in banking district March 6, 2024 Canary Wharf is set to receive a multi-million pound cash injection to build more homes in the capital’s banking district.
Exclusive: Speedy Hire’s CEO on expanding into “untapped” consumer markets with B&Q deal November 17, 2021 Speedy Hire has recovered rapidly from the pandemic and is enjoying a healthy 28.2 per cent boost in revenues, lifting expectations for its full-year results. Its adjusted operating profit has grown to £16.2m, £9.9m higher than the first six months of Speedy Hire’s previous year. The FTSE-All Share listed tools and equipment rental specialist is [...]
Gattaca: Recruiter looks to future despite ‘unhelpful’ hiring market August 15, 2024 Gattaca has powered through a challenging year as the specialist staffing solutions firm continued to battle a tough hiring market.
Monzo chief says bank has earned ‘the right to dream bigger’ as it targets the US November 28, 2023 Monzo chief executive TS Anil has said the digital challenger bank has "international ambitions", noting a "huge gap" in the American market, but refused to speculate on where or when the firm could list publicly.
Reach: Mirror, Star and Express publisher warns of print and digital ad revenue drop March 5, 2024 Within the decline in revenue, it said print fell to £438.8m down two per cent, while and digital dropped a worrying 15 per cent.
Sunak – or Starmer – need to focus on building to get the country back on its feet January 9, 2023 We are merely days into 2023 and attention is already turning to the next general election, which is likely to take place next year. Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer set out their ambitions in their New Year speeches last week. As ever, the commentariat was divided on who delivered the most coherent and convincing [...]
Legal and General rows in behind Reeves’ housebuilding drive with £125m fund July 15, 2024 Legal & General has thrown its weight behind the government’s house building push today with a pledge to inject at least £125m of pension cash into affordable housing.
Build, Baby, Build: We’ll never fix the housing crisis without private capital June 23, 2024 It is only by close collaboration between the public sector, private companies and institutional investors that we’ll be able to deliver housing of all tenures at scale, stabilising the market and ensuring more people are able to live better, says Rick de Blaby As someone who runs a business where a third of our workforce [...]
Confirmed: Jaguar owner Tata to build £4bn battery factory in the UK July 19, 2023 Jaguar Land Rover’s owner has confirmed it will invest £4 billion to build a gigafactory in the UK, in a major boost for the British automotive sector and following months of speculation. Tata Group – the Indian conglomerate who have owned JLR since 2008 – said that its investment in the new 40GWh battery plant [...]