Boiler Replacement Scheme Over 60s UK: Apply Now for Free Funding April 16, 2024 Thanks to the boiler replacement scheme over 60s, you can upgrade your home’s heating system for free. Available for low-income and vulnerable households in Scotland, Wales and England, you can claim up to £7,500 in free funding for upgrading your entire home’s heating system, to make it more efficient, reduce the cost of energy bills [...]
Square Mile and Me: Harry Hyman on building Primary Health Properties – and his love for the opera December 7, 2023 Harry Hyman, CEO of Primary Health Properties, tells us about his career, opera and working with his family.
Drax unveils plans to build power station inside a mountain May 17, 2022 Drax plans to build a hydro power station inside a mountain, which will be housed inside a cavern large enough to fit Big Ben on its side.
Andy Silvester on market optimism, US wages and a real-life summer thriller July 20, 2023 Bulls are not regularly seen on the streets of the Square Mile, especially recently. It has been all too easy on my recent travels to find people casting their eyes downward when asked about the City’s prospects, as if the irritatingly grey July skies are dimming optimism before the summer holidays. What’s interesting is that [...]
China’s slumping economy signals the end of a high growth era August 24, 2023 Exports have slumped, growth has stalled and the economy even slipped into deflation. The youth unemployment figures have gotten so bad that the government has stopped publishing them. These figures - or their absence - reveals more than an economy struggling to grow after Covid. What they demonstrate is that China’s growth model over the past few decades has run out of steam.
FTSE 100 only major index to swerve loss this year December 6, 2022 London’s FTSE 100 has breezed past its major international rivals to emerge as the only blue-chip index to squeeze out a gain so far this year, research by City A.M. shows. The capital’s premier index has climbed around two per cent in pound terms in 2022 and is on track to end the year as the [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Prospective alderman Marcus Fincham takes a stroll down memory lane July 27, 2023 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good: this week, Marcus Fincham, prospective City alderman, reveals his top spots, favourite memories and career highlights. What was your first job? Working in a kennels – it was great fun feeding the dogs, but less fun cleaning up after them. What was your [...]
UK house prices surpass £270k November 5, 2021 UK house prices have hit a record high as the average property tops £270,000. Annual house price inflation has reached 8.1 per cent, from 7.4 per cent, according to Halifax’s house price index. London has remained the weakest performing area of the UK by quite a stretch. Annual inflation was 0.8 per cent, compared to [...]
As meat free January rises we ask if plant-based can usurp meat January 8, 2024 As the meat free movement gains momentum this veganuary, we revisit our 2018 deep-dive into the rise and rise of plant based burgers and ask if meat as we know it will one day be a thing of the past. In the mockumentary Carnage, Simon Amstel imagines a future in which eating meat is as [...]
City of London Corporation calls for extension to UK clearing house access to EU October 6, 2021 The Square Mile’s local authority has called on Brussels to extend the EU’s access to City clearing houses beyond next year to ensure financial stability. The City of London Corporation’s policy chair Catherine McGuinness said in Paris today that “the issue of clearing is a real worry for many of us in the City”. The UK’s [...]