Summer of Sport: Insights from the Cannes Lions Jury Room June 29, 2024 The Summer of Sport was a key topic at the Cannes Lions, and Louise Johnson, CEO of Fuse, was president of sports and entertainment on the Cote D’Azur. She lets us into the secrets of what hits the jackpot. For one week every year the great and the good of the marketing and advertising industry [...]
Part four: Financial Services and Markets Bill – time to get real about financial inclusion February 16, 2023 In his final part of a series of articles on the Financial Services and Markets Bill, Lord Holmes asses how far we are from financial inclusion.
London estate agent Foxtons reports widening losses after coronavirus lockdown July 28, 2020 London estate agent Foxtons this morning said it was confident in the capital’s “resilient” housing market, despite reporting widening losses for the first half of the year due to coronavirus restrictions. The figures In the half year to 30 June group revenue fell 22.2 per cent to £40.4m as the housing market was brought to [...]
Industry body backs fracking revival September 8, 2022 One of the UK's leading energy bodies has welcomed the Government's decision to lift the moratorium on fracking.
No, it’s not sci-fi. Robots really could help dig us out of our low productivity spiral October 25, 2022 Earlier this month, a robot named Ai-Da gave evidence to the House of Lords on the future of the creative industries. The members of the Lords Communications and Digital committee were fairly quite stumped. For all its weirdness, this episode proved a point: robots are among us. When thinking of robots, many of us imagine [...]
UK mortgage approvals plunge to record low as coronavirus hammers economy June 29, 2020 UK mortgage approvals fell further to hit a record low in May as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hit the housing market, according to the latest Bank of England figures. Some 9,300 new loans for houses were approved last month, down from April’s 15,900. Economists polled by Bloomberg had been expecting 25,000 approvals for May. [...]
UK coronavirus: Government warns Brits not to move house March 27, 2020 The government has told people not to move house amid the UK coronavirus crisis as the housing market enters a standstill. Last night the government said: “We urge parties involved in home moving to adapt and be flexible to alter their usual processes. “There is no need to pull out of transactions, but we all [...]
Brexit: EU finserv groups call for extension to City clearing house access September 16, 2021 A trio of major lobby groups for Europe’s financial services sector have called on Brussels to extend the EU’s access to London clearing houses amid warnings of financial instability. The groups wrote to the European Commission today, warning “there is a significant risk of market disruption for EU clearing members and their clients” if the [...]
Kiss from a rosé: how the pink drink won our hearts July 9, 2024 There may once have been a certain snobbery surrounding rosé wine but now it's serious business – and seriously good
Bridgepoint enlists Rothschild for £1.3bn Miller Homes sale amid housing boom October 2, 2021 Bridgepoint is seeking to capitalise on soaring valuations as the housing market booms, with the sale or float of Miller Homes, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders. The private equity firm has appointed investment bank Rothschild to advise on its potential exit from Miller Homes, four years after it bought the company from GSO Capital [...]