Brownonomics makes a shock return November 22, 2011 AT one point yesterday, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t having a nightmare. Is Gordon Brown still Prime Minister, I asked myself? The reason for my madness, dear readers, was the coalition’s dreadful neo-Brownite plan to part-guarantee 95 per cent mortgages. It was the kind of policy reminiscent of tax credits [...]
Brownonomics makes a shock return November 21, 2011 AT one point yesterday, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t having a nightmare. Is Gordon Brown still Prime Minister, I asked myself? The reason for my madness, dear readers, was the coalition’s dreadful neo-Brownite plan to part-guarantee 95 per cent mortgages. It was the kind of policy reminiscent of tax credits [...]
Brownonomics makes a shock return November 21, 2011 AT one point yesterday, I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t having a nightmare. Is Gordon Brown still Prime Minister, I asked myself? The reason for my madness, dear readers, was the coalition’s dreadful neo-Brownite plan to part-guarantee 95 per cent mortgages. It was the kind of policy reminiscent of tax credits [...]
UK services PMI suffers biggest drop in a decade September 5, 2011 Activity in the UK’s dominant services sector slowed at the fastest pace in a more than a decade last month, and firms’ confidence in future business weakened to a one-year low, new data shows. The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 51.1 in August from 55.4 in July. This was the second-biggest fall [...]
UK services PMI suffers biggest drop in a decade September 5, 2011 Activity in the UK’s dominant services sector slowed at the fastest pace in a more than a decade last month, and firms’ confidence in future business weakened to a one-year low, new data shows. The Markit/CIPS services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) fell to 51.1 in August from 55.4 in July. This was the second-biggest fall [...]
Philips to find 60 per cent more savings September 13, 2011 DUTCH consumer electronics group Philips announced more cost cutting yesterday, in an effort to counter sagging consumer demand and weak global markets. Philips, which is the world’s largest lighting maker, one of the three biggest makers of hospital equipment and Europe’s biggest consumer electronics producer, has been hit by rising raw material costs, government budget [...]
Essar looks to $750m listing October 4, 2011 INDIAN industrial giant Essar is set to raise about $750m (£485m) by floating its infrastructure assets on the London stock exchange next year. The Mumbai conglomerate is believed to have hired JP Morgan and Credit Suisse to advise on the initial public offering (IPO), which would provide foreign cash to boost its expansion plans. The [...]
Robertson: Spurs must end Olympic Stadium row September 28, 2011 SPORTS MINISTER Hugh Robertson last night urged Tottenham to accept a £17m public funding package and drop their legal battle for the Olympic Stadium. Mayor of London Boris Johnson made the take-it-or-leave-it offer, which would helps Spurs build a new ground in north London, yesterday in a bid to head off next month’s scheduled High [...]
Robertson: Spurs must end Olympic Stadium row September 28, 2011 SPORTS MINISTER Hugh Robertson last night urged Tottenham to accept a £17m public funding package and drop their legal battle for the Olympic Stadium. Mayor of London Boris Johnson made the take-it-or-leave-it offer, which would helps Spurs build a new ground in north London, yesterday in a bid to head off next month’s scheduled High [...]
SELL October 13, 2011 CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT DESIGN CONSULTANCY APD INTERIORS Q. Instead of moving home I am thinking about converting my loft. What do I need to consider? A. Given the high costs associated with moving and the current state of the property market it can be easier to look at your existing home and consider how it [...]