This week’s Budget: An overview of the £30bn of investments announced so far October 25, 2021 More than £30bn of investment has already been revealed by the Treasury ahead of Wednesday’s Budget. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said on Sunday that “(over) the last year, I’ve been focused on delivering our plan for jobs, protecting people’s livelihoods, their incomes, their jobs”. But he said he would now be “looking to the future and [...]
South Africa upbeat as battle of the Covid mutations rages: Omicron deaths still zero despite new coronavirus variant spreading twice as fast as deadly Delta December 8, 2021 Scientists and policy makers in South Africa and across the region are cautiously optimistic that the rapidly spreading Omicron variant is not going to cause a bloodbath as, so far, no deaths have been linked to the new Covid mutation. Despite a record number of new infections – more than 40,000 people tested positive in [...]
Omicron: what it means for markets November 30, 2021 Mark Ainsworth, Head of Data Insights: The new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, or Omicron, that was identified last week in southern Africa has officially been classed a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. Covid-19 infections had already been on the rise in a number of countries, notably in Europe. This is due to colder [...]
The three potential metaversal consequences of QEndless January 5, 2022 Dr Chris Kacher examines how the world is on a knife edge, but could a metaversal snowflake create an avalanche to tip the scales?
Time is on Bitcoin’s side, and we’re talking about an NFT evolution October 12, 2021 In a wave of NFT evolution, Dr Kacher asks: Could Bitcoin, in time, be the world's next reserve currency?
Democrat sweep to open fiscal floodgates and boost growth January 11, 2021 Democrats have completed a sweep of Congress following the double victory in the state of Georgia’s run-off election. The disturbing scenes of protestors storming Capitol Hill last night may have soured the victory, but nonetheless the Democrat party now have control of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time since 2009. [...]
John McAfee faces dying in prison for the same thing Elon Musk does on Twitter, says his wife May 26, 2021 Janice McAfee says her husband faces the prospect dying behind bars for allegedly doing what Elon Musk is doing on Twitter "with impunity".
UK relaxes repayment terms for Covid Bounce Back Loans February 8, 2021 UK businesses that took out risk-free Covid loans will be given more generous repayment terms, after a recent warning that up to half of the £45bn in borrowing will not be paid back. The Treasury announced today that the 1.4m businesses who have taken out a Bounce Back Loan will be able to pay it [...]
32 reasons not to invest in the stock market June 28, 2021 Wars, disasters, economic strife, political instability and now a pandemic – the last four decades have challenged and affected people’s attitude towards investing. In many cases they make an already tough decision to commit your money to investments even harder, leading some to not invest at all. Behavioural scientists have a name for this: loss [...]
Treasury launches listings review to lure companies to float in the UK November 19, 2020 The Treasury has today launched a review into the rules governing public listings in a bid to lure firms to float in the UK. Former British commissioner to the EU Lord Hill will lead the review which is aimed at helping to shape the UK’s financial services industry after Brexit. Lord Hill will present his [...]