LendInvest: Property fintech brings Lloyds funding deal to £300m for mortgage market push January 17, 2023 LendInvest has secured a new £120m funding boost from Lloyds Bank today as it prepares a push into the UK’s £1.2tn homeowner mortgage market for the first time. The London-listed property fintech firm said Lloyds had now offered up a credit facility worth £300m after striking a deal for an initial £180m in October to [...]
UK bid to dodge winter recession boosted as service sector recovery continues January 4, 2024 The latest reading was also a significant improvement on November's reading of 50.9. The 50 mark separates growth from contraction.
UK jobs figures bolster case for interest rate hold but ‘experimental’ unemployment data ‘difficult to trust’, analysts say December 12, 2023 The latest UK jobs data has bolstered the case for the Bank of England to hold interest rates on Thursday, according to analysts, as the labour market shows signs of cooling but inflationary pressures still remain.
GAM: Asset manager’s losses spiral after Liontrust deal collapse March 27, 2024 Swiss asset manager GAM has reported heavy losses in its annual results, after a tumultous year that saw its potential takeover by Liontrust crash and burn. Investors pulled billions from the embattled asset manager throughout the year, leading to lower revenues from fees for a company that was already in poor shape to begin with. [...]
TAG: Travel agent for Jay-Z, Rihanna and Lady Gaga sold to ECI Partners April 10, 2024 A former investor in the likes of Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury, Games Workshop and National Express has acquired a travel agent that arranges the itineraries for the likes of Jay-Z, Rihanna, Lady Gaga and the Foo Fighters.
Foxconn faces revenue slump after iPhone factory fallout December 5, 2022 Revenues slumped for Foxconn as the iPhone manufacturing partner feels the sting on ongoing unrest over Covid restrictions and pay. The company reported NT$551bn (£14.7bn) in revenue last month, tumbling 29 per cent from October, and 11 per cent on the year before. November is usually a prosperous period for the firm, as it gears [...]
Easyjet set to fly back into the FTSE 100 next week March 16, 2024 Easyjet is set to fly back to London's FTSE 100 index next Monday after a post-pandemic share price resurgence.
Clintons: Card giant axes stores and hundreds of staff as it slips back into the red June 13, 2024 Gift card giant Clintons has fallen back into the red after laying off hundreds of staff and closing more than 50 UK stores, as its owners grapple with its customers' changing shopping habits.
Ovo and Good Energy to pay £4m compensation for overcharging customers during energy crisis May 18, 2023 Ovo Energy and Good Energy are set to pay £4m in compensation after overcharging customers during the energy crisis.
Bill that would ban boycotting Israel set to be debated in Parliament October 25, 2023 A bill which would ban British public bodies from boycotting Israel is set to be debated by MPs today. Levelling up secretary Michael Gove will bring the bill to Parliament today, as first reported by the Guardian, despite warnings it could stoke tensions amid the Israel-Gaza crisis. It comes amid an increasingly severe humanitarian crisis [...]