The inauguration of President Joe Biden in pictures January 20, 2021 The inauguration of President Joe Biden in pictures
The Notebook: The Tories’ parting gift to the City? A puffed up FCA they failed to control May 23, 2024 The Conservative Party's parting gift to the City? An overreaching regulator that they were too slow and tired to deal with.
Exclusive: Daily Mirror publisher Reach to close a London office and make most staff permanent home workers March 19, 2021 Newspaper publisher Reach, which owns the Mirror and Express as well as a number of regional titles, is planning to close offices and make most of its employees permanent home workers. The company will close its Lower Thames Street office in central London and reduce its office space in Canary Wharf from two floors to [...]
Wall Street indexes follow FTSE 100 rise to end week on a high February 19, 2021 Wall Street follows FTSE 100 rise to end week on a high
Governments expected to come down hard on tax enforcement in coming years February 23, 2021 Business leaders have predicted greater tax enforcement in the next three years, as governments look to balance their books following pandemic pressures. More than half (53%) of business leaders in tax expected greater tax enforcement in the near future, according to research carried out by EY. They anticipated a far more diverse tax risk environment [...]
Boris Johnson did not want to settle Sonia Khan unfair dismissal case out of court December 15, 2020 Boris Johnson issued an order to not settle a high-profile unfair dismissal claim out of court, despite the advice of one of the country’s top civil servants. Sonia Khan, who was dismissed by Dominic Cummings last year for alleged leaking, was last month paid out in the region of £100,000 by the government in an [...]
Scotland election: Boris Johnson must face down the threat of independence with the spirit of Northern Conservatives May 10, 2021 Two things were confirmed by last week’s election result in Scotland: the country is split down the middle on the question of independence and Scots want to keep the prospect of a second independence referendum on the horizon, but no closer than that. More than two and half million voters took part in the election, [...]
FTSE 100 and Wall Street rise on recovery optimism March 26, 2021 FTSE 100 climbed further this afternoon as Wall Street opened higher on renewed economic recovery optimism. London’s blue-chip index is trading 0.9 per cent higher this afternoon as higher retail sales triggered a new wave of confidence in the economic recovery. Mining stocks including Rio Tinto, Anglo American and BHP pushed higher after a slow [...]
Digitisation of the economy sped up PensionBee’s float plans March 23, 2021 The transition to a digitised economy sped up PensionBee’s plans to float on the stock market, an idea it first began to mull in 2016. This morning online pension provider PensionBee announced its intention to float on the London Stock Exchange. The IPO would comprise an offer to institutional investor and eligible PensionBee customers. More [...]
UK court to rule on Julian Assange extradition case January 4, 2021 Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will today find out whether he will be extradited to the US to face espionage charges in a landmark press freedom case. Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and computer fraud in the US and could be sentenced to as many as 175 years behind bars. His fate will be decided [...]