Two ways investors can cope with uncertainty February 28, 2017 The lead character in Up may have coped with the randomness of life by travelling the world in a house powered by helium balloons, but investors can make use of a couple of more conventional techniques “Daddy, why is the man crying in the hospital?” “Daddy, where has the lady gone?” “Daddy, why are [...]
Ashtead Group’s share price pops on double-digit rental revenue and expectation of full-year results lift September 7, 2016 Construction equipment provider Ashtead Group's share price popped more than five per cent this morning after it delivered double-digit rental revenue and healthy profit growth. The figures Ashtead's rental revenue grew by 12 per cent to £660.8m in the first quarter ended 31 July. Operating profit grew by four per cent to £183.6m, up from £160.7m in [...]
City Moves for 30 August 2016 | Who’s switching jobs August 30, 2016 Callcredit Information Group Callcredit Information Group has appointed Peter Simpson as head of partnerships and Steve Wishart as head of lending. Peter is responsible for managing Callcredit’s strategic alliance and partner program to drive revenue and open new markets for Callcredit’s products and services. He has more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience [...]
Why more firms – from ad agencies to video game companies – are considering EMBAs September 8, 2016 Since Henley Business School started its MBA for Music and Creative Industries in 2011, the number of industry-specific courses being launched has shown little sign of letting up. Most recently, Hertfordshire-based Ashridge Executive Education announced it would offer an EMBA for the Creative Industries for the first time this year. A key group the part-time [...]
Theresa May woos Chinese vice-premier in London, pushing major investment projects November 10, 2016 Theresa May vowed to begin a "golden era" of relations with China as she welcomed overseas investors to the UK today. The talks are the latest in a series of annual summits between the UK and China, started by the former chancellor George Osborne. China invested over £3.8bn in the UK in 2014. Chinese contractor [...]
City eyes best possible access to Europe’s Single Market January 16, 2017 The City is shifting to a new focus on best possible access to Europe's Single Market, rather than pinning hopes on continued membership of the trading bloc, as it prepares for the Prime Minister to announce a so-called clean Brexit tomorrow. In a much anticipated speech, Theresa May is expected to make clear the UK’s [...]
Liberalising air travel delivered huge gains to consumers: Don’t let Brexit jeopardise this August 30, 2016 UK aviation is a growing success story. More than 251m passengers passed through a UK airport in 2015 – a record number – and our airlines, which operate from more than 40 airports across the country, carried 144m people and 1m tonnes of cargo last year. The industry is worth almost £50bn to our national income [...]
Construction sector leader calls on government to do more to amid spiralling material prices August 1, 2016 The construction sector is being battered by high material prices, a weak pound, private sector uncertainty and a lack of public housing investment, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) said today. In the week that sees two of the largest building suppliers release their results, the FMB said that two-thirds of bosses were anticipating further rises in material costs [...]
How low rates affect stockmarket returns December 5, 2016 The world has been living with low interest rates for eight years but such periods are not new. Both the US and UK saw rates below 1% for most of the two decades spanning the Second World War, while Japan has been living with sub-1% rates since 1995. Stockmarkets performed very differently in each case, [...]
Outgoing Institute of Directors boss Simon Walker sounded out for role on trade department board October 17, 2016 The outgoing director general of the Institute of Directors (IoD) could soon be joining the board of the new International Trade ministry. According to Sky News, Walker was approached about becoming a non-executive director for the department for international trade, a new Whitehall department established by the Prime Minister, with Liam Fox at the helm. Read more: IoD [...]