Should investors be buying shares in Brexit-battered housebuilders? June 29, 2016 Despite something of a recovery on the stock markets in recent days, some sectors out there are still looking pretty rough. Housebuilders are among them. So bad was the post-referendum sell-off, trading in FTSE 100 listed firms was temporarily suspended on Monday as their share prices were hit by two consecutive days of double-digit falls. [...]
Are government bonds too expensive? September 20, 2016 Government bond yields could have passed their nadir, investment banks and bond analysts have suggested, with borrowing costs rising and the outlook for major economies in flux. As the US Federal Reserve has hesitated on raising rates, the Brexit vote threw the financial markets into brief turmoil and the Eurozone has shown only tentative signs [...]
Investors backing small businesses after Brexit vote July 29, 2016 Investor confidence in small companies is apparently intact after last month’s Brexit vote. A survey of 1,000 UK investors has found 52 per cent would support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through private investment channels after the EU referendum. Read more: More than half of UK SMEs say banks are not "business friendly" The report, [...]
City Moves for 4 August 2016 | Who’s switching jobs August 4, 2016 Colliers International Colliers International has appointed Patricia Walsh as its new head of property management accounts following the retirement of Steve Tutton after 12 years of service. Patricia joins Colliers from Lee Baron where for the last seven years she has held the position of director of finance. Prior to that she held positions at Cushman and [...]
Bovis Homes Group reports strong revenue and profit growth but states it is too early to tell impact of EU referendum August 15, 2016 Bovis Homes Group struck a bullish tone in their half year results, with growth across a range of metrics. The catch? It's too early to tell the impact of the EU referendum. Its share price fell by more than two per cent on the news. The figures Bovis Homes Group posted revenue of £412.8m for the [...]
EU referendum: Brexit risks compromising plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes May 19, 2016 If Britain votes to leave the EU it risks sparking a chronic construction skills deficit, compromising plans to build hundreds of thousands of new homes. According to new research, a Leave vote could lead to a cut in the construction workforce, which would in turn jeopardise plans to expand the UK's housing stock that would otherwise ease [...]
A street-sized art gallery, a library – and a building in Elephant & Castle. Are these the UK’s most beautiful new buildings? July 14, 2016 Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but that hasn't stopped the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba to its friends) from shortlisting what it perceives to be the UK's most beautiful new buildings. Yep: the shortlist of the annual Stirling Prize has been unveiled – and while two of the buildings are in [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan must remember refugees and asylum seekers in his bespoke Brexit deal October 13, 2016 Earlier this week, Sadiq Khan delivered a speech to the Confederation of British Industry counselling against a "hard Brexit", in which the UK would leave the single market without privileged access for its businesses. This forms part of Khan’s concerted efforts to protect his metropolitan constituents, a very large number of whom own or are employed [...]
Brexit could cut £400bn from UK equities say investment analysts June 9, 2016 A Brexit vote would dramatically increase risk premiums on UK equities, one macro-research house has argued, wiping more than £400bn off the market. Absolute Strategy Research has argued that the risk premiums attached to UK equities could rise to from 5 per cent to 6 per cent after a vote to leave, implying a 20 per [...]
Getting creative: As agency margins get thinner, CHI & Partners’s Sarah Golding explains how the advertising industry can keep attracting young talent September 12, 2016 There are so many creative industries; young people have never had greater choice,” says Sarah Golding, chief executive of CHI & Partners. Attracting talent, she believes, is the biggest issue facing creative agencies today. “It is hard for creative agencies in the marketing industry to attract them; the best ones are in the centre of town and [...]