City sounds alarm over Starmer’s ‘painful’ Budget warning August 28, 2024 City figures have sounded the alarm over the Prime Minister’s warning of a “painful” Budget this autumn, urging him not to “punish risk takers” and warning against “taxing wealth creators”. Sir Keir Starmer delivered his first major address from the No10 Rose Garden on Tuesday as he cautioned that the state of the public finances [...]
Meet the women building a new way to deal with cancer February 27, 2024 Perci Health co-founders Morgan Fitzsimons and Kelly McCabe realised there was a gap that needed filling within the healthcare sector.
Legal and General mulls multi-million pound sale of housing arm Cala March 18, 2024 Legal and General is drawing up plans to sell Cala Group, one of the UK’s biggest house building groups, which it has owned for the past six years.
Struggling NHS is pushing people to go private, but is the UK ready for private healthcare? March 28, 2024 The private healthcare industry is booming, and with the fallout of the NHS pushing people into the private sector, there is no sign of this trend slowing down anytime soon.
‘Things will get worse before they get better’, Starmer to warn August 24, 2024 Britain will get worse before it gets better, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to warn in his first major speech since taking office.
‘Very unusual’ fire caused rocket explosion, delaying first space launch bid August 24, 2024 Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week.
International Public Partnerships rides high on ‘strong’ outlook for infrastructure September 5, 2024 Infrastructure investment company International Public Partnerships has continued to boost its portfolio with four new investments and has argued that the market considers its share price “materially undervalued.” The FTSE-250 firm hiked its dividend growth target by three per cent to 8.37p per share in the six months ended 30 June, and declared a fully [...]
Ibstock profit slashed as ‘exceptionally wet weather’ hits construction industry August 7, 2024 Sales and profit at building supplies company Ibstock has continued to fall as “exceptionally wet weather” badly affected the construction industry. The London-listed firm, which is headquartered in Leicestershire, saw its revenue drop 20 per cent to £178m in the first six months of 2024, down from £223m last year. Ibstock said this decrease was [...]
Government cancels £1.3bn in AI funding as spending cuts bite August 2, 2024 The new Labour Government has shelved £1.3bn of “unfunded” investment for UK tech and AI projects promised by the Conservatives. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said no new funding for the programmes had been allocated in the previous Tory government’s spending plans, and therefore will not be taken forward. It included £800m [...]
GP landlord PHP welcomes Labour government amid portfolio dip July 24, 2024 GP landlord Primary Health Properties (PHP) saw its portfolio valuation dip 1.4 per cent over the last year, with the company welcoming the new Labour government's commitment to the NHS.