Borrowers ‘needn’t panic just yet’ after interest rates hike February 3, 2022 Real estate experts have said a rise in interest rates is “unlikely to dampen motivation to move” despite warnings that the news signals higher mortgage costs down the line. The Bank of England has hiked rates at successive meetings for the first time since 2004, with a majority of the Bank’s rate setters voting to [...]
Kia Ceed review: Still sensible after all these years April 15, 2024 Tim Pitt drives the Kia Ceed: an easygoing family hatchback that majors on value for money. But should you pick one up for the school run?
Oil prices rebound heading into next week’s trading with China to ease pandemic restrictions May 15, 2022 Oil prices are up heading into next week, with China set to ease some of its pandemic restrictions while the EU weighs up a Russian oil ban.
Bitcoin takes a peek above $30k while the SEC appeals Ripple ruling August 10, 2023 Bitcoin is trading for around $29.5k after a short-lived breach of the $30k level, yesterday, while ETH continues in the $1.8k range.
Mark Kleinman: Ascential’s messy breakup, audit tensions and ARGA’s impasse October 5, 2023 Mark Kleinman, City editor of Sky News, writes weekly for City A.M. This week he talks Ascential, FCA tensions and the ARGA impasse.
Sotheby’s rakes in $100m from NFT sales in 2021 December 16, 2021 Entering the NFT game has paid off big time for auction house Sotheby’s which raised almost $100m through sales in 2021. The almost 300-year-old art institution raised a total of $7.3bn from art sales this year with the total boosted by the meteoric rise of NFTs. Sotheby’s launched an in-house Metaverse platform, an NFT marketplace, [...]
Warriors’ land deals could be overturned if they enter administration August 23, 2022 Unexplained land deals undertaken by the owners of Worcester Warriors could be investigated and ultimately overturned if the Premiership rugby club goes into administration. The West Midlands club’s hierarchy have confirmed talks with HMRC after receiving a winding-up petition over unpaid tax, amid fears that a team who finished 11th last season could go into [...]
Mark Kleinman: Vodafone’s CEO call, audit watchdog delays and a wave of insolvencies May 4, 2023 It's the column that gets the Square Mile talking, from the man who talks to everybody - Sky News' Mark Kleinman
Is Premier League loan ban really aimed at Newcastle United and Ruben Neves? November 9, 2023 Premier League clubs are set to vote on the ban later this month.
Home sales dropped 63 per cent in July August 24, 2021 Property transactions were 62.8 per cent lower in July compared with the previous month after the stepping down of the temporary stamp duty reduction. The provisional adjusted estimate of UK residential transactions for July was 73,740, up 4.2 per cent on July 2020, the latest data from HMRC has shown. There was a rush to [...]