FTSE drained by Spain and greece woes May 18, 2012 THE FTSE 100 tracked losses across Europe this morning as fast moving events in Greece and Spain drained investor confidence. Moody’s downgraded Spanish banks overnight and Fitch cut its debt rating for Greece as the Eurozone crisis deepened. Spain has lurched into recession and its borrowing costs jumped at an auction yesterday while its banks [...]
FTSE drained by Spain and greece woes May 18, 2012 THE FTSE 100 tracked losses across Europe this morning as fast moving events in Greece and Spain drained investor confidence. Moody’s downgraded Spanish banks overnight and Fitch cut its debt rating for Greece as the Eurozone crisis deepened. Spain has lurched into recession and its borrowing costs jumped at an auction yesterday while its banks [...]
Tech City’s free radicals can’t be run by the state April 29, 2012 TODAY, the UK has a huge array of entrepreneurial talent. However, with the latest GDP figures showing the country back in recession, we need more than political spin from Westminster about promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. We need the politicians to get out of the way so we can achieve results. No project has inflamed more [...]
FTSE edges up thanks to banks April 17, 2012 London’s blue chip index edged up this morning but the Eurozone debt crisis continued to cast a shadow. Spain’s borrowing costs have jumped and the country is grappling to get back on track with a tough set of austerity measures. The FTSE 100 built on limited gains in yesterday’s session as investors took cover in [...]
Time for a few home truths about Britain’s housing crisis April 10, 2012 EVERY so often, a piece of research comes along which is a must-read. A document yesterday from the Institute of Economic Affairs is one such report: it reveals in no uncertain terms why house prices are so high in the UK, and what needs to be done to ensure that generations of young people are [...]
Time for a few home truths about Britain’s housing crisis April 10, 2012 EVERY so often, a piece of research comes along which is a must-read. A document yesterday from the Institute of Economic Affairs is one such report: it reveals in no uncertain terms why house prices are so high in the UK, and what needs to be done to ensure that generations of young people are [...]
Facebook shows how university is a startup’s friend May 17, 2012 MARK Zuckerberg could be forgiven for thinking that dropping out of Harvard to develop Facebook was the best decision of his life, when he’s in line for a windfall of more than £11bn today. But this success is a smokescreen. A degree is often the best way to prepare someone for a future of entrepreneurial [...]
Coalition behaving as if we were in normal economic times May 10, 2012 IT was impossible not to be reminded of Roman history yesterday, as Britain’s politicians argued over the Queen’s speech, fiddling while the economy burnt. Cameron, like a modern version of the ill-fated Roman emperor Nero himself, was busy discussing his plan to set up another five or so quangos, including one to police supermarkets, and [...]
Coalition behaving as if we were in normal economic times May 9, 2012 IT was impossible not to be reminded of Roman history yesterday, as Britain’s politicians argued over the Queen’s speech, fiddling while the economy burnt. Cameron, like a modern version of the ill-fated Roman emperor Nero himself, was busy discussing his plan to set up another five or so quangos, including one to police supermarkets, and [...]
Coalition behaving as if we were in normal economic times May 9, 2012 IT was impossible not to be reminded of Roman history yesterday, as Britain’s politicians argued over the Queen’s speech, fiddling while the economy burnt. Cameron, like a modern version of the ill-fated Roman emperor Nero himself, was busy discussing his plan to set up another five or so quangos, including one to police supermarkets, and [...]