Square Mile and Me: Stuart Bedford on dealmakers, desert challenges and Villa Park May 18, 2023 Each week we ask the great and good of London’s finance world to take a trip down memory lane. This week, it’s Stuart Bedford, Head of Law at KPMG What was your first job? It was running a stock room at a wallpaper warehouse What was your first job in financial services? This was when I started out [...]
Can the Saudi Pro League buy a reputation for good, watchable football? August 4, 2023 It is difficult not to look to the Saudi Pro League with a sense of admiration. Many will disagree with the methods of the Saudi Arabian clubs – throwing money at players until they nod and accept a transfer to the Middle East – but others will argue that other leagues, especially in Europe, had [...]
Is Telegram one of those apps that everyone has except you? September 5, 2024 Yougov’s chief executive Steve Hatch takes a closer look at the data behind the biggest stories in business. Since Telegram boss Pavel Durov was placed under formal investigation in France last week, the messaging app has again returned to the headlines. But does all this attention speak to a service that has become an under-the-radar success in [...]
Car insurance premiums hit record highs as claims costs surge October 13, 2023 Car insurance premiums have hit record highs as insurers battle rising claims and heightened costs related to insuring electric vehicles, according to new data.
Tclarke becomes the latest firm to leave the London Stock Exchange with £91m buyout April 16, 2024 Regent has offered 160p per share in cash for Tclarke as well as a final dividend of 4.525p per share, representing the final dividend for the latter's financial year ending 31 December 2023.
Inchcape to sell its UK retail operations for £346m April 15, 2024 Inchcape's UK retail operation employs 3,600 people and sells vehicles from 80 sites.
Panmure Liberum: Two City brokers merge into new investment bank led by Rich Ricci – with Bob Diamond providing the financing January 16, 2024 Two of the City's leading brokers have struck a deal to merge today to create the UK's largest investment bank focused on smaller and mid-sized listed firms.
“Older and poorer” – the UK’s future? September 19, 2024 The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, said last week that the UK risks becoming “a country with an NHS attached.” Coming from a Labour MP this constitutes admirable candour. The problem is, we’re long past that point already. The NHS is by far the biggest employer in the country (over two million people) with a budget [...]
Car insurance prices may be coming back down to earth, data shows September 17, 2024 Results from the UK's major insurers have signalled car insurance costs are beginning to come down, after reaching record levels last year.
Labour smashes the “don’t mess with pensioners” rule September 9, 2024 Nothing in politics is more painful than the removal of a benefit to which the recipients have become accustomed. Successive Chancellors and Prime Ministers have discovered this, sometimes to their embarrassment and sometimes to their very great cost. Related to this first rule, comes another; don’t mess with pensioners. In fact, ‘not messing’ with them [...]