Nationwide profits fall as technology investment cuts into bottom line November 22, 2018 Profits fell by a fifth at Nationwide in its half-year results today, with the building society’s technology investment weighing down earnings. The figures Profit before tax tumbled 17.8 per cent to £516m for the six months to the end of September, compared to the same period in 2017, as it took a £135m charge for asset [...]
Jewish Chronicle plunged into bitter row as bidders circle April 17, 2020 The Jewish Chronicle has been plunged into a bitter row as rival factions line up bids to take control of the newspaper ahead of a crunch meeting next week. Earlier this month the London weekly announced it was seeking a creditors’ voluntary liquidation alongside the Jewish News, with which it had previously agreed to merge. [...]
Truss won’t be the first or the last to U-turn, but she taught us how not to do it October 20, 2022 It has been less than four weeks since the disastrous mini-budget, followed by a series of screeching U-turns in government policy. It’s made for sickeningly compelling viewing, partly because most of us have, at times, experienced our own shocking about-turns and forced mea culpas. We can all relate. And the next 12 months look likely [...]
New Toyota Hilux driven: the truck Clarkson couldn’t kill December 8, 2020 The new Toyota Hilux is gunning for the lifestyle market, with more power and luxury. Should you buy one instead of an SUV?
New homes: Our pick of the new builds going on sale in London this weekend January 18, 2019 Fitzroy Gate, Hounslow From £1.4m Get a new house and new body at the same time at this health and fitness day to launch a new show home in west London. From 10am to 4pm tomorrow, personal trainers from Fitness Space will be at the marketing suite for a four bedroom show home in Old [...]
London house price boom to end as buyer’s market returns November 23, 2018 The London property market is slowly returning into the hands of buyers, as the days of house price growth outpacing the rise of inflation look set to come to an end. Industry analysts and economists polled by Reuters over the last week have predicted house prices in the capital will fall 1.7 per cent this [...]
Opinion: While we need to get young people on the property ladder, movers and downsizers need help too | City A.M. August 10, 2018 Falling levels of home ownership and the particular plight of first-time buyers in the UK housing market have caused headaches for policymakers for many years. The latest suggestions for a solution from centre-right think tank Onward, propose, among other things, further changes to property taxation for non-owner-occupiers. The rationale is to reduce demand for housing [...]
UK fund markets buoyed by ‘Boris bounce’ February 6, 2020 The UK fund market has benefited from the ‘Boris bounce’, ending the year with December inflows of £3.6bn. The net retail sales for the month were more than double the November figure and the biggest monthly inflow since January 2018, according to the latest figures published by the Investment Association (IA). On an individual fund [...]
Derby County takeover: Buyer Chris Kirchner exchanges contracts on deal for football club May 17, 2022 Prospective Derby County owner Chris Kirchner says he has exchanged contracts on a takeover of the football club. Kirchner has been locked in talks for months with administrators, stadium owner Mel Morris and the English Football League over a deal. If completed, the transaction would bring to an end the crisis at one of the [...]
Generation Rent needs more help to buy property, not Help to Buy April 2, 2019 Britain is not yet a nation of renters – but it’s getting there. Half of children are now born in rented accommodation, versus a third back in 2003-4. The number of families renting with children has doubled in a decade, according to the insurance provider Royal London. Meanwhile, new analysis shows that the government’s Help [...]