Jeremy Hunt has once again frozen alcohol duty, he revealed in today’s Spring Budget.
Author: WTX Business Team
Jeremy Hunt has announced a new tax on vaping as part of the Spring Budget.
Apple has been fined €1.8bn (£1.5bn) by the EU for breaking competition laws over music streaming. The firm had prevented streaming services from informing users of payment options outside the Apple app store, the European Commission said.
City AM – Back in room The front page of the London business newspaper City AM leads on Insurance giant Aviva heading back into Lloyd’s for the first time since 2000. Aviva back into Lloyd’s for first time in two decades after £242m acquisition Insurance giant Aviva will head back into Lloyd’s for the first time since 2000 after acquiring carrier Probitas for more than £200m. The transaction sees Aviva take tenancy rights to Syndicate…
The London business newspaper CITY AM reports on a growing slowdown in consumer spending that hit London-listed operations yesterday – including Durex-maker Reckitt.
The Financial Times reports that Russia has a “low bar” when it comes to using tactical nuclear weapons.
In a blog post sharing an email sent to employees, boss Jim Ryan called the move “sad news” and said it was “a difficult day at our company”.
The employees are set to be moved to Apple’s artificial intelligence (AI) division instead, according to Bloomberg News.
Russia is becoming more dangerous, America is less reliable and Europe remains unprepared. The problem is simply put, but the scale of its solution is hard to comprehend.
The front page of the London business paper CITY AM reports Britons are ditching business cards, leading to predictions that they will soon die out altogether.
The widespread drop in global house prices that hit advanced economies has largely petered out, according to a front-page lead story.
The FT’s main story reports that a “bumper earnings report” from chipmaker Nvidia has sparked a global stock market rally, with the company’s shares surging 15% in early trading, adding £205bn ($260bn) to its value in the process.
The bank said that approach was in line with guidance from the Royal Household and aimed at minimising the environmental and financial impact of the change.
The London business newspaper CITY AM leads on share plunges in Bytes Technology. Elsewhere the news that BT Tower has been bought and will be turned into a hotel makes the paper’s front page headlines.
The London business newspaper CITY AM reports on the reaction to the UK recession by Bank of England’s Andrew Bailey. The paper claims Bailey has stuck his head in the sand over the recession news, and reports on the reaction from MPs and economists.
The front page of the business newspaper Financial Times reports on Barclay’s pledge to return £10bn to shareholders over the next three years as part of an ambitious plan to boost revenues and rebalance the lender away from investment banking.
HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, saw a remarkable surge in its pre-tax profit, skyrocketing by nearly 80% to reach $30.3 billion (£24 billion) in 2023, driven by elevated interest rates.
Britain is showing signs of recovery from its mild recession and will receive a boost when interest rates start coming down later this year, the Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, has said.
Surge in pension fund buying drives revival in UK corporate bond market Pension funds are piling into UK corporate bonds, encouraging some French and German companies to issue sterling debt for the first time. The UK’s £1.4tn “defined benefit” pensions industry has been switching to corporate debt for its higher yields and to prepare the schemes for potential sales to insurers, analysts said. The share of European corporate bond sales denominated in sterling has risen…
LSEG chief in line for salary bump London Stock Exchange boss set for multi-million-pound pay rise despite listings slump The boss of the London Stock Exchange Group is in line for a multi-million-pound pay rise despite a drop off in new listings and fears over the future of its flagship bourse, according to reports LSEG, the owner of the London Stock Exchange, is consulting with shareholders about a new pay packet for its chief David…
GDP – a key measure of a country’s economic health – fell by 19% on an annualised basis in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the latest figures.
Today Donald Trump, Viktor Orban and a motley crew of Western politicians have demolished that orthodoxy, constructing in its place a statist, “anti-woke” conservatism that puts national sovereignty before the individual.
Brussels is to impose its first-ever fine on tech giant Apple for allegedly breaking EU law over access to its music streaming services, according to five people with direct knowledge of the long-running investigation.
The government needs to “roll out the red carpet” for companies mulling an IPO if the City is to solve the listings drought that has gripped London over the past year, a top City body has warned.
The U.S. holiday and a sparse economic calendar will cause the London Stock Market to begin negatively today. And the knock on impact of the US closure has already sent shockwaves across Asia. Significantly, the markets with the most movement are the ones that don’t rely on the US economy or aren’t propped up regimes. With all the Stock markets in Africa seeing positive growth today. Asian markets started slowly amid fading hopes for early…