The business news section is dedicated to the latest developments from the world of Business, Finacial markets and the must-know information as it breaks, from a trusted source, that you need to work.
It relates to all the latest developments from the commercial and financial markets and industry. It also includes corporate news, small business news and legal changes that affect commerce.
Those which can impact the daily lives of our readers and the financial markets.
We check all the major financial exchanges and monitor the markets. To provide the most urgent and important news as it breaks.
Why is business so important to the country’s economy?
Business and commerce are important to a country’s economy. It is what brings the money in. Because businesses provide both goods and services they drive the local community. And of course employment and opportunities for citizens. A few big businesses or a growing supplier can often transform the fate of local communities.
London has many Business hubs. For instance, some of the most famous ones are in ‘Canary Wharf’ and the ‘Square Mile’. They have a global impact as well as local. Companies create job opportunities because they need a workforce to produce and sell their goods.
We monitor, we track, we analyse and we bring on experts to evaluate all the business news and developments. To keep you informed and that you can digest all the information you need daily or weekly. We prepare it for you at your pace, so you can easily digest the news in the formats you like.
We also create a business briefing, designed to give you a daily update of the news in your inbox. Get the important and latest information in one printable format.
The top business news UK section compromises and collates all the news from the Financial hubs around the country.
We monitor the main financial information from the central government and local authorities. With local correspondents in:
London including Greater London news
City of London business news
Manchester including Greater Manchester news
Leeds
Cardiff
Swansea
Birmingham
Glasgow
Edinburgh
Belfast
Cork
Dublin
Business Briefing UK
The latest Business news, pictures, analysis, briefings, comments and opinions from The Week so afr in the UK.
We are connected directly to the financial market in the UK. With all the latest information from The London Stock Exchange – connected to all Indices like the FTSE100 FTSE500 FTSE 250 and FTSE350.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is arguably one of the most important exchanges globally. The LSE is the primary stock exchange in the U.K. and the largest in Europe.
The LSE provides many indices which are used to gain an oversight of markets, capitalisation and underlying performance in the economy. What this means in general terms is that the global investors monitor these indices in order to test and monitor the potential for investment and businesses fertility within the UK markets.
Financial Times Stock Exchange FTSE100
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the “Footsie” is a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange with the highest market capitalisation. It is seen as a measure of prosperity for businesses in the UK. But it isn’t the only index that is monitored. You also have the FTSE500 which is generally always quoted alongside the FTSE100.
We are always monitoring the top 10 Risers and top 10 Fallers – you can View the Price on our market index.
You can, of course, monitor the FTSE100 on the London Stock Exchange website, however, we also provide the analysis as to why the market has moved in certain ways.
The Opening Ceremony at the London Stock Exchange
A very popular weekly ritual at the London Stock Exchange is the Market’s Opening Ceremony and a variety of global guests are often invited to open trading and close it. Each week you can monitor this at WTX News to stay up to date with who opened trading this week.
Opening Trading in London is often done by the CEO of FTSE500 companies and major financial players.
We provide breaking news instantly as it breaks on Twitter. Sometimes it is more important to follow the updates as the break. So you should follow us and refer back to the WTX News website where we will have analysed the information in more detail.
Here we also look at the landmark moments of 2019 which made an impact on global lives and commerce as we know it.
A financial centre is defined by the IMF as encompassing. A financial centre is an area where there is a high concentration of financial institutions.
The area may be a city, county, or somewhere larger. Financial centres have the best commercial and communications infrastructure where people conduct huge volumes of international and domestic trading transactions.
What is a Financial Hub
A financial hub, also known as a financial centre by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is a city or region where a large number and variety of financial services institutions are headquartered.
International Financial Centres, such as New York City, London Stock exchange and Tokyo; Regional Financial Centres, such as Frankfurt, Chicago and Karachi, Hong Kong, Sydney; and Offshore Financial Centres, such as Cayman Islands, Dublin, and Singapore.
The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) is a ranking of the competitiveness of financial centres based on over 29,000 financial centre assessments from around the world.
Small Business News UK
The Business news section on WTX News will keep up to date with the latest news, economic trends and regulatory developments affecting new and existing businesses in the SME markets.
Business Matters, UK’s largest business section for entrepreneurs, start-up & small and medium-enterprise (SME). Business news, advice & interviews. We are connected in all the co-working and business hubs around the globe and bring you the information you need daily.
A new global business survey has found that UK small firms are the least likely to invest during the remainder of 2019 as the threat of a UK recession in 2020, we will keep you updated to show you how this changes with Brexit.
We also offer analysis on other publications like BBC business News and The Times small Business section to keep them accountable. With so much bias and propaganda in the markets; It is important to get a diverse and complete overview of the market only at WTX Business News.
Business News and Brexit
We’ll be bringing you all the latest news, opinions and advice on Brexit and on what Boris Johnson, MPs, Parliament and business leaders are doing.
Discover more about Brexit and its impact of business on WTXNews.com and enjoy our analysis of the topics that matter most to you. Thought-Provoking Content evaluated to the smallest of details. We often cut back from the nonsense that so many publish and give you a global perspective.
It is important to also stay up to date with the latest financial news people and how they stand on Brexit news today.
Reddit said on Wednesday that it had priced its shares at $34 each, a figure near the top end of the marketed range. By the end of Thursday’s trading session, the stock had climbed to $50.44, thereby valuing the firm at over $9 billion (£7.1 billion).
The United States has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against Apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and stifling competition. The lawsuit, filed by the Justice Department, says that Apple exploited its dominance over the iPhone app store to lock in both customers and developers.
The lead for the London business newspaper CITY AM reports consumer goods giant Unilever topped the FTSE 100 leaderboard on Tuesday as news of job cuts and a spin-off of its ice cream business appealed to investors. Online, the paper leads with the latest UK inflation rates.
The Financial Times leads on Rachel Reeves’s pledge to borrow only for investment, echoing fiscal rules set out under the last Labour government. The shadow chancellor said on Tuesday that Labour would follow fiscal rules set by the current Conservative chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.
Software firm Bytes Technology Group, who has appointed an independent committee to investigate secret trades of former boss Neil Murphy, sending shares down as much as 14 per cent.
Evergrande, the struggling Chinese property giant, along with its founder Hui Ka Yan, faces allegations of inflating revenues by $78 billion (£61.6 billion) in the two years preceding the company’s default on its debt.
Japan’s central bank has raised the cost of borrowing for the first time in 17 years. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) increased its key interest rate from -0.1% to a range of 0%-0.1%. It comes as wages have jumped after consumer prices rose.
Uber has reached an agreement to pay A$271.8 million (£140 million) to resolve a lawsuit in Australia, according to a law firm for taxi operators and drivers.
The front page of the London business newspaper City AM reports top dogs in the UK veterinary sector were under pressure today after the competition watchdog said it would investigate why pet owners are not getting value for money.
The Financial Times says the news that US inflation unexpectedly rose to 3.2% in February has highlighted the challenge faced by the Federal Reserve in trying to get prices back down.
Google has confirmed it is implementing restrictions on the types of election-related questions users can pose to its Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini.
Vodafone goes down leaving customers without broadband across the country Hundreds of Vodafone broadband customers were left unable to get online this morning after the…
The splash story of the FT centres on a fresh poll showing challenges facing US President Joe Biden as his re-election campaign gears up. Americans are increasingly happy about the economy but reluctant to give credit to Joe Biden, according to a new poll.
The lead for the London business newspaper CITY AM, reports that the UK economy is set to take its first steps out of recession this week with GDP figures for January expected to show a return to growth.
Official revised growth figures show Japan has avoided falling into a technical recession. The new data shows GDP was 0.4% higher in the last three months of 2023 compared to a year earlier.
The chancellor’s “squeeze” on local councils leads the Financial Times, as the paper reports Jeremy Hunt has “wound down” a scheme providing millions of pounds for social housing.
Wednesday’s budget will be one of the last set pieces the Tories have to win back the British public ahead of the general election. Yet Hunt’s approach shows the difficult balance he must strike between the desires of the electorate, the fiscal realities and the backbenchers nervously looking at their own majorities
