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Sunday 1st June 2008
The Vultures Are Circling Bradford And Bingley After news that US investor Texas Pacific is set to take a stake of about 20% in troubled UK bank Bradford & Bingley, many analysts believe that the company’s days as an independent are...
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Saturday 31st May 2008
Lord Adair Turner Appointed Chairman Of FSA The last couple of years have been some what uncomfortable for the Financial Services Authority with the recent Northern Rock debacle highlighting a number of deficiencies in the UK Financial... |
Saturday 31st May 2008
Moody’s Credit Agency See Negative Outlook For UK Banking Just when the banking sector thought that the situation could not get markedly worse, it seems that the cost of credit may well increase a notch or two for many in the UK Banking sector.... |
Saturday 31st May 2008
Royal Mail Under More Pressure Even though the Royal Mail has been under extreme pressure for a number of years it seems that the expected end to post office closures may be delayed. A report from an influential committee of... |
Saturday 31st May 2008
Is Royal Bank Of Scotland Feeling The Pinch? After initially rebuffing a near £1 billion offer from Tesco to buy their 50% stake in the Tesco Personal Finance joint venture, it seems as though the board of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)... |
Friday 30th May 2008
D-Day Approaches for Royal Bank of Scotland They may have been the first to test the market’s resolve to bail the banking sector out of the current crisis, they may have priced the fund raising at an attractive price but there are... |
Thursday 29th May 2008
Blacks Leisure Reports Difficult Trading The rise and rise of leisure wear company Blacks Leisure in the 1980s and 1990s was for many a reflection of the general economic boom times experienced throughout much of that period. However,... |
Sunday 25th May 2008
The Age Of Cheap Flights Is Over Under pressure chief executive of British Airways, Willie Walsh has sounded the end of the golden age of cheap air travel and predicts that many of the budget airlines will struggle over the coming... |
Sunday 25th May 2008
Is The London Stock Market Boom Over? While the UK has historically been one of the better performing stock exchanges around the world it seems that the last 5 years have not gone as well as other European markets. The UK market has... |
Sunday 25th May 2008
ABI Voice Concerns Regarding £120 Million HSBC Bonus Pot The Association of British Insurers (ABI ) has issued HSBC with an ‘amber’ rating which reflects the growing concerns over a proposed bonus package for 5 of the group’s top directors. At a time... |
Sunday 25th May 2008
NASDAQ Considering Options With Regard To London Stock Exchange After being very publically rebuked only 18 months ago it seems that the NASDAQ may well be looking to put together another takeover offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The LSE has been... |
Saturday 24th May 2008
Silverjet Rescue Package Fails To Materialise While just a short few weeks ago Silverjet announced a £12.7 million investment from Middle East Investment Company, UAE, the airline has been forced to suspend trading in its shares on the... |
Friday 23rd May 2008
Suez Pull Out Of Bid Talks With British Energy As news that French utility giant Suez has pulled out of takeover talks with British Energy filters into the market it seems that the bidding war which many analysts had hoped for may not happen.... |
Thursday 22nd May 2008
Problems In The Nigerian Oil Market Get Worse At a time when the country should literally be rolling in income from the oil industry the signs are not good for short term oil production in Nigeria. While the major oil companies in the... |
Thursday 22nd May 2008
London Stock Exchange See Tough Trading Ahead After being the subject of takeover and merger offers for the last few years it seems that the sustained period of growth at the London Stock Exchange (LSE) is now over. Clare Furse, the chief... |
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Investments
A recent survey by the CBI has highlighted the fact that the UK economic slowdown is spreading to new areas of the economy. The professional services sector, which includes the likes of lawyers... 
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