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Boris Johnson’s government is all over the place on industrial policy. The capacity for indecision, obfuscation and zig-zags seen in the pandemic is just as pronounced when it comes to energy and technology. The retreat of Hitachi from a new nuclear plant at Wylfa in Anglesey, and continuing prevarication over EDF’s plans for a super-reactor … Read more
Savers will next week be able to buy shares in The Hut Group, the latest blockbuster company to hit the London Stock Exchange. There has been a lot of noise around The Hut’s float – perhaps unsurprising given that it is one of the biggest firms to list on the London Stock Exchange in years, … Read more
Mining company Cornish Lithium announces plans to go public in the next two years By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 Cornish Lithium said this week it had found ‘globally significant’ deposits of the green metal A mining company that has found … Read more
Threat to 10,000 jobs if the Sizewell C nuclear plant in Suffolk does not go ahead, businesses and unions warn By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 An artist’s impression of the proposed nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk Up to … Read more
Investors slam Pearson chief’s £7m windfall: Education publisher under fire over Andy Bird’s ‘golden hello’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 Pearson has been rocked by an embarrassing shareholder revolt over a lavish pay packet handed to its new boss. The … Read more
How to make an offer and avoid overpaying for a property: This is Money podcast By This Is Money Published: 21:22 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:22 BST, 18 September 2020 Britain is in the grip of a mysterious property mini-boom. Despite some well-deserved scepticism, talk of a property market more buoyant than it’s … Read more
Britain’s savers could soon be charged to hold money with their banks after the Bank of England left itself wide open to setting interest rates negative for the first time. The Bank of England base rate of interest, which influences how cheaply banks can borrow money, what homeowners pay for their mortgage and how much … Read more
Easyjet nabs new finance chief from Tui as it warns capacity for autumn to be less than 40% of planned levels Easyjet chairman John Barton described Kenton Jarvis as a man of ‘high calibre’ Jarvis was formerly finance director at the defunct travel firm Airtours Holidays CEO Johan Lundgren has called for a winter furlough … Read more
Pension age deadlines are far more fluid nowadays as older people have gained greater control over when they retire and how they run their finances in old age. If you’re well prepared to navigate the years between 55 and 75, you can mostly arrange your transition into retirement to your own liking and individual needs. … Read more
The price is NOT right: Home sellers warned against setting their sights too high as those who don’t have to reduce asking prices sell much quicker Just one third of sellers who listed a property but then had to reduce the asking price found a buyer between May and September, says Rightmove Two thirds of … Read more