IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) has welcomed a government announcement revealing the News Enterprise Allowance (NEA) has helped over 200 new businesses launch each week. Praising the scheme as a “vital tool” for the self-employed – particularly disabled people – it also calls on the government to extend it and promote […]
After a very weak first half of 2019, the German LBO market has positively exploded in the third quarter. The latest MidCapMonitor prepared by the investment bank GCA Altium, which regularly tracks leveraged-buyout financings with a credit volume of between €20 and €500m, confirms that there were 37 financings in the third quarter of 2019 […]
National accountancy and business advisory firm Haines Watts has invested more than £1.5m in a number of its UK offices in a business drive to modernise and revamp its existing space as flexible working styles become the new norm. With Millennials and Gen Zs making up nearly two thirds of the Haines Watts workforce, the […]
Not too long ago, Neil Woodford was still regularly being heralded as a “superstar” manager and the “Oracle of Oxford”. How different the story is today. The reasons behind Woodford’s fall from grace have been extensively covered, but can largely be attributed to the fact that ultimately the Equity Income Fund did not do what […]
More than three-quarters (76%) of UK employers plan to incorporate wellbeing into their benefits strategies, new research from Willis Towers Watson has revealed. According to the 2019 Benefits Trends Survey, wellbeing – including financial, physical, emotional and social wellbeing – topped the table of priorities for companies’ benefits programmes. The enhancement of work policies took […]
Jes Staley, Group CEO said: ““For the year to September our Group RoTE stands at 9.7%, including a 10.2% return in the third quarter. Profit before tax was just under £5bn, excluding litigation and conduct, and earnings per share were 19.7 pence for the nine months. These represent another set of consistent and resilient results, […]
Sancus BMS Group has announced that Graham Sheward will replace Michael Hennessy as managing director of Sancus (IOM) Limited in October 2019. The appointment follows Michael Hennessy’s move from managing director to chairman of the Company. Graham will be responsible for leading the Company’s business strategy and growth and will be a member of the […]
The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA), launched in January 2018 is part of The SimplyBiz Group and run as a not for profit organisation. What does FIBA hope to accomplish that has not already been done before? Firstly, we want to support the broker, lender and professional community engaged in specialist property finance, which […]
— UK exports fell in Q3 amid a global slowdown in economic growth and rising international trade tensions, according to the latest Lloyds Bank International Trade Index, compiled in partnership with IHS Markit. Despite the challenging environment, more than eight in 10 (81%) manufacturers surveyed said they had exported between July and September, the second-highest […]
Herbert Smith Freehills’ latest Global Bank Review: The Data Game highlights the banking industry’s challenge to fully commercialise big data while complying with increasing legal, regulatory and political scrutiny. “With so much data available from online trading, payments and transactions, banks have been enthusiastic adopters of data-driven technologies,” said Herbert Smith Freehills partner Simon Clarke. […]
