ECI Partners, the leading mid-market private equity firm, which recently announced its fifth investment of the year, gives its 2025 predictions for mid-market private equity: ECI in 2025 Tom Wrenn, managing partner at ECI, comments: “We’ve had a very busy year, including exchanging four platform deals in the space of six weeks. It has been […]
Business research and development (R&D) investment in the UK has fallen, according to new data released today. In real terms, investment dropped by 3% to £50bn in 2023 compared to 2022, continuing a downward trend that has seen a decline of over 6% since 2021 – a drop of £3.4bn in real terms. This decline comes […]
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Inflation looks likely to have bubbled up again in November, dashing hopes that more heat will be taken out of borrowing costs. The CPI reading looks set to veer further away from the Bank of England’s target and come in around 2.6%, up from 2.3% in […]
Confession is good for the soul they say so I fess up, I have been bought! Now aged 79 and beset for the past year with polymyalgia, I was planning new ways of journeying with my laptop. I use the train as often as possible and when in London, the tube, bus and Shank’s pony […]
The latest insight from The Global Payroll Association (GPA), reveals that whilst the average Christmas bonus is expected to increase by 8.3% this year to £788, barely one in five employees are expecting to receive one. The survey of 2,320 British office workers, commissioned by the GPA, found that almost half (46%) had been working at […]
This festive season, quality is trumping quantity as many cost and climate-conscious consumers choose to invest in higher-quality goods, even if that means purchasing fewer items overall. That’s according to new research of more than 2,000 UK consumers and over 500 UK high end merchants* conducted by Tink, a market-leading payment services and open banking platform. […]
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with global consultancy Kearney, has today released its latest report, Beyond Cost: Country Readiness for Manufacturing and Supply Chains, highlighting that over 90% of manufacturing executives are prioritising regional supply chain strategies. Firms have learnt to adapt to recent supply disruptions in recent years like Covid and the Suez […]
Donald Trump’s looming trade war could force the European Central Bank (ECB) to slash interest rates back towards ultra-low levels, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and asset management organizations. The warning from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes as the European Union is reportedly strategizing to minimize the economic fallout […]
Angela McGowan, director, CBI Northern Ireland, said: “Given the significant cost pressures facing Northern Irish companies, the business community warmly welcomes the minister’s commitment to gathering evidence on this critical issue. “Rising labour, energy and insurance costs – along with the need to allocate resources to the energy transition and automation – has left many firms […]
Nearly three-quarters of Savills researchers from around the world are expecting investment activity in their markets to improve next year, with a similar proportion also anticipating a recovery in capital values. Savills has already forecast global real estate investment turnover to rise 27% to $952bn in 2025 and surpass the $1tr mark by 2026. In its […]
