Shaun Hampton-Matthews has joined Lambert Smith Hampton as director, Asset Based Lending in the Asset Advisory division to spearhead the development of relationships across the country with asset based lenders, restructuring professionals and the debt advisory community. Shaun has a wealth of experience from his 40-year career spanning Banking, ABL and restructuring, having spent 15 […]
Hampden & Co has made two C-suite appointments as the fast-growing private bank continues to record growth in deposits and loans across the UK. Peter Craigie has joined as the bank’s new chief risk officer from Lloyds Banking Group, where he was chief risk officer for Islands Banking. In addition, Gordon Syme has joined the […]
According to Savills, the international real estate advisor, availability of core opportunities in Central London has declined almost 60% since its peak in Q1 2022. Conversely, the amount of core plus opportunities has increased significantly and now accounts for over 50% of available stock. Savills figures show investment turnover in Central London in 2022 totalled […]
Consumer card spending grew 9.7 % year-on-year in January – higher than in December (4.4 %) and slightly above the 9.2 % rise in consumer price inflation – as new year sales, blockbuster film releases and a surge in holiday bookings led to strong performances across retail, entertainment, and travel. However, growth rates were also […]
Difficult trading conditions continued into the new year for ecommerce, where total market online retail revenue growth experienced a -2.2% YoY decline, presenting negative-on-negative growth against the huge, lockdown-affected rate of -22.5% in January 2022. That’s according to the latest IMRG Online Retail Index, which tracks online sales for 200 retailers. It also saw a […]
The RICS Valuation Conference in London on the 21 February will focus on how the industry is responding to ESG and asset impairment. One of the sessions will be led by Tim Chapman, managing director at Hickman Shearer who will be facilitating a session within the machinery and businessassets breakout stream centred around the impact […]
New data from Time Finance reveals that one in three businesses see effective monitoring of their impact on the environment to be the most crucial step in building a more sustainable future. The findings form part of Time Finance’s annual Going Green survey which looks to uncover progress and priorities behind UK businesses’ environmental, social […]
The Chinese government is committed to reaching carbon emission peak by 2030, and the promotion of new energy vehicles is one of the main policy directions. In 2022, China accounted for over half of global electric vehicle (EV) sales, making it the world’s largest and one of the fastest growing EV markets. Kantar, the world’s […]
Sales figures are not adjusted for inflation. Given that both the January SPI (BRC) and December CPI (ONS) show inflation running at historically record levels, the rise in sales masked a much larger drop in volumes once inflation is accounted for. Covering the four weeks 1 – 28 January 2023 UK Total retail sales increased […]
In partnership with NoteMachine, TSB will launch three new pilot Pods in Wigan, Wood Green (North London) and Luton, providing banking and cash services. TSB’s Pods will be based in shopping centres and will be open seven days a week providing the local community with banking services. The TSB Pods are semi-permanent structures with a […]
