Latest trade statistics show sterling not yet narrowing deficit
Responding to the latest official statistics, showing that the UK trade deficit widened from £6.9bn to £8.9bn between February and May 2017, Allie Renison, Head of...
£672bn of SME borrowing is unprotected: Legal & General
LEGAL & GENERAL estimates a business protection gap of £672bn for SMEs — with an overall gap estimated to extend into the trillions.
Following their...
The most precious resource of them all in short supply for...
Resource-rich country is plagued by shortage of safe water supplies
INDIA — the world’s seventh biggest economy — boasts impressive reserves of 87 natural resources, but one...
UK sees record second quarter for creation of new businesses
RESEARCH shows more British businesses were set up between April and June this year than in any second quarter in history.
The study by tax...
Nick D’Aloisio: Coding Philosopher
Oxford undergraduate Nick D’Aloisio is no average student. The self-taught programmer became a teenage millionaire in 2012 when he sold an app he had...
UNCTAD: Investment – In Need of Direction
The global financial crisis has impacted heavily on trade: annual trade expansion over the past three years has averaged a tepid 3% annually, compared...
Deutsche Bank cuts thousands of jobs to keep ‘doing what it...
New CEO Christian Sewing comes out swinging as troubled German lender struggles towards promised turnaround
DEUTSCHE Bank has announced it will cut more than 7,000...
‘Ground-breaking’ link to free-up Sino-British stock exchange trade
THE BRITISH Treasury has announced a stock link to allow UK-listed firms to become the first foreign entities to list in mainland China.
Chancellor Philip...
Regulators eye checks and balances on DeFi market
THE WORLD’S securities regulators are set to crack down on decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms.
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has outlined a plan...
Disruption in Politics: Be Careful What You Wish For
Political disruptors have, once again, become fashionable – and popular. They always do when societies grow tired of business as usual and politicians that...




































