It is rare indeed for the Financial Conduct Authority to get something (nearly) right, but it happened this week with its investigation into the strange
While we were all flapping about lockdowns, the UK’s entire system of regulating the prices of utilities was fatally undermined last month. The Competition and
The Bank of England denies it, but we are being softened up for negative interest rates. This Alice-in-Wonderland concept, where savers pay someone else to
It sounds like another crackpot scheme to shore up the housing market, in the baleful tradition of Help to Buy. Yet the idea of long
Ben van Beurden is sorry: “It is very painful to know that you will end up saying goodbye to quite a few good people.” Well,
Nobody loves UK shares. Even domestically-focused individuals are selling up and sending their savings overseas. According to the Investment Association, we have cut our holdings
It’s BP week, in case you hadn’t noticed. The management has spent three days (presumably that’s the New BP Week) explaining how the business is
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. Should the UK’s tax-savvy entrepreneurs be made to pay more, then they will all flee the country. Well,
Shocking statistic of the week: A loss-making car company is now considered to be more valuable than the entire UK stock market. That’s not strictly
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