by Christopher Nye | Feb 20, 2019
Yet another carmaker announced British job cuts yesterday, with Honda set to close its Swindon plant in 2021. There is some disagreement on whether Brexit is to blame but, if it isn’t, long is the list of companies withdrawing investment from the UK in the past couple...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 20, 2019
Figures released yesterday showed that British wages grew by 3.4% in December. This is slightly below the 3.5% growth the markets had been expecting, but is still above the rate of inflation. Including bonuses, the increase in earnings remains the fastest since the...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 19, 2019
Stock markets around the world climbed to their highest mark in 2019 yesterday, as optimism that a breakthrough in trade talks is forthcoming. Talks between the US and China appear to be going well, as Trump tweeted that big progress had been made on ‘soooo many...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 19, 2019
On a day where global stock markets climbed to their highest level in 2019, there was some potentially bad news for Europe, as there are real fears Trump could impose new tariffs on the EU’s car industry. The US Department of Commerce has filed a report outlining...
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by Christopher Nye | Feb 19, 2019
After a few days of speculation, seven MPs announced they had resigned from the Labour party yesterday morning. All have said they could no longer support the party’s Brexit stance and accused the party of being ‘institutionally racist’. Rather than resign their...
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