BUSINESS CLOSE: CBI warns of staff shortages hitting competitiveness; ‘No decision’ on break-up, says SSE; Tech sector raises £13.5bn; Home prices spike in South West; Gas crunch bites By This Is Money Published: 03:06 EDT, 20 September 2021 | Updated: 18:02 EDT, 20 September 2021 The FTSE 100 closed down 0.79 per cent, or 55.2 … Read more
The BoE could raise interest rates earlier than expected in the face of soaring in inflation, says HSBC boss CFO Ewen Stevenson predicts the base rate could start moving from mid-2022 The raise in interest rates would be welcomed by long-suffering savers The Bank of England slashed interest rates to a record low of 0.1% … Read more
BUSINESS LIVE: FTSE up 1%; HSBC profits more than double; Meggitt agrees £6.3bn takeover by US tech giant; UK’s second biggest apple grower bought for £15.7m FTSE 100 up 1% to 7,101 in early trading; FTSE 250 up 1.5% to 23,301 HSBC first half pre-tax profits rise to $10.8bn; divi confirmed; shares up 1.4% Meggitt bought for … Read more
Food fight over Ben & Jerry’s: Boycott of Israeli settlements puts ice-cream brand at odds with owner Unilever By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 Of all Britain’s companies Unilever, among the largest of them all with a stock market value of … Read more
Food fight over Ben & Jerry’s: Boycott of Israeli settlements puts ice-cream brand at odds with owner Unilever By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 | Updated: 17:26 EDT, 29 July 2021 Of all Britain’s companies Unilever, among the largest of them all with a stock market value of … Read more