Parents in England are now paying an average of £127 a week for part time childcare, figures show. Nursery prices have risen 3% in the past year – pushing annual costs to £6,000 per child, according to the latest annual Childcare Survey. In Inner London – the most expensive region in the UK – the […]
LONDON (Reuters) – A delay to Brexit would be a “further annoyance” which would prolong uncertainty, the boss of luxury carmaker Aston Martin told Reuters after Prime Minister Theresa May promised to give lawmakers a vote on extending the date Britain leaves the EU. Many firms have been triggering contingency plans on the assumption that […]
The pound has hit levels not seen since early 2017 after the news that a disorderly Brexit is now far less likely. Sterling was trading at €1.172 against the euro yesterday – a high last reached early in 2017 – while it rose to $1.33 against the dollar. For the past two years, the pound […]
LONDON — Just past the entrance to the airy headquarters of The Daily Mail, Britain’s pugnacious and politically powerful publication, stands a sculpture of three small spheres with wings. The title is hidden away on a small plaque: “Bullets of Information.” Quite. Few papers in the run-up to the Brexit referendum weaponized the tabloid tools […]
SINGAPORE – Attilan Group is unable to redeem $2 million of preference shares in its TAP Venture Fund I (TAPVF) after another investor in the fund exercised a put option, the company said on Thursday (Feb 28) after the market closed. Attilan, a listed investment firm, has until June 1, 2019 to complete the redemption. […]
There’s a “high risk” that insurance cost and claims reform will wither on the political agenda, according to FBD chief executive Fiona Muldoon. She has blasted the snail’s pace of planned reforms but conceded that the strong set of full-year results posted by her stock market-listed insurance group yesterday does little to advance its cause […]
AVALON, Australia (Reuters) – Boeing hopes Britain will decide this year on plans to buy E-7 Wedgetail early warning jets, an executive said, after talks last year sparked a row over competition in arms procurement. Britain said in October it was in exclusive discussions with Boeing and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) about buying […]
A farmer wants to sue several parties, including KBC Bank, over an attempt to evict him and two siblings from their Co Roscommon home last December. In proceedings recently lodged in the High Court, David McGann, from Falsk, near Strokestown, is seeking various orders and declarations including an order preventing any party from taking possession […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – WeWork is expanding an effort to retain mid-sized businesses which had been leaving the shared office space manager after they grew past the small-company phase, and to catch up with rivals already catering to these clients. HQ by WeWork, launched in San Francisco and New York in August to provide enhanced […]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German drugs and lab supplies maker Merck KGaA offered $5.9 billion, including debt, for Versum Materials, in a cash deal that tops an offer from U.S. rival Entegris, as both seek to boost their electrochemicals operations. Shares in electronic materials maker Versum soared 18 percent to $48.73 on Wednesday, while shares in […]