What impact will soaring oil prices have on BP’s earnings? The FTSE 100 firm said earlier this month it was heading for an ‘exceptional’ oil trading result in the first three months of the year. Evening Standard · Apr 24
Goldman Sachs execs’ images used in deepfake video campaign targeting amateur investors on Instagram It may come as a surprise to many to see Abby Joseph Cohen pop up in their Instagram feed with an offer that’s hard to refuse. Fortune · Apr 24, 2025
British Airways owner to reveal soaring profit after strong travel demand More people wanted to travel while fuel bills fell last year, helping BA’s parent company International Airlines Group to a strong expected profit. Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2025
Burberry sales expected to fall again amid luxury market slowdown The fashion giant recently dropped out of the FTSE 100 but it has attracted takeover interest, according to reports. Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2024
Mining puts enormous koala habitat area at risk: study Koalas face losing an area of habitat 17,000 times the size of the Gabba if proposed coal mines in central Queensland go ahead, a study says. AAP · Jun 5, 2024
Smiles all round as financial markets end 2023 on an unexpected high Equities worldwide have had a good year, the pound looks healthy and gold is positively gleaming. Shame about the lacklustre state of most UK shares The Guardian - UK · Dec 31, 2023
Has ‘Barbenheimer’ helped keep the UK economy growing? How an unlikely pairing of blockbusters may have stopped a summer spending washout Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023
UK inflation jumps to 10.4%, surprising analysts Britain’s inflation rate has risen for the first time in four months in February The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023
FTSE 100 falls after Credit Suisse sold to UBS in emergency rescue deal Markets in Asia were also struggling earlier in the morning, with shares in Hong Kong falling by more than 3 per cent The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2023
Investors consider legal action over Credit Suisse deal; Downing Street says UK banking system is safe – as it happened Holders of riskier AT1 bonds, which are wiped out under deal with UBS, consider legal action. The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2023
Spring Budget 2023: High noon for Hunt on energy prices, the City and corporate tax breaks Help with childcare costs and and a rise to the cap on pension contributions expected to boost workforce Evening Standard · Mar 14, 2023
UK economy slightly stronger than expected, says BoE’s Pill; WH Smith hit by cyber attack – as it happened Books-to-stationery retailer says a cyber security incident has resulted in illegal access to current and former employee data, though website and customer accounts are unaffected The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023
Germany on brink of recession as economy shrinks; central banks may raise interest rates to 15-year highs this week – as it happened German GDP shrank by 0.2% in Q4 2022, worse than expected, as investors anticipate borrowing costs to be hiked again this week The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2023
Bank shares fall with reports Chancellor Jeremy Hunt could impose ‘ludicrous’ windfall taxes on their profits Analysts hit out at reports as banks set for bumper profits Insider UK · Oct 19, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022 UK inflation eases to 9.9% but remains close to 40-year high – as it happened Inflation eases because of a fall in petrol prices while food prices rise at fastest rate since mid-2008, driven by milk, cheese and eggs
The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022 EU to cut gas use by 15%; UK inflation rises for ninth month in a row to 9.4% – as it happened EU says Russia ‘likely’ to halt gas supplies, while in the UK, milk, cheese, eggs, vegetables and ready meals become more expensive
The Independent UK · May 27, 2022 FTSE rises despite weight of windfall tax on oil companies The index notched up its best week for more than two months.
The Independent UK · May 5, 2022 Shell reports record 1st-quarter earnings as oil prices soar Energy giant Shell has reported record first-quarter earnings after a surge in oil prices