VICTORIA BISCHOFF: It pays to be a savvy switcher… so beware of the price comparison site catches By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 20 October 2020 Price comparison sites have saved many of us a small fortune on our energy bills over the years. … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: Wall Street starting to believe that Joe Biden in the Oval Office and the Democrats in control would boost economy more than Donald Trump President Trump warns that Democrats would destroy the economy Trump has not fulfilled his bombastic claims in 2016 of ushering in the greatest period of growth ever By Ruth … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Too many people are giving their opinions about what ought to happen and not enough trying to work out what will happen By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 October 2020 Looking to the future: PM Boris Johnson The uncertainties mount. But … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Don’t trust banks, they do what they want – you know it, I know it, they know it By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 17 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 17 October 2020 Banks are a law unto themselves – you know it, I know it, they … Read more
Given that the UK Government has allocated £12bn to build a ‘world-beating’ test and trace system to halt progress of the pandemic it is not surprising that every breakdown leads to an endless search for scapegoats. Mistakes were made from the start of lockdown when trained tracers mysteriously were let go and when some bright … Read more
Early on in the pandemic, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak was adamant that there would be no bail-outs for firms which had other options. Virgin Atlantic and other supplicants seeking funds were told to exhaust all possibilities, including rich proprietors. The wealthy backer for Britain’s top-ranked engineering and aerospace firms BAE and Rolls-Royce is HMG. It … Read more
Will we really see negative interest rates or would they prove pointless? asks SIMON LAMBERT By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 06:00 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 06:00 BST, 15 October 2020 Are we really going to get negative interest rates in Britain? This will we, won’t we game has been going on for … Read more
Enter the age of penury: The central bank money printing binge could end in tears, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Ten days ago Rishi Sunak made his bow towards past Tory values by reminding the nation it … Read more
The annual gathering of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) without the cacophony of voices heard when you bring together financial officials, economists and bankers in one place cannot be re-created online. It is the focused conversations in and around the IMF/World Bank meetings which make them the Wimbledon of global finance. After the collective misery … Read more
Steve Cochrane, a 61-year-old father of three boys, founded fashion retailer Psyche in Middlesbrough in 1982. His wife Alex, 40, works in the business as a secretary and a buyer. Psyche won Drapers Menswear Retailer of the Year 2018/19, and Steve was awarded the MBE in 2018 for services to the economy and regeneration in … Read more