Staff pour back to offices at top firms and others consider plans to lure workers back to their desks – while survey shows more than half of senior managers continue to work from home Many companies recorded an uptick in employees getting back to their desks High street chain Boots was among those recording a … Read more
Theresa May, Britain’s second female Prime Minister, has sounded off about the absence of women in company boardrooms in a recent report. By gender diversity group Pipeline, the report criticised the fact there are only 13 female chief executive officers at the top 350 FTSE companies. Mrs May thunders in the report: ‘Every single male … Read more
Hammer blow for The City of London as investment firm Schroders allows thousands of staff PERMANENTLY work from home By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 11:19 BST, 15 August 2020 | Updated: 13:30 BST, 15 August 2020 An asset management firm with more than £525bn under its control has told its 5,000 workers they no … Read more
Business leaders today warned that Boris Johnson postponing a further easing of England’s coronavirus lockdown was a ‘hammer blow’ to the economy. The British Chambers of Commerce said businesses and consumer confidence will be damaged again after the Prime Minister warned the UK ‘cannot be complacent’ amid a rise in the Covid-19’s prevalance in communities. … Read more
Want to boost profits? Hire more women! Large companies with no female executive committee members ‘missed out on £47 billion last year’, research claims Research by The Pipeline found 15 per cent of major companies had no women in top roles Companies with no women on highest committees had net profit margin of 1.5% Percentage … Read more
FTSE 100 closes up 1.24% after 74-point rise to 6,067 after global stocks rise on back of more nations moving out of lockdown and Boris Johnson announcing more shops to reopen FTSE 100 index of leading UK firms is up by 1.24% – or 74 points – at 6,067 today Index is now on course … Read more
London markets close slightly down by 0.16% or nine points on 5,763 after US stocks fell amid fears of renewed US-China trade war London markets opened flat today on 5,763 points as US-China tensions flared Rolls Royce tumbled on reports it was considering job cuts to ride out the slump Trump pinned the blame for … Read more
FTSE 100 opens down 2.2% by 144 to 5757 points as data shows slump in UK housing market – after government put brakes on lockdown easing and Trump threatened $1trillion tariffs on China The FTSE 100 of Britain’s biggest firms opened down by 144 or 2.2 per cent Newly released figures show house prices were … Read more
London stock markets retreated today after revelations that the European economy shrank by nearly 4 per cent offset news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a coronavirus treatment. The FTSE 100 was down by 165 points or 2.7 per cent at 5,950 this afternoon, with sentiment also damaged by reports that Boris Johnson … Read more
FTSE 100 rises 2.2% by 129 to 5,975 points as Asian and European markets rally on back of lockdown-easing measures – but oil prices continue to plunge FTSE 100 index of Britain’s biggest firms up 2.21% or 129 points at 5,975 today BP posts a £3.5bn net loss in first quarter as pandemic crushes demand … Read more