The Square Mile’s productivity numbers are genuinely remarkable and genuinely under-discussed A Productivity Figure That Deserves Considerably More Attention By Chelsea Bloom. The City of London Corporation’s most recent statistics briefing puts a number on something many in the Square Mile have long suspected but […]
Zilch, Starling And Possibly Even Revolut Could Finally List In London, And The City Has Heard This Before
This year’s fintech IPO watchlist looks genuinely promising, with the usual caveat attached A Watchlist That Keeps Reappearing, Sometimes For Good Reason By Chelsea Bloom. Investment bankers and City lawyers surveyed by trade press this year point to a genuinely credible cluster of potential fintech […]
NatWest’s Disrupted Shareholder Meeting Shows The City Still Has No Good Answer For Climate Activism
Suspending an AGM does not actually resolve the underlying tension it was trying to avoid A Meeting That Never Really Got Underway By Chelsea Bloom. NatWest Group was forced to suspend its annual shareholder meeting this year after climate campaigners disrupted proceedings over the bank’s […]
A British Chip Designer Chose Nasdaq Over London, And The City Still Has Not Fully Answered Why
Valuation gaps, not patriotism, decide where growth companies actually list A Decision That Keeps Repeating Itself By Chelsea Bloom. That a British semiconductor designer with deep UK roots chose Nasdaq over the London Stock Exchange for its public listing reflects a pattern considerably wider than […]
London’s IPO Market Just Posted A Two Hundred And Fifteen Percent Surge, But The First Quarter Tells A Different Story
Seven new listings and five hundred and seventy seven million pounds sound impressive until you remember how low the bar had fallen A Headline Number That Needs Its Own Footnote By Chelsea Bloom. The London Stock Exchange recorded seven new listings raising five hundred and […]
The Chancellor Wants To Borrow 9 Billion More A Year, And The Bond Market Is Doing That Face
Calling it investment instead of debt only gets you so far when the interest still has to be paid A rebrand that convinces nobody holding the actual gilts Chancellor John Healey is reportedly planning to increase borrowing by nine billion pounds a year to fund […]
AI Is Quietly Rewriting Who Gets Hired In London, And The Data Finally Proves It
Software firms are seeing productivity gains build, while customer service vacancies quietly disappear The productivity story everyone predicted, arriving with real numbers attached Software and IT consulting firms have seen their contribution to annual productivity growth increase tenfold compared with the pre-Covid decade, according to […]
UK Services Sector Finally Climbs Back Into Growth, Sterling Gives A Small Nod Of Approval
A Composite PMI of 52.2 isn’t dramatic, but after recent months it counts as genuinely good news Modest numbers that still felt worth a small celebration The UK Services PMI returned to expansion territory at 52.1, pushing the Composite PMI to 52.2, according to the […]
Reviving HS2’s Manchester Leg Is Back On The Table, And Business Leaders Sound Cautiously Thrilled
Poor rail links keep costing the North real investment, and the PM appears to have finally noticed An old promise, quietly resurrected Prime Minister Andy Burnham is reportedly considering ways to revive the Manchester section of HS2 as part of a broader push to improve […]
Small Business Insolvencies Are Still The Quiet Story Nobody Wants To Lead With
Behind every growth headline sits a steady drumbeat of company closures the data keeps tracking The number that never quite makes the front page Buried underneath the more exciting PMI readings and borrowing announcements, UK insolvency figures continue to be tracked closely each week by […]