A week that started with investors in a spin over the Chinese property market is ending on a flat note, amid uncertainty about whether the debt-laden developer Evergrande has met its latest interest payment.
The Bank of England's monetary policy committee takes centre stage today after counterparts at the Federal Reserve last night appeared to put America on standby for a tapering of economic support from November.
CEO Jonathan Myers told the Standard the overall cost to the group of shipping and trucking goods to the UK from Asia and Africa has risen by around 10%
Pret A Manger’s boss has called the last fortnight in London “a bit of a turning point” in terms of trade bouncing back from the pandemic, and his firm is planning 200 more UK branch openings.
The FTSE 100 index is set for a steadier session after Monday’s rollercoaster , when sentiment was rocked by contagion fears over debt-laden Chinese property firm Evergrande but airline stocks rose sharply on the easing of transatlantic travel restrictions.
Russ Shaw, founder of the Tech London Advocates (TLA) trade body and one of London Tech Week’s founding partners, gives the Evening Standard some tips as the week kicks off...
“Our first 10 months we worked from a Virgin Active, so we were in a gym working from the lobby,” says 29-year-old Oliver Kent-Braham, speaking from his sleek new London office just a few miles but a world away from where he started.
