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UK Firms Report Weakest Growth Since April 2013: CBI

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British businesses reported their weakest growth in nearly six years during the past three months due to fears of a no-d... Read more

'Mid-cycle Slowdown': UK Economy Weakens

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The Bank of England (BoE) is under no pressure to raise rates in the near future with markets pricing in just a 35% cha... Read more

Where Are The Pockets Of Positivity?

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Following an onslaught of negative news, surely many of us would welcome any reason for a glimmer of optimism as we fac... Read more

Treasury And Economic Affairs Committees Call For Flawed Inflation Measure Fix

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The Treasury Select and Economic Affairs Committees are looking for consent from Chancellor Philip Hammond to fix the f... Read more

PineBridge Nabs Head Of UK Intermediary From Hermes

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PineBridge Investments has appointed Oliver Leach as head of intermediary business, UK, from Hermes Investment Manag... Read more

Trade Committee Chair: 'No Evidence' UK Business Will Be Protected Under No-deal Brexit

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Chair of the International Trade Committee (ITC) Angus MacNeil has warned that he sees "little to no evidence" UK busin... Read more

Watch: Bank Of England's Carney Gives Press Conference After Monetary Policy Decision

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Bank of England Governor Mark Carney is speaking at a press conference following the U.K. central bank's latest monetary... Read more

Fulcrum AM Nabs Sales Director From Fidelity

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Fulcrum Asset Management has appointed Fidelity International's Howard Fryer as sales director, UK wholesale. Read more

MiFID II Rules Draining SMID-cap Stock Liquidity

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MiFID II has reduced liquidity and demand for small and mid-cap stocks, a new report has revealed. Read more

Investment Conundrums: Quilter Cheviot's McIntosh On Why Brexit Fears Will Be Unfounded Just Like Y2K Bug

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Market fears over the upcoming departure of the UK from the European Union (EU) on 29 March are becoming like the 'Y2K ... Read more

Is The Death Of The High Street Greatly Exaggerated?

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Investors love to talk about the 'death of the High Street.' But are reports of its demise greatly exaggerated? To unde... Read more

Corks Wisetek Opens A New Operations Centre In The UK

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Cork-headquartered Wisetek has today (29 January) announced plans to expand to the UK, with a new operations centre ope... Read more

Coutts: 'The Big Surprise' For This Year Will Be UK Equities

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Monique Wong, multi-asset investment manager at Coutts, has said there are opportunities in UK equities despite the unc... Read more

Investment Association Weighs Retail Product Labels For SRI Funds

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The Investment Association (IA) is consulting on proposals which would see retail investors provided with product label... Read more

What Was The Only Top Ten Buy-rated FTSE Stock To Make A Positive Return In 2018?

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Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, looks at how the FTSE 100 stocks most rated a 'buy' or 'sell' last year per... Read more

'Hype' Indicators Point To Equity Recovery In Q1

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A divergence in investor behaviour is pointing towards a recovery for equities in Q1 2019, according to research by Fid... Read more

UK Parliamentary Committee To Push For Zuckerberg Testimony

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The repercussions of the Cambridge Analytica scandal are continuing to reveal themselves, weeks after the original stor... Read more

End Of The Landline: BT Aims To Move All UK Customers To VoIP By 2025

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BT is shutting its traditional telephone network in the UK, according to an email seen by The Register. The public swit... Read more

Man GLG's Mawby: Investors In 'mishmash' Strategic Bond Sector Set For Disappointment

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Manager of the Man GLG Strategic Bond fund Jon Mawby has criticised peers in the Investment Association's Sterling Stra... Read more

Richard Buxton's Countdown To Brexit: One Year To Go...

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Ahead of the anniversary of the triggering of Article 50 tomorrow, Richard Buxton, manager of the Old Mutual UK Alpha f... Read more