Mini-bond marketing ban made permanent after investors lose millions
The City watchdog has announced plans to permanently ban the marketing of risky “mini-bonds” to DIY investors. Speculative mini-bonds have...
Analysis
How the China vs US technology race is remapping the world
In 2015, it unveiled its 10 year strategy, known as the “Made In China 2025”, which aimed to encourage China...
why would anyone invest in Aim stocks?
Aim stocks also benefit from generous tax reliefs which make them ideal for some investors. Some Aim shares are exempt...
Why northern towns are leading the post-coronavirus property surge
Northern English towns are leading the property market’s post-freeze boom as coronavirus pushes buyers away from cities. Eight of the ten...
how coronavirus is worsening Britain’s racial wealth gap
Since coronavirus hit Britain, black people and other ethnic minorities have been more likely than most to lose their income,...
Big business builds its own apps to get staff back into offices
Big companies are building their own apps and taking other steps in a bid to get staff safely back to...
400 years of British economic history have been reduced to crass Marxist caricature
The history of imperialism is taught today as a catalogue of outrages but such a narrow focus is not illuminating....
Nationwide restricts mortgages over fears homeowners will plunge into negative equity
Nationwide, the country’s biggest building society, has restricted new mortgage lending over fears that falling house prices could send borrowers...
U-turn on penalty for 70,000 freelance mothers ‘unfairly’ left with less Covid-19 income support
Freelance mothers who were penalised and left with less state aid because they took time off to have children will...
France wants its tourists back
French companies face similar problems, but Znaty suggests that tax cuts could help mobilise private money for investment. “Enormous funds...
