Ballantyne Re plc

April 25, 2024

Pendragon owner to cut hundreds of jobs in used car overhaul

...“Four CarStore sites will be retained and re-franchised, expanding our retail operations with three existing carmakers, while seven remaining CarStore pods will become Evans Halshaw Direct sites.”...

April 23, 2024

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Schroders PLC

Schroders launches search for successor to chief executive Harrison

...He was running boutique RWC Partners when he was tapped to re-join Schroders as global head of equities in March 2013, three years later succeeding its long-standing boss Michael Dobson as chief executive...

April 24, 2024

Manchester United PLC

‘It’s by design, not by luck’: Man Utd’s new CEO on the strategy behind his former club City’s treble win

...“If you have a very solid rationale as to why you’re offering the fee, the salary and the commission, they might not agree with it but they will accept it,” he said....

January 28, 2024

Investments

Investors’ Chronicle: Central Asia Metals, Bioventix, Kingfisher

...HOLD: Bioventix (BVXP) Its products might sound obscure, but they’re prized by medical researchers, writes Jennifer Johnson....

March 29, 2024

LexCorporate governance

Concentrated power at the top of businesses remains a red flag Premium

...Shareholder adviser Institutional Shareholder Services is locking horns with BASF and Munich Re on this issue. Champions of combined roles can point to some academic support....

April 19, 2024

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Investors ChroniclePersonal Finance

Investors’ Chronicle: Clarksons, Reach, Inchcape

...Regardless of the positive financial metrics, you’re left with the impression that Inchcape is intent on tailoring its business model in expectation of industry change....

March 8, 2024

BT Group Plc

BT installs McKinsey partner to head new strategy unit

...Over the next few weeks, Tom will be working closely with myself and the ExCo to design the broader unit and make sure the accountabilities for both strategy and major change are in the right place, so we’re...

April 21, 2024

Television

Red Eye — ludicrous ITV thriller will leave you looking for an emergency exit

...While some of the performances are halfhearted enough to recall a jet-lagged flight attendant doing a safety demonstration, it’s hard to blame the cast when they’re saddled with leaden dialogue that leaves...

April 24, 2024

Work Watch

John Lewis seeks to ease job interview nerves by revealing questions online

...“You’re in a transparent environment, rather than ‘who can think the quickest’.” Yet no process is perfectly equitable....

April 24, 2024

Associated British Foods PLC

Primark owner’s profits soar as investments provide boost

...“We’re also not wrestling with supply chains, we can get what we want more or less when we want it,” he told the Financial Times, after the pandemic led to depleted inventories and delays in transporting...

April 23, 2024

European banks

Ireland’s AIB could be fully privatised by 2025 after bumper profits

...They’re reaping the rewards,” said Diarmaid Sheridan at brokerage Davy in Dublin....

April 21, 2024

Leveraged loans

PIK-ing on private credit

...Historically BSL deals have been bigger, because they’re marketed to a wide array of investors, almost like a bond offering....

April 15, 2024

Investments

Investors’ Chronicle: DFS Furniture, Trustpilot, Marshalls

...But with a consensus forward price/earnings ratio of more than 144 times for full-year 2024, we’re happy to wait on the sidelines a little longer....

March 22, 2024

UK retail industry

Surviving UK department stores seek to avoid fate of fallen rivals

...The new Frasers “is probably the modern department store if you look at what we’re doing . . . we’re combining our group’s businesses”, he said....

January 5, 2024

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Aviva PLC

Aviva returns to Lloyd’s of London for first time in two decades

...Aviva is re-entering Lloyd’s of London for the first time in more than two decades to boost its exposure to the thriving commercial insurance market....

March 4, 2024

Due Diligence

A lifeline for Canary Wharf Premium

...Smart reads Reservation hell There’s a reason why you’re having a nightmarish time getting that dinner reservation, The New Yorker reports....

April 25, 2024

UK retail results

Tesco and M&S emerge as winners from Christmas trading

...market, I feel like we’re in a period of relative stability.”...

January 11, 2024

News in-depthJohn Lewis Partnership PLC

How John Lewis and M&S are faring in the battle for Middle England

...“They’re addressing the same customers.”...

March 16, 2024

ExplainerAnglo American PLC

Why is BHP bidding for Anglo American?

...“Anglo will need to create a compelling alternative if they’re going to defend this.” Will there be counterbids?...

April 25, 2024

Mortgages

Barclays and Santander announce cuts to UK mortgage rates

...Over the short term, I think we’re going to continue to see a reduction in fixed-term pricing from lenders.”...

January 9, 2024

Anglo American PLC

BHP-Anglo American: a quick Q&A

...But the thing about mines is that they’re often natural monopolies in the areas they operate, selling into a global market....

April 25, 2024

Ocado Group PLC

Ocado threatens M&S with legal action over joint venture payment

...We would much rather solve this in a nice and constructive way, which is what we’re working towards doing....

February 29, 2024

Property sector

UK landlords hunt for deals in real estate slump

...“We’re in a great place to acquire,” said Derwent chief executive Paul Williams. “I think we’re seeing the investment market stabilise. I think we’re near the end.”...

February 28, 2024

Fund management

Scottish Mortgage’s hot new investment: itself

...concerned about share price-NAV discounts, perhaps the better move would have been to mark down the value of its huge private company holdings to something closer to what the market clearly thinks they’re...

March 15, 2024

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