Category: Europe

The number of people filing early has trebled in the past five years. Photo: Getty From the end of May anyone can complete their self-assessment tax return for the 2020-2021 UK financial year.  If you are employed but still need to do a self-assessment return, your P60 should be in the post, which is the […]

Bloomberg Boom in China Firms Listing in the U.S. Comes to Sudden Halt (Bloomberg) — At least three Chinese companies have put their plans to list in the U.S. on hold, heralding a slowdown in what’s been a record start to a year for initial public offerings by mainland and Hong Kong firms.A bike-sharing platform, […]

Bloomberg Boom in China Firms Listing in the U.S. Comes to Sudden Halt (Bloomberg) — At least three Chinese companies have put their plans to list in the U.S. on hold, heralding a slowdown in what’s been a record start to a year for initial public offerings by mainland and Hong Kong firms.A bike-sharing platform, […]

TipRanks Plug Power vs. Ballard Power Systems: Which Hydrogen Fuel Cell Stock Could Fetch Higher Returns? As Governments around the world undertake zero-emission initiatives, hydrogen fuel cell companies are taking the market by storm. Hydrogen fuel cells consist of hydrogen ions that are positively charged by an oxidizing agent and the chemical reaction of these […]

Made’s showroom in Soho, London. Photo: Made London’s IPO boom continues as furniture store Made.com looks to be the latest to announce plans to float on the stock exchange, with the aim of raising £100m ($ 141m). It is expected to be valued at around £1bn. Made believes its e-commerce platform can benefit from the […]

Bloomberg First Warning Sign in Global Commodity Boom Flashes in China (Bloomberg) — One pillar of this year’s blistering commodities rally — Chinese demand — may be teetering.Beijing aced its economic recovery from the pandemic largely via an expansion in credit and a state-aided construction boom that sucked in raw materials from across the planet. […]

London’s FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday after posting a weekly loss as oil companies surged. The world markets also showed recovery as tech stocks bounced back. The blue-chip index advanced 0.5 per cent at 7,051, while, the domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 added 0.4 per cent. Stocks at the Wall Street also advanced on […]

Globe Newswire Director/PDMR Shareholding OSB GROUP PLC (the Company) Notification of Transactions of Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (PDMRs) The Company notifies the following changes in the interests in the ordinary shares of £0.01 each (Shares) of the Company of the Executive Directors and other PDMRs arising from awards that vested under the 2018 Performance Share […]

Technicians inspect bitcoin mining machines at a mining facility operated by Bitmain Technologies Ltd. in Ordos, Inner Mongolia – Qilai Shen /Bloomberg 03:18 PM BoE’s Bailey says inflation pressures will be ‘transitory’ Price pressures will be ‘transitory’, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey said today in an annual report to parliament’s Treasury Committee. “The Monetary […]

Bloomberg Ex-Trump Official at Binance.US Faces Uproar Over Firm’s Sibling (Bloomberg) — The first challenge for the new chief executive officer of Binance.US: combat the perception that his company is simply a stand-in for a sister crypto firm that’s under investigation by U.S. authorities.Brian Brooks, a controversial former banking regulator under President Donald Trump, is […]

Globe Newswire Rotogravure Printing Machine Market Research Report by Substrate, by Ink, by Drying Source, by Number of Colors Type, by Automation Type, by End User – Global Forecast to 2025 – Cumulative Impact of COVID-19 Rotogravure Printing Machine Market Research Report by Substrate (Aluminum Foil, Paper and Paperboard, and Plastic), by Ink (Radiation, Solvent, […]

China’s most-traded iron ore futures contract in Dalian extended loss to more than 9% on the back of the news, while iron ore for September delivery slid as much as 9.5%. Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Stocks in Europe pushed higher at the open on Monday despite a sharp fall in commodity prices and […]

China’s most-traded iron ore futures contract in Dalian extended loss to more than 9% on the back of the news, while iron ore for September delivery slid as much as 9.5%. Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images Stocks in Europe pushed higher at the open on Monday despite a sharp fall in commodity prices and […]

Globe Newswire Worldwide Biological Seed Treatment Industry to 2026 – by Type, Crop, Function and Geography Dublin, May 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Biological Seed Treatment Market – Forecasts from 2021 to 2026” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The biological seed treatment market was evaluated at US$ 747.832 million for the year […]

Bloomberg Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ (Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower there picked up an inkbrush and, with practiced strokes, began to set characters to paper.Another trying workday was ending for Wang Zhanfeng, corporate chairman, […]

Bloomberg Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ (Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower there picked up an inkbrush and, with practiced strokes, began to set characters to paper.Another trying workday was ending for Wang Zhanfeng, corporate chairman, […]

Bloomberg Inside the Race to Avert Disaster at China’s Biggest ‘Bad Bank’ (Bloomberg) — It was past 9 p.m. on Financial Street in Beijing by the time the figure inside Huarong Tower there picked up an inkbrush and, with practiced strokes, began to set characters to paper.Another trying workday was ending for Wang Zhanfeng, corporate chairman, […]

London’s FTSE 100 ended the trading session flat on Friday after recovering from day’s lows, as stocks declined despite positive retail sales data. The blue chip index closed at 7,018, falling by just a point. Meanwhile, the domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 also fell by 0.2 per cent. The US market closed mix on Friday […]

Rear view of a caucasian woman seated on the bedroom during lockdown coronavirus Earlier this month, two UK employers announced they would be offering employees paid leave in the event of pregnancy loss. Channel 4 and digital bank Monzo will offer either partner up to two weeks’ paid leave following a miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth. […]

Hospitality is getting creative with recruitment, as the sector faces a staffing crunch. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Boyers Measures to attract staff to UK hospitality jobs are becoming increasingly desperate, as bosses move to offer bonuses in an attempt to prompt employees recommend staff. There have also been calls from the industry for a special “coronavirus recovery […]