Angela Monaghan
Deputy business editor at the Guardian
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UK stocks rise and pound edges up as investors bet on Labour housebuilding
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UK stocks rise and pound edges up as investors bet on Labour housebuilding
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Pound stable as investors digest decisive election win for Labour
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Pound stable as investors digest decisive election win for Labour
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Pound stable as investors digest decisive election win for Labour
The pound was stable on Friday morning as investors digested a decisive Labour victory in the general election and unions said it was time to “repair and rebuild Britain”. Markets had widely priced in a Labour landslide and Keir Starmer’s key message that he would seek to restore stability, drive economic growth and take a fiscally responsible approach to government. The pound was up slightly against the dollar and the euro at almost $1.28 and €1.18 on Friday morning.
Weaving The Threads Together: Key Insights From Our Panel Discussion On Sustainable Fashion
On the 5 March, we were joined by Kresse Wessling (co-founder of Elvis & Kresse), Thea Cooper (Senior Business Manager of anti-slavery charity Unseen UK) and Safia Minney (founder of Fashion Declares) at our panel discussion exploring the potential for the fashion industry to be more sustainable as part of our B Corp month celebrations.
Setting Our Science-Based Target
We have been working hard to reduce our carbon footprint for over a decade now. As a city-based professional services firm, our direct emissions are relatively low, but we are determined to do our bit to reduce any negative impact that we have on the planet and to encourage others to do the same. In 2023 we started a project to consider setting a science-based target to help with our carbon emission reductions in aiming to reach net zero by 2050.
Bates Wells' Strategic Litigation Roundtable – Considerations And Managing Risk - Shareholders - UK
Strategic litigation has the potential to bring about lasting change and develop the legislative landscape. On 27 September 2023 we brought together a group of third sector leaders to explore the role that strategic litigation has in furthering the mission of charities, NGOs and others, and to talk about what barriers there are to taking legal action. It's an area we know our clients are keen to discuss – not just with us, but with each other too.
Environmental Litigation: Themes, Risks And How To Evolve In The Era Of Global Boiling
Climate cases have direct and indirect impacts on decision making at board, policy, judicial and government level. The fallout from this litigation can result in shifts in approach and financial and reputational damage even when cases are unsuccessful.
High interest rates ‘will lead to thousands of UK firms failing in 2024’
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High interest rates ‘will lead to thousands of UK firms failing in 2024’
About 7,000 businesses are likely to fail every quarter in 2024 as high interest rates cause financial strain and the UK economy enters recession, according to a thinktank. The Centre for Economics and Business Research said debt taken on during the pandemic, higher borrowing costs and the cost of living crisis would drive an increasing number of businesses under, particularly in the retail and hospitality sectors.
Purpose & Impact: Your Roundup
Welcome to your roundup – a monthly selection of news hand-picked to keep you up to date with what's going on for businesses wanting to create positive impact. In this roundup you can find out what's new in the B Corp, Social Enterprise, Impact investing, and EDI spaces, amongst others, collated under helpful headings. We'll also share links to resources and information that our expert lawyers have selected as being useful to you and your networks.
Building purpose into your business
Luke Fletcher, Partner, Bates Wells In the video above, Bates Wells partner Luke Fletcher discusses how the Better Business Act is seeking to build purpose into every business across the UK. There is a growing concern in the UK that capitalism in its current form isn’t working. Campaigns such as the Better Business Act, the British Academy’s Future of the Corporation summit and movements like B Corp are gaining traction, fast.
UK flights to US take off from Heathrow as border reopens
Photograph: Anthony Upton/PA Flights carrying the first UK leisure travellers to the US since the pandemic began have taken off from Heathrow, after Joe Biden permitted a reopening of the US border. Setting aside a longstanding rivalry, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic planes took off simultaneously in what the bosses of the two airlines described as a “pivotal moment” for the battered industry.
Capitalism with a conscience
At a time when the world is still feeling the effects of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s and banker bashing is a global pastime, communities and policymakers are seeking ways to carve out a better future. The backlash that has followed the financial crisis has been accompanied by a heightened sense of social injustice, as the less fortunate paid the high price of what was perceived in some quarters to be a very costly mess created by the banks.
Pret a Manger: full list of stores to close
Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock Pret a Manger has announced plans to permanently close 30 UK branches and could cut up to 1,000 jobs as the sandwich chain is the latest high street name to respond to the loss of business prompted by the Covid-19 lockdown. Here is the full list of the branches that will close.
Britain is at risk of 'returning to 80s levels of unemployment'
Photograph: House of Commons/PA The UK is at risk of returning to the high unemployment levels of the 1980s, according to the Bank of England’s chief economist. Andy Haldane said Britain would need to find a way to reabsorb the large numbers of workers who will lose their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the country faces the prospect of the high unemployment experienced decades ago.
Letter: Dog poop in New West is unacceptable so clean it up
Home News Maybe this is a solution for the proliferation of dog poo? Editor: I live on Quayside Drive and I run along the drive towards the dog park. article continues below Trending Stories I am totally disgusted at the dog poop that has appeared on the sidewalk on Quayside Drive near the dog park. This is unacceptable - we have babies walking, strollers, runners and to get this stuff on our wheels and shoes is disgusting and unhealthy.
Covid-hit companies register big gains on FTSE after vaccine news
© Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Many companies that have suffered a sharp sell-off since the beginning of the pandemic registered big gains after the vaccine news boosted hopes that a return to normal pre-Covid life could be coming. At the same time, some of the shine came off firms that have profited from coronavirus thanks to a strong focus online. © Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Rolls-Royce is among the firms whose share price has risen.
MPs Call for Government to Block Melrose's £8bn Hostile Takeover of GKN (excerpt)
MPs Call for Government to Block Melrose's £8bn Hostile Takeover of GKN (excerpt) One of Britain’s oldest engineering firms is to be taken over by a company that has been labelled an “asset-stripper”, prompting calls for the government to block the £8.1bn deal on national security grounds.GKN, which was founded in 1759 and has 59,000 staff including 6,000 in the UK, succumbed to a “hostile” bid from Melrose after a lengthy and sometimes acrimonious corporate tussle that has spilled over into...
Toshiba warns over its survival as it forecasts £7bn losses
Toshiba, one of the biggest names in consumer electronics, has warned it is facing annual losses of more than £7bn and the future of the company is in doubt as a result of financial turmoil at its nuclear power plant construction business. The Japanese company finally released third quarter results, after twice delaying publication while auditors attempted to quantify the scale of the problems at Toshiba’s US nuclear engineering subsidiary Westinghouse, which filed for bankruptcy last month.
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