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Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away

silverguide.site – Davina Schonle prevented from entering event with eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings for tech startup…
Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away

Brick by brick: UK builders gear up for post-pandemic boom despite global gloom

silverguide.site – Construction firms ramp up production and investment amid Labour’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes…
Brick by brick: UK builders gear up for post-pandemic boom despite global gloom

Britons ‘hoarding cash amid economic uncertainty and fear of outages’

silverguide.site – Households seeking safety net in time of global volatility, according to Bank of England’s chief cashier…
Britons ‘hoarding cash amid economic uncertainty and fear of outages’

Sizewell C is needed – but critical cost numbers are still missing | Nils Pratley

silverguide.site – A £14bn commitment to build the Suffolk nuclear power station is welcome but what price will be put on the electricity it generates?…
Sizewell C is needed – but critical cost numbers are still missing | Nils Pratley

FTSE 100 falls short of record closing high; US-China trade talks ‘going well’ as meeting resumes – as it happened

silverguide.site – Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including latest UK labour market report…
FTSE 100 falls short of record closing high; US-China trade talks ‘going well’ as meeting resumes – as it happened

At least 250,000 jobs lost since Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, data shows

silverguide.site – Unemployment at highest level in nearly four years, with increase blamed on chancellor’s hike to businesses’ NICs…
At least 250,000 jobs lost since Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget, data shows

EU calls for lower price cap on Russian oil in move to tighten sanctions

silverguide.site – Other measures include greater restrictions on ‘shadow fleet’, banks and Nord Stream investment…
EU calls for lower price cap on Russian oil in move to tighten sanctions

2020s on course to be weakest decade for global economy since 1960s, says World Bank

silverguide.site – Washington-based lender cuts its forecast for world GDP growth, blaming Donald Trump tariffs…
2020s on course to be weakest decade for global economy since 1960s, says World Bank

M&S resumes online orders six weeks after cyber-attack

silverguide.site – Retailer estimated to have lost about £25m a week after it was forced to pause online shopping…
M&S resumes online orders six weeks after cyber-attack

Rolls-Royce named winning bidder for UK small nuclear reactors

silverguide.site – FTSE 100 firm beats two US-owned companies as government pushes nuclear power with Sizewell C investment…
Rolls-Royce named winning bidder for UK small nuclear reactors

Put Thames Water into temporary state control, ‘junior’ creditors will argue

silverguide.site – £5bn rescue plan would set ‘troubling precedent’, bondholders who face losing all of their money will say…
Put Thames Water into temporary state control, ‘junior’ creditors will argue

China bans banks from luring customers with popular Labubu dolls

silverguide.site – Regulator asks local banks not to give non-compliant perks amid fierce competition as interest rates fall…
China bans banks from luring customers with popular Labubu dolls

Reeves will hope weaker wage growth enables more interest rate cuts

silverguide.site – Bank of England governor has said he sees pay as crucial in determining pace of rate reductions…
Reeves will hope weaker wage growth enables more interest rate cuts

Eurostar vows to run direct trains from UK to Germany and Switzerland

silverguide.site – Cross-Channel rail operator, which is trying to fend off rivals for its London depot space, regards early 2030s as feasible…
Eurostar vows to run direct trains from UK to Germany and Switzerland

Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment

silverguide.site – Ed Miliband promises to ‘get Britain off the fossil fuel rollercoaster’ with new plant expected to create 10,000 jobs…
Sizewell C power station to be built as part of UK’s £14bn nuclear investment

Thames Water creditors offer up £5bn as part of emergency turnaround plan

silverguide.site – Regulator Ofwat concerned that plans do not write off enough debt to secure investment-grade credit rating…
Thames Water creditors offer up £5bn as part of emergency turnaround plan

Thames Water’s creditors are being too greedy | Nils Pratley

silverguide.site – If group of lenders has any prospect of getting its proposal to fly, some of its big numbers will have to look very different…
Thames Water’s creditors are being too greedy | Nils Pratley

MPs ask minister if he will claw back Thames Water executive bonuses

silverguide.site – Chair of troubled firm admits 21 senior managers were paid 50% of base salary on 30 April…
MPs ask minister if he will claw back Thames Water executive bonuses

Arshad Ahmed obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Muslim Youth Foundation in Manchester…
Arshad Ahmed obituary

Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder

silverguide.site – Financier tells court he travelled to Tokyo ‘often weekly’ for mentoring sessions with Masayoshi Son…
Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder
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