Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of the Standard since May 2022. Before that he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph. He is responsible for all the business and finance coverage in the paper and online....
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Jonathan Prynn has been Business Editor of the Standard since May 2022. Before that he was Consumer Editor and has also worked at The Times and the Sunday Telegraph. He is responsible for all the business and finance coverage in the paper and online.
White Company increases profit and sales and remains "optimistic"
Sales increase described as “positive outcome against the backdrop of the challenging economic conditions.”
The future of London's stock market may depend on these two companies
City Comment: Being listed in London should be a badge of honour, but it doesn’t feel like one right now
Coutts faces new storm as it plans to move £2bn out UK shares
The royal bank claims its ‘home bias’ towards British company shares was an ‘anachronism’ that needed ‘funadamental change’
Does anyone believe in UK shares? Even Coutts is ditching them
City Comment: What hope is there for turning around the disinvestment flood that is draining London?
Only 5% of your pension's in UK stocks — but seven US firms get 10%
City Comment: Reversing the trend of falling investment in UK equities should be a high priority for the next government
House prices fall again as mortgage rates spike
Lenders, including in the past few days, NatWest, Santander and Nationwide, have been increasing their mortgage rates
Business leaders don't love Khan, but they'd rather have him than Hall
City Comment: The Tories have not done themselves any favours with their relentlessly anti-London tone
Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire set to pass £100million in revenue
It comes 25 years after the Hell’s Kitchen star opened his first solo venture
Mortgage rates will fall again, but not any time soon
City Comment: The era of sustained falling mortgage rates will arrive. But we are still a long distance from it yet
Eating out may get cheaper as restaurants' costs fall at record pace
Diners have been hammered by the huge increase in the cost of eating out, but that could be coming to an end soon
Mental health still ‘taboo’ for women at work
Two-thirds of women do not feel comfortable discussing mental health at work or disclosing mental health as the reason for taking time off
Make no mistake, London is still top dog among global cities
City Comment: The Government would do well to keep the capital’s incredible strengths in mind
Heathrow speeding up review of third runway plans
Airport chiefs upgraded the forecast of the number of passengers expected to use Heathrow this year from 81.5 million to a record 82.4 million
Summer interest rate cut hopes power FTSE to record high
Markets currently rate the chance of a Bank of England interest rate cut in June as about 50-50
A Thames Water bill hike's one thing, but for this level of service?
City Comment: We have arrived at a situation where there is no confidence in the ownership of a business that has the monopoly in supplying water to the capital
Only one person can save the economy now… Gareth Southgate
City Comment: A good run for England at the Euros might be the only way to get the tills ticking over again
No early Easter boost for high street as retail sales flatline
The “lacklustre” performance was well below City forecasts of around 0.3% growth and follows a 0.1% rise in February
Europe's biggest karaoke venue opens in Victoria
Punters will pay between £12 and £30 each for two hours in a room
Business dismay at no-shows for mayoral hustings
City Comment: It is simply unacceptable that those whose lead these businesses did not get the chance to hear what the next four years of the Mayoralty could bring
West Ham part-owner Daniel Křetínský in shock bid for Royal Mail
The approach comes at a time of huge challenges for Royal Mail