Simon English

Financial Editor

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.... MORE

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.

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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’

2 May 2024
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Business

HSBC boss Quinn suddenly quits

Search for successor begins, says Europe’s biggest bank

30 Apr 2024
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Business

Does Goldman Sachs have a women problem?

City Comment: The latest Government data shows Goldman at the top — or bottom depending on your perspective — of the banking pay gap league table

25 Apr 2024
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Business

Winning the market: The UK supermarket industry is one of our best

City Comment: Sainsbury is top dog for now -- but this is a really competitive market

25 Apr 2024
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Business

House prices will rise and mortgage rates fall, Lloyds Bank says

Britain’s biggest bank predicts three rate cuts this year

24 Apr 2024
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Business

Primark booms as Rita Ora deal pays off

Inflation has all but gone, says Primark boss

23 Apr 2024
<p>London has struggled to attract new listings in the last year (Nicholas T Ansell/PA)</p>
Business

Don’t be fooled by FTSE record: London stock market's still in trouble

City Comment: Even the new high is partly based on a very low level of optimism about the future for London shares

22 Apr 2024
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Business

This court case could disrupt Nationwide's takeover of Virgin Money

City Comment: Virgin Money shareholders get a vote, why don’t Nationwide members?

18 Apr 2024
<p>Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton today pledged to put in £10 million of his own money as he fights to rescue a business that has been buffeted for years but which he insists can be saved.</p>
Business

Superdry founder insists 'I love this company' as he puts in £10m

The company will delist from the stock market allowing Dunkerton to focus on retailing – and avoids the business falling into administration

16 Apr 2024
<p>Nearly 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for Nationwide Building Society to give its 16 million members a vote over its decision to buy rival lender Virgin Money (Mike Egerton/PA)</p>
Business

Take all but £100 out of your Nationwide account, say rebel members

City Comment: The rebel members are becoming an irritant to the Nationwide board

15 Apr 2024
<p>Nervous financial markets were waiting to see how Israel responds to a drone and missile attack by Iran this weekend with many traders fearing a big spike in the oil price if the cycle of violence continues (PA)</p>
Business

Oil market steady amid new Middle East fears

The oil price was little changed today on relief that the vast majority of the projectiles were shot down before reaching their targets

15 Apr 2024
<p>Mikael Armstrong, organiser of the Give Nationwide Members A Say campaign, outside Nationwide’s headquarters in Swindon with a petition calling for the building society to give its 16 million members a vote over its decision to buy rival lender Virgin Money (Stuart Harrison/PA)</p>
Business

Campaign against Nationwide's Virgin Money deal puts pressure on board

Society denies ignoring members, but says a vote is not possible

12 Apr 2024
<p>Ben Bernanke: Bank needs to change</p>
Business

Bank of England told to wise up by former Fed chief Bernanke

Bank’s forecasting has “serious...deficiencies”

12 Apr 2024