The FTSE 100 spent a lot of Wednesday buying and selling hovering in optimistic territory however closed a contact decrease after weak spot in vitality, building and luxurious items all acted as a drag.It got here amid a broadly cautious session, with buyers taking...
Several water corporations got here near breaching their licences so as to preserve public water provide after the extreme warmth and dry climate final summer season, Environment Agency (EA) paperwork present.Obtained by a freedom of knowledge request by Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative journalism unit, the...
The FTSE 100 had one other weak displaying on Friday as weaker-than-expected retail knowledge for July weighed on London’s greatest retailers.The Office for National Statistics stated retail gross sales volumes fell 1.2% through the month as they had been impacted by unusually moist summer...
Britons are spending greater than Americans for smaller homes and it’s making these within the UK worse off than their friends throughout the Atlantic, influential assume tank the Social Market Foundation claims.In a brand new report wanting on the distinction in wealth between the...
The FTSE 100 inched greater on Friday to stay round two-month highs amid a quiet finish to the week’s buying and selling.Across Europe, the buying and selling sentiment was barely extra constructive with the highest German index climbing to a brand new excessive because...
London shares swung again to features on Monday following a weak buying and selling efficiency final week.Improvements by utilities corporations, equivalent to Severn Trent, after rival Thames Water shored up its funds with £750 million of funding helped the principle markets into the inexperienced.The...