THE left can sometimes worry too much about what bosses’ federation the Confederation of British Industry makes of our plans. Big business always likes the claim that a rising tide lifts all boats, that good times for the owners mean good times for the workers. That’s hardly the case in Britain, …
Read More »Portal Technology And The Legal Sector
Almost a third of all housing sales fall through each year. Between July 2018 and July 2019, a recent survey, conducted by Reallymoving found that 29% of all home sales collapsed before reaching completion. Of the number of transactions to fall through, a tenth were attributed to severe delays in …
Read More »Labour’s nationalisation plans: The threat and opportunity
The Labour Party is expected to release its manifesto this week, with leader Jeremy Corbyn promising to publish “the most transformative, radical and exciting programme ever put before the British electorate”. The party is set to recommit to some of its major pledges made in 2017, including plans to bring …
Read More »Dividend payouts hit by global headwinds
The slowdown in dividend payouts by the world’s biggest companies continued in the third quarter as waning profit growth hit shareholder payouts. Investors are bracing for further headwinds in 2020 as the global economic picture darkens. The US-China trade war is thwarting economic growth, and major economies such as the …
Read More »Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) Receives Consensus Rating of “Hold” from Analysts
Shares of Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) have been assigned an average rating of “Hold” from the thirteen analysts that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have assigned a hold recommendation and two have assigned a …
Read More »Western Mail letters: Monday, November 18, 2019
Of course we are a colony of England Adam Price’s comment that Wales’ status was “analogous if not identical” to the colonial experience has raised complaints. He is not the first to raise this issue. In March BBC Wales broadcast two programmes entitled “Wales: England’s colony?”. An issue that confirms …
Read More »Labour drops its much-derided private tenant ‘right to buy’ policy
Labour has ditched its key private rented sector manifesto policy for the general election. Andrew Fisher, its key manifesto architect, has decided that giving private tenants the ‘right to buy’ their rented properties would be unworkable, the FT has revealed. The policy, which was announced back in September during a …
Read More »BT can be an asset to society, why would Labour attack it now?
BT has gone further to demonstrate its value to wider society by building its strategy around the restoration of its “national champion” status. There’s a bitter irony, then, that this is the moment that Labour has chosen to attack it Despite significant misgivings, a little over three years ago, I went …
Read More »Christmas Toy Appeal launched by Big Yellow Self Storage in Chester
The sound of jingle bells is in the air at Big Yellow Self Storage in Chester with the official launch of the annual Big Yellow Christmas Toy Appeal. Staff at the Sealand Road store next to B&Q are aiming to raise £10,000 worth of donated new toys and gifts during …
Read More »Eleven driving jobs you can apply for now in Hartlepool
You don’t need to be Lewis Hamilton to apply for these jobs Here are 11 driving jobs you can apply for in and around Hartlepool. Royal Mail postal delivery driver Role: Delivering mail and parcels to houses and businesses within a set area, you’ll start your day for an hour …
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