Liz Truss will announce radical plans to cut stamp duty in the government’s mini-budget this week in an attempt to drive economic growth. The prime minister and Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, have been working on the plans for more than ...
The media-shy billionaire family which owned Butlins for 21 years until last year has bought the holiday resorts business back from its private equity owner in a £300 million deal. Blackstone, which bought Bourne Leisure, the tourism group, for £3 ...
Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to announce a cap on energy prices for businesses that would cut the rates they pay by up to half this winter. The business secretary will outline support on Wednesday for companies, charities and public sector ...
The ranks of the global “ultra high net worth” (UHNW) individuals swelled by 46,000 last year to a record 218,200 as the world’s richest people benefited from “almost an explosion of wealth” during the recovery from the pandemic. The number ...
As we looked at yesterday’s Discount for the Sprott Physical Gold Trust (PHYS) we realized it was one of the lowest readings on record since data started being collected in 2010. Closed-end funds like PHYS can sell at a premium ...
With the Fed about to announce its next interest rate change, it’s a good time to check out the condition of gold (GLD). After all, gold is a tried-and-true safe haven asset, and has historically been used as a hedge ...
In this week’s edition of StockCharts TV’s Sector Spotlight, at asset class level, I highlight the strength of the USD, which also plays a role in the weakness of BTC. Stocks and bonds did not move much last week, while commodities ...
As far as digital currency goes, digital assets like cryptocurrency, NFTs, Tokens, and Smart contracts are swiftly rising and rapidly disrupting marketplaces in real-time. The age of digitization proves to display insurmountable hurdles in traditional industries, particularly in their centralized ...
Train drivers at 12 key operating firms will walk out on 1 and 5 October after ASLEF union confirmed members backed a strike today. Industrial action for two weeks time was confirmed for the first week of October, after being ...
One of the UK’s leading customs agents has warned that hundreds of businesses could be banned from importing unless they urgently switch to a new Government computer system. ChamberCustoms, which is owned by the British Chambers of Commerce, has been ...