Government must end post-referendum workplace uncertainty, says ACAS boss

The Government must do more to end uncertainty for employees across the UK by explaining what impact Brexit will have on workplaces, the head of employment relations service Acas has warned. Source: Daily Express :: Finance...

Housing market still going strong after Brexit according to homebuilders

Housebuilder Persimmon is expected to shrug off the scaremongering that followed the EU referendum over the economy with a positive trading update to the City on Thursday. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http:/...

Cut business rates to keep the UK competitive post-Brexit, say experts

THE Government must overhaul business rates if it wants to see British firms soar after the triggering of Article 50 later this year, experts have warned. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2ipMW...

Next is first high street retailer to report on Christmas sales results

THE first major signs of how well the high street performed over Christmas will become clear this week as fashion stalwart Next kicks off a month of retailers reporting their festive sales results. Source: Daily Express...

Mike Ashley set to ignore investors and re-elect Keith Hellawell as Sports Direct Chairman

CONTROVERSIAL billionaire Mike Ashley is set to ignore the opinion of independent shareholders at his retail empire Sports Direct and vote to re-elect the company’s chairman Keith Hellawell later this week. Source: Daily...

John Kerry and the last gasp of the two-state solution

JOHN KERRY, the American secretary of state (pictured), chose to mark the end of his long public career with a valedictory speech on December 28th devoted to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Coming just three weeks before...

A big freeze...so why aren’t councils gritting the roads? says ROSS CLARK

FOR many people still enjoying a Christmas break the past few mornings have been some of the most beautiful of the year with clear skies and heavy frosts. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/2hyPi...

Game, set and match for our tennis playing knight

ARISE Sir Andrew Murray, three times Grand Slam winner, twotime Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion and winner of the 2016 Association of Tennis Professionals Tour finals. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http:...

City news: Opec, Legal & General, Britvic and Greene King

OIL prices soared by over 8 per cent yesterday as Opec agreed to reduce output for the first time since 2008 to clear a global glut. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2hy26...

City news: Jobs market, unions and Run-DMC

RAP group Run-DMC has filed a $50million lawsuit in New York accusing Wal-Mart, Amazon and other retailers of selling products that traded on the group’s name without permission. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed...

New markets add ad to fizzing English wine exports

ENGLISH sparkling wine exports are fizzing, with several new markets added to the list of destinations in 2016, according to producers. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2iyni...

Beachcomber: 99 years old and still not setting quizzes...

MANY thanks to all of you who submitted answers by post, telephone, text message, hand-decorated scroll, email or personal equerry to my seasonal Outstanding Events Of 2016 quiz. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed...

FTSE 100 SURGE: Index closes at all-time high for THIRD day running

LONDON’S top-flight index surged to an all-time high and recorded its best year since 2013 after riding out a turbulent 12 months thanks to a boost from the Brexit-hit pound. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed htt...

Italy's banking crisis: European Central Bank blasted over MPS bail out evaluation

ITALY has attacked the European Central Bank over its decision to double its estimate of the capital shortfall for the ailing bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena , which is being bailed out by the state. Source: Daily Express...

Barack Obama has turned his back on America’s staunchest allies

THERE could be no more fitting ending to Barack Obama’s disastrous presidency than the two set-piece foreign policy events that took place in the US on Wednesday. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/2...

More than 150 RBS investors lack faith in bank and call for corporate governance changes

ABOUT 160 investors are demanding the Royal Bank of Scotland shores up corporate governance by creating a shareholder committee to sniff out "poor stewardship" and avoid a rerun of the bank's near collapse in 2008. Source:...

Quitting the EU will not hurt foreign investment

SINCE it was founded in July the Department for International Trade has helped secure more than £16billion in foreign investment. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/2hu8W...

City news: BAE, zero hours contracts and Virgin

DEFENCE giant BAE Systems is training a record number of apprentices and plans to take on hundreds more in 2017. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2htTl...

Big four supermarkets ‘tempt festive shoppers’ as sales slow at Aldi and Lidl

BRITAIN’S biggest supermarkets are expected to have fought back strongly in the battle for Christmas shoppers as sales momentum at rivals Aldi and Lidl slows. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2hA9Z...

Brexit looks good: FTSE 100 closes with another record high

LONDON'S top-flight index has closed at a record high for the second day running thanks to a rally from precious metal stocks. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2hR5B...

We must quit single market to win back control over borders

A NEW report from Migration Watch confirms what this newspaper and many others have said all along – that in order to control immigration Britain must leave the single market. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed ht...

Beachcomber: 99 years old and STILL punctiliously punctuated…

NEVER has the Apostropher Royal’s end-of-year report on The State Of The Nation’s Punctuation been as vital as it is this year. Source: Daily Express :: Comment Feed http://ift.tt/2hOQU...

Savings and pensions face festive boost as shares ‘bounce’ to an all-time high

MILLIONS of savers and pension-holders were given a shot in the arm yesterday as booming post Brexit vote Britain saw share values surge to an all-time high. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/2hpxG...

City news: Boohoo.com, BP and Bovis Homes

ONLINE retailer boohoo.com has unveiled its latest acquisition as it revealed plans to snap up the brand of collapsed US fashion firm Nasty Gal in a $20million deal. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.t...

Isle of Arran Distillers to build on whisky sales success

HIGH spirits at Isle of Arran Distillers are set to continue as latest figures for the company and its top-rated single malt whiskies show an increase of seven per cent. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://i...

UK technology talents ‘will help lead the way post-Brexit’

BUSINESS and banking leaders have offered further commitments to the UK post-Brexit, as it emerged that growth in British businesses has fallen to a four-year low. Source: Daily Express :: Finance Feed http://ift.tt/...