Omaze boss: Why I’m positive about investing in the UK July 9, 2025 The chief executive of Omaze has set out the reasons why he believes the UK is the right place for his growing business to invest.
FTSE 100 seals record high after shaking off investor nerves June 12, 2025 The FTSE 100 finally sealed a new record closing high on Thursday after falling a whisker short the previous two trading sessions. The UK’s flagship index rose 0.2 per cent to – besting March’s record of 8,871.31. The index also beat its previous intraday high after hitting 8,892.36 in afternoon trading. Endeavour mining topped the [...]
Londoners most at risk of online fraud, report reveals June 10, 2025 Londoners are at significant risk of digital and financial exclusion after new data revealed one in four people in the UK capital lack confidence in money management. According to research from WPI Economics and Virgin Money, Londoners are twice as likely to experience both digital and financial exclusion than those living in the South East. [...]
Interactive Investor creates hundreds of jobs as trading booms May 14, 2025 Interactive Investor created almost 200 jobs as its profit increased to almost £90m last year, it has been revealed. The Manchester-headquartered company has posted a pre-tax profit of £89.7m for 2024, up from the £84.2m it achieved in 2023. New accounts filed with Companies House also show that its headcount rose from 726 to 919 [...]
Trading 212: UK revenue spikes as profit passes £50m May 13, 2025 Revenue at the UK arm of Trading 212 spiked last year as profit surged past the £50m mark, it has been revealed. New accounts filed with Companies House show the division achieved a revenue of £161.7m during 2024, up from the £104.1m it posted in the prior 12 months. Trading 212’s UK pre-tax profit also [...]
S&P 500 and Dow Jones bounce back as FTSE 100 makes further gains April 8, 2025 Global markets were in recovery on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones jumped on open and the FTSE 100 scraped further gains in the afternoon. The Dow rebounded 1,300 points – a more than three per cent surge. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq were each up over three per cent, while [...]
Auto Trader: FTSE 100 CEO on how to fix the London Stock Exchange March 17, 2025 The government needs to encourage more investment into companies listed on the London Stock Exchange to revive the fortunes of the City, according to the CEO of FTSE 100 giant, Auto Trader. Nathan Coe, speaking on an upcoming episode of CityAM’s Boardroom Uncovered podcast, said the UK doesn’t have the same level of “encouragement [...]
UK markets being ‘gradually undermined’ by tax regime – Interactive Investor boss March 10, 2025 The current tax regime is making UK markets “just about tradable” and are leading to their “gradual undermining”, according to the chief executive of Interactive Investor*. Speaking in the latest episode of CityAM‘s Boardroom Uncovered podcast, Richard Wilson said his company has seen an increase in more investors trading in foreign markets instead of [...]
Global investors shun UK market amid stagflation fears February 18, 2025 Britain has become the least attractive market to invest in among global fund managers, with sentiment towards UK stocks slumping. Stock pickers held 18 per cent less UK shares than their benchmarks suggested they should in February, compared to a 12 per cent overweight position on European stocks, according to Bank of America’s latest Global [...]
Etoro: ‘We could still float in London but things need to change’ December 3, 2024 The UK boss of trading platform Etoro has opened up about what the London Stock Exchange has to do to win its backing.