Business

City bosses have seen another huge yearly income rise, which will further anger the general population who are struggling by on stagnant wages. The news also comes as a recent study found that increased pay for businesses bosses does not necessarily improve the companies performance. This recent study, by the High Pay Centre, has revealed that chief execs of FTSE 100 firms saw their average income increase by ten per cent in 2015. Shockingly, median pay rose to almost four...

Options trading is a fast paced, fascinating and potentially highly rewarding form of financial trading that allows individuals to invest and trade in options - also known as binary options trading and digital options.  TheLondonEconomic.com introduce EzTrader, the options trading platform. What does it involve? An option essentially describes a financial contract, giving the owner the right to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price, before or on a certain date. Although the owner has the right to...

By Charles Hibbert  It is well known around the markets and economy that expansions don’t last long, they don’t die of old age, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get still get slightly weary and last a little longer. In the eighth year of the current bull market, recent stocks have risen to an all time high, which makes this the second-longest lasting market in history. However, despite this success, Jonathan Gilonna head of US equity strategy research at Barclays...

Another day another piece of bad publicity against Sir Philip Green the former chief of BHS. This time a member of staff at BHS claims the tycoon slapped her down after they had the audacity to stand up to him. Chris Page, 68, explained how she spoke to Green while working on the shop floor back in 2000 The gran of seven said: The gran of seven said: “I was working in the Christmas shop. “I was getting to work...

More doom and gloom sadly as more business data has emerged post-Brexit. It has been reported that the UK’s manufacturing sector is at its lowest level for over three years. It is more worrying news that the UK economy is grinding to a halt as the fall-out from the EU referendum begins to take its toll. An index, by Markit, of the manufacturing industry, a month by month study, indicated a fall to 48.2 in July down from 52.5 in...

By Charles Hibbert  British summer weather has led to suggestions we should work from home more as office workers being more unproductive in the working week. Research shows that UK office workers were originally committed to work for three days a week, but with temperatures rising, workers are unproductive for half the week. Those polled said that if temperatures exceed 27 Celsius, the working day should actually be cut short. When asked how many hours a week they are fully...

A VIP tent was being set up at the site yesterday, but the champagne was literally put back on ice, as the nuclear plant at Hinkley Point was delayed today. Philip Hammond, gave his full backing to Hinkley Point C only two weeks ago, saying: “We have to make sure the project goes ahead.” Environmental groups will welcome the delay and will hope that this signals a cancellation in the controversial scheme. However, the GMB union has described the delay as...

More depressing Brexit fall-out news, as household and manufacturing confidence is the lowest it has been since 1990. The study was carried out by GfK, a market research company, and the index indicated the sharpest month on month drop for almost thirty years. Fears about the economic future of the UK post Brexit have dramatically damaged the confidence of UK manufactures and households alike. People are lot gloomier about their own personal finances and are less likely make big ticket...

As part of our business advice series, TheLondonEconomic.com spoke to Neil Slater, General Manager at DMC Software about the Most Common CRM (Customer Relationship Management) mistakes that businesses make. Whilst Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions have been around for a long time now, many businesses are still finding that their solution is not living up to their expectations. Adopted as part of a vital strategy for growth, they have become a tool for all businesses to enhance their customer management, and...