Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 05/01/2015



The Independent 
- Pensioners will be able to sell annuity policies, says Minister Steve Webb 
- Pick up some of the £1 billion litter bill, MPs to tell businesses 
- Jobs boom for City in 2014 but year ahead promises uncertainty 
- John Lewis boss: Black Friday broke records but I’d prefer normality 
- British firms selling record amounts of fruit and vegetable juices overseas

Wall Street Journal 
- Wall Street strategists forecast more gains in 2015 
- Vanguard sees record funds inflow 
- North Korea slams US over arms sanctions

Financial Times 
- Economists sceptical ECB bond-buying would revive Eurozone 
- UK financial watchdog doubles interventions 
- Modi pledges India banking shake-up 
- UK and Norway near deal to build subsea power cable 
- John Lewis sales hit peaks over Christmas

Daily Mail 
- Owner of failed City Link struggles to claw back £20mn as former customers hold on to cash 
- Chinese dive in to struggling Club Med as Global Resorts withdraws its takeover bid 
- US buyout firm Bain Capital set for third bid for TI Automoti ve 
- Tesco to reveal swath of cost-cutting measure in order to slash costs 
- Bankers predict a record 7700 for the FTSE in 2015

The Guardian 
- Labour pledges £2.5bn to employ 32,000 more NHS core workers 
- Price of olive oil soaring after worst harvest in over a decade 
- New consumer debt reaches seven-year high in UK 
- West Australian $30bn LNG project allowed to have no carbon emission targets 
- Oil’s future hangs between the emirates and the shales of Eagle Ford

The Daily Telegraph 
- European row will hinder business this year, accountants say 
- EEF: Politicians mustn’t thwart real manufacturing progress 
- Greece must stand by bailout conditions, Germany warns 
- Germany believes Greece ‘could leave eurozone’

The Times 
- Draghi ever closer to implementing QE 
- Overseas bidders sail in to grab a slice of Britain’s ports 
- Compensation scheme ‘let down 82,000 pensioners’ 
- Wrangle over costs threatens Royal Navy’s new warships 
- Birmingham leads regional start-up race


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