Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 01/12/2014



Financial Times
- Energy companies, indices fall as oil plummets
- Vodafone looks to combat potential BT/O2/EE deal 
- Flagging mortgage market becomes battleground for banks 
- Osborne considers tax break for orchestras Diplomatic issues could arise after
- European breakup of Google 

The Guardian
- Uncertainty over economy leads to fall in Black Friday sales Waterstones predicts strong Christmas sales 
- Young Londoners driven to smaller cities in search of affordable housing
- UK telecoms industry on the verge of major changes 
- Eurozone pushed to discuss more stimulus as economy falters yet again 

The Independent
- No entrepreneurial revolution in the UK, despite what the figures say 
- Battle for Canary Wharf between Songbird and Qatari bidder 
- Glaxo attempts to cut costs to save £1 billion 

The Daily Telegraph
- Swiss voters reject gold reserves reform 
- Big BT shareholder supports multi-billion bid for O2 or EE 
- Osborne readies himself for last Autumn statement before election 
- Why oil’s low prices won’t last 

Daily Mail
- Co-op gears up to take on supermarket ‘big four’ 
- East Midlands Trains sees pre-tax profits jump 46% 
- Business rates have increased 25% since 2008 
- Tesco takes back control of in-store cafes to battle bargain supermarkets 

The Wall Street Journal
- US unlikely to cut oil output 
- Bounce in Hollywood jobs rate 
- European car recovery in danger 
- India eases import restriction on gold

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