A match made in heaven

It’s been a tough two decades for UK-listed firms. BP, Shell and HSBC have dropped out of the ranks of the world’s largest listed companies. Britain’s current largest firm, AstraZeneca, doesn’t even m

When Beauty Tech Group made its debut on the stock exchange earlier this month, it was a welcome boost for the UK market, which has struggled to attract new issues in recent times. The £300m listing w

Issue of the week: private dysfunction? A brief ...

Petrofac goes bust: Around 2,000 jobs in Scotland are at risk after North Sea oilfield services group Petrofac filed for administration, says Philip Georgiadis in the Financial Times. The trigger was

Earlier this month the Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to three academics noted for exploring the two most urgent practical questions in their discipline: why do economies grow, and how can we h

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