Mjb News Cover For Uk Permanent Jobs Crash, Temps Hit 2.5 Year High โ€” Uk Permanent Jobs

UK Permanent Jobs Crash, Temps Hit 2.5-Year High

Is this the UK jobs recovery? Permanent hiring crashed to 47.5 in April per KPMG-REC โ€” down from 49.2 in March โ€” while temporary placements surged to a 2.5-year high.

▶ NEWS·4 min read·11 May 2026

UK Numbers Right Now

Reviewed 12 May 2026 · FTSE live hourly
BoE Base RateHeld at MPC's last meeting4.25%
UK Inflation (CPI)12-month to March 20263.3%
2Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts5.18%
5Y Fixed MortgageAverage best-buy rate ยท Moneyfacts4.84%
GBP/USDLive ยท 15-min delay1.3528
FTSE 100Live ยท hourly snapshot10,379
Next Tax Year Starts6 April 2027 · 2027/28 allowances resetin 329 days
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Mjb News Cover For ยฃ10bn Isn’t Enough โ€” Intertek Rejects Eqt’s Third Bid โ€” Intertek Share Price

ยฃ10bn Isnโ€™t Enough โ€” Intertek Rejects EQTโ€™s Third Bid

Forget the easy private-equity walkover. FTSE 100 testing firm Intertek has just rejected EQT's sweetened ยฃ10bn bid โ€” its third rebuff in a month.

▶ BUSINESS·4 min read·10 May 2026
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Mjb News Cover For Brent Drops Below $100 As Taco Trump Backs Off Hormuz โ€” Brent Oil Price

Brent Drops Below $100 as TACO Trump Backs Off Hormuz

Forget the war-spike narrative. TACO is back. Trump just paused the US military escort through the Strait of Hormuz, sending Brent crude tumbling from $115 to under $100 a barrelโ€ฆ

▶ MARKETS·5 min read·8 May 2026
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FTSE 100 · UK
10,379▲ +1.2% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
FTSE 250 · UK Mid-Cap
26,180▲ +0.8% WoW
London Stock Exchange close
S&P 500 · US
7,165▲ +1.8% WoW
NYSE / S&P Global close
Nasdaq 100 · US Tech
19,380▲ +2.4% WoW
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21,492▲ +0.6% WoW
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Nikkei 225 · Japan
38,210▼ -0.4% WoW
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Glossary · Term of the Day· 12 May 2026

Money Purchase Annual Allowance

noun · Pensions

Once you've flexibly accessed a defined-contribution pension, your annual allowance drops from £60,000 to £10,000. The biggest pre-retirement trap — can be triggered by a single pound of taxable income beyond the 25% lump sum.

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Mjb News Cover For Blackrock’s $7bn Liquidity Fund Goes Onchain โ€” Blackrock Tokenization

BlackRockโ€™s $7bn Liquidity Fund Goes Onchain

Forget the easy crypto-fad take. BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) just filed not one but two new tokenized fund products on Friday โ€” a $7bn (~ยฃ5.1bn) Treasury liquidity fund moving onchainโ€ฆ

▶ CRYPTO·4 min read·11 May 2026
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SOL · Layer-1 Smart Contracts
£284.50 ▲ +12.4%
24h open £253.10 · Now £284.50 · 24h high £287.90
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ETH · Smart Contract Platform
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Mjb News Cover For Uk Investors End 10 Month Sell Off โ€” But Not In Uk Stocks โ€” Uk Equity Fund Inflows

UK Investors End 10-Month Sell-Off โ€” But Not in UK Stocks

Picture this: UK investors finally turned the equity-buying tap back on in April after 10 months of outflows โ€” and almost none of the money touched UK stocks. ยฃ1.1bn flowed intoโ€ฆ

▶ INVESTING·4 min read·8 May 2026
12 months · 6 asset classes · One £10,000 bet

Where £10,000 Went Last Year

Total return · GBP · 30 Apr 25 → 30 Apr 26
#1 Top Bitcoin · GBP
£18,920
▲ +89.2% CoinGecko · BTC/GBP
US S&P 500
£12,840
▲ +28.4% SPY · GBP-hedged
Gold (Spot)
£11,840
▲ +18.4% LBMA · per troy ounce
UK FTSE All-Share
£11,210
▲ +12.1% London Stock Exchange
Cash · BoE Base
£10,425
— +4.25% Avg easy-access savings
#6 Trailed UK 10-Year Gilts
£10,180
— +1.8% DMO · 10-yr gilt total return
StocksCOIN ▲ +7.68%SHOP ▼ -7.21%
Apple ยฃ216.11 ▼ -0.20%·Microsoft ยฃ304.70 ▼ -0.58%·Nvidia ยฃ162.03 ▲ +1.96%·Tesla ยฃ328.58 ▲ +3.89%·Amazon ยฃ198.62 ▼ -1.35%·Meta ยฃ442.19 ▼ -1.77%·Alphabet ยฃ286.97 ▼ -3.01%·JPMorgan ยฃ221.52 ▼ -0.70%·Visa ยฃ239.13 ▲ +1.59%·Mastercard ยฃ367.58 ▲ +0.47%·J&J ยฃ163.50 — 0.05%·UnitedHealth ยฃ283.87 ▲ +1.17%·P&G ยฃ105.86 ▼ -2.09%·Home Depot ยฃ229.93 ▼ -1.91%·Coca-Cola ยฃ58.08 ▲ +0.31%·PepsiCo ยฃ110.32 ▼ -3.37%·Disney ยฃ77.32 ▼ -3.06%·Netflix ยฃ63.10 ▼ -2.32%Apple ยฃ216.11 ▼ -0.20%·Microsoft ยฃ304.70 ▼ -0.58%·Nvidia ยฃ162.03 ▲ +1.96%·Tesla ยฃ328.58 ▲ +3.89%·Amazon ยฃ198.62 ▼ -1.35%·Meta ยฃ442.19 ▼ -1.77%·Alphabet ยฃ286.97 ▼ -3.01%·JPMorgan ยฃ221.52 ▼ -0.70%·Visa ยฃ239.13 ▲ +1.59%·Mastercard ยฃ367.58 ▲ +0.47%·J&J ยฃ163.50 — 0.05%·UnitedHealth ยฃ283.87 ▲ +1.17%·P&G ยฃ105.86 ▼ -2.09%·Home Depot ยฃ229.93 ▼ -1.91%·Coca-Cola ยฃ58.08 ▲ +0.31%·PepsiCo ยฃ110.32 ▼ -3.37%·Disney ยฃ77.32 ▼ -3.06%·Netflix ยฃ63.10 ▼ -2.32%
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Three FTSE 100 Stocks That Wonโ€™t Stop Hiking Dividends

Picture this: 22 years. That's how long BAE Systems (LON: BA) has hiked its dividend without a single miss โ€” including the Covid pandemicโ€ฆ

▶ STOCKS·4 min read·12 May 2026
5 trading days · 6 sectors · WoW

FTSE 100 Sector Heatmap

Source: London Stock Exchange · Closing prices
Energy +4.2% Week on week Leader · Shell (£28.42)
Defence +3.6% Week on week Leader · BAE Systems (£18.04)
Tech & Telecoms +1.8% Week on week Leader · ARM Holdings (£124.80)
Consumer Staples +0.4% Week on week Leader · Diageo (£22.16)
Banks -1.2% Week on week Leader · HSBC (£8.92)
Mining & Materials -2.4% Week on week Leader · Glencore (£3.84)
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Britain Is Last in the G7 Pension League Table

Picture this: Britain finishes 12th in the world for state pension quality.

▶ PERSONAL FINANCE·4 min read·12 May 2026
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Your Money, Today

Tax year 2026/27 · Updated 12 May 2026

Drop in your annual gross salary and we’ll show you exactly where you stand under the 2026/27 rules — take-home, effective rate, and how you compare to the UK median.

England & NI rates · Pre-pension contribution · Class 1 NI · No student loan · For Scotland or salary sacrifice use the full calc.

Based on a gross salary of £55,000
Net take-home
£42,457
£3,538 per month
Effective Tax + NI
22.8%
£12,543 to HMRC
vs UK Median
+47%
Above the £37,430 median
Interpretive · What the numbers really mean

£100 in January 2020 now buys you

£79.40 — today
Jan 2020 · £100 Apr 2026 · £79.40

That’s a 20.6% loss to inflation since the last pandemic-era reset — the steepest 6-year compounding the UK has seen since the early 1990s.

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BoE Base Rate4.50%โ€” Held 6 months
UK Inflation (CPI)3.30%โ–ฒ Rising
2Y Fixed Mortgage4.62%โ–ผ Easing
5Y Fixed Mortgage4.48%โ–ผ Easing
GBP / USD1.35โ€” Steady
FTSE 10010,219โ–ผ -0.49% today
Next Tax Year Starts6 Apr 2027โ€” In 329 days
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SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ545.89 ▲ +0.23%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ526.69 ▲ +0.31%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ548.44 ▲ +0.24%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ501.75 ▲ +0.22%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ268.50 ▲ +0.21%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ63.05 — -0.05%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ54.18 ▼ -0.24%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ52.29 — -0.01%·VWO ยฃ44.59 ▼ -0.25%·GLD ยฃ320.94 ▲ +0.20%·AGG ยฃ73.04 ▼ -0.26%·EFA ยฃ76.60 ▼ -0.21%·IWM ยฃ210.68 ▲ +0.41%·TLT ยฃ63.18 ▼ -0.60%·VIG ยฃ168.55 ▲ +0.09%·SCHD ยฃ23.44 ▲ +0.41%·XLF ยฃ37.79 ▼ -0.12%·XLE ยฃ42.21 ▲ +2.64%SPDR S&P 500 ยฃ545.89 ▲ +0.23%·Invesco QQQ ยฃ526.69 ▲ +0.31%·iShares S&P 500 ยฃ548.44 ▲ +0.24%·Vanguard S&P 500 ยฃ501.75 ▲ +0.22%·Vanguard Total US ยฃ268.50 ▲ +0.21%·Vanguard Ex-US ยฃ63.05 — -0.05%·Vanguard Bond ยฃ54.18 ▼ -0.24%·Vanguard Developed ยฃ52.29 — -0.01%·VWO ยฃ44.59 ▼ -0.25%·GLD ยฃ320.94 ▲ +0.20%·AGG ยฃ73.04 ▼ -0.26%·EFA ยฃ76.60 ▼ -0.21%·IWM ยฃ210.68 ▲ +0.41%·TLT ยฃ63.18 ▼ -0.60%·VIG ยฃ168.55 ▲ +0.09%·SCHD ยฃ23.44 ▲ +0.41%·XLF ยฃ37.79 ▼ -0.12%·XLE ยฃ42.21 ▲ +2.64%
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Apple ยฃ216.11 ▼ -0.20%·Microsoft ยฃ304.70 ▼ -0.58%·Nvidia ยฃ162.03 ▲ +1.96%·Tesla ยฃ328.58 ▲ +3.89%·Amazon ยฃ198.62 ▼ -1.35%·Meta ยฃ442.19 ▼ -1.77%·Alphabet ยฃ286.97 ▼ -3.01%·JPMorgan ยฃ221.52 ▼ -0.70%·Visa ยฃ239.13 ▲ +1.59%·Mastercard ยฃ367.58 ▲ +0.47%·J&J ยฃ163.50 — 0.05%·UnitedHealth ยฃ283.87 ▲ +1.17%·P&G ยฃ105.86 ▼ -2.09%·Home Depot ยฃ229.93 ▼ -1.91%·Coca-Cola ยฃ58.08 ▲ +0.31%·PepsiCo ยฃ110.32 ▼ -3.37%·Disney ยฃ77.32 ▼ -3.06%·Netflix ยฃ63.10 ▼ -2.32%Apple ยฃ216.11 ▼ -0.20%·Microsoft ยฃ304.70 ▼ -0.58%·Nvidia ยฃ162.03 ▲ +1.96%·Tesla ยฃ328.58 ▲ +3.89%·Amazon ยฃ198.62 ▼ -1.35%·Meta ยฃ442.19 ▼ -1.77%·Alphabet ยฃ286.97 ▼ -3.01%·JPMorgan ยฃ221.52 ▼ -0.70%·Visa ยฃ239.13 ▲ +1.59%·Mastercard ยฃ367.58 ▲ +0.47%·J&J ยฃ163.50 — 0.05%·UnitedHealth ยฃ283.87 ▲ +1.17%·P&G ยฃ105.86 ▼ -2.09%·Home Depot ยฃ229.93 ▼ -1.91%·Coca-Cola ยฃ58.08 ▲ +0.31%·PepsiCo ยฃ110.32 ▼ -3.37%·Disney ยฃ77.32 ▼ -3.06%·Netflix ยฃ63.10 ▼ -2.32%
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