BoE’s QE Bill Hits £125bn — Two Years of Defence Spending
£125bn. That is what the [Bank of England](https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/) now estimates the taxpayer will pay for its quantitative easing programme…
NatWest Q1 Profit Beats £2bn — Shares Slip 4% as Markets Question Strategy
NatWest (LON: NWG) printed a £2bn quarterly profit. Margin climbed 20bps to 2.47%.
UK Set for £35bn Iran War Hit — Reeves’ Fiscal Headroom Just Vanished
Imagine the Chancellor’s morning briefing today. NIESR — Britain’s oldest economics think tank — has [just told the Treasury that the Iran war will knock at least £35bn off UK…
Taylor Wimpey Joins the Pullback — UK’s 1.5m Homes Target Is Officially Cooked
Three of the UK’s biggest housebuilders have walked away from land in the same month.
The Farage Effect Lands: New De-Banking Rules Hit NatWest, HSBC and Lloyds Today
Three years ago, a politician walked into a row with NatWest (LON: NWG) and walked out having toppled the CEO.
FTSE 100 Banks Rally on Iran Ceasefire Hope — Barclays and Lloyds Surge
The FTSE 100 banks rally is on. Barclays jumped 8% to 438p, Lloyds crossed 100p with…
Williams F1’s Commercial Revival: How Peter Kenyon’s Playbook Could Change Everything
Williams F1 isn’t just rebuilding on the track, it’s rewriting the sponsorship playbook. With legendary commercialisation…
Barclays Snaps Up US Personal Loans Fintech for $800M
Barclays just wrote an $800 million check for Best Egg, a US personal loans fintech that’s…
UK Banking Chiefs Sound Alarm: “Don’t Tax Us Out of Existence”
Banking Tax Revolt: Why UK’s Biggest Banks Are Fighting Back Here’s a number that’ll make you…
FTSE 100 Banks Q2 Results 2025: Strong Earnings Face Regulatory Headwinds
FTSE 100 banking stocks delivered impressive Q2 2025 results, with the Big Five banks posting £12.8bn…
