Boris Johnson pledges £2billion to rebuild Britain’s crumbling schools and make them ‘fit for the future’ A ten-year strategy will be launched with £1bn to rebuild 50 schools across UK Further £560m has been released to fund programme of refurbishment in 2020 And £200m spending has been brought forward to fund repairs at colleges By … Read more
Britain’s infrastructure tsar has urged Ministers to ramp up investment in roads, railways, windfarms and broadband to dig the country out of one of the deepest recessions in history. Sir John Armitt has said the Government can afford to increase infrastructure spending significantly – even as it borrows eye-watering sums to keep the economy going. … Read more
Joe Little is global chief strategist at HSBC Asset Management Joe Little is global chief strategist at HSBC Asset Management. The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Over $7trillion has been wiped off global stock markets since the beginning of the year, bond yields are at … Read more
As plans are made for easing the coronavirus restrictions, some sections of industry are already opening up. These include housebuilders, as well as those working on infrastructure projects for the Government and local authorities. ‘Non-essential’ retailers, too, are making reopening plans, with trade association the British Retail Consortium (BRC) issuing guidance. All these sectors will … Read more
ASI INCOME FOCUS: The managers who hope to rebuild from wreckage of Woodford’s other fund By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 BST, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 13:54 BST, 24 February 2020 Investment fund ASI Income Focus reopened earlier this month from the ashes of Woodford Income Focus Fund. The firm charged … Read more