It’s now been over a year since chancellor George Osborne announced his plans for a Northern Powerhouse, and the initiative now has its own dedicated minister. But what is needed to make it truly a force to be reckoned with
With shares on the FTSE 100 hiting a new peak, among the more prominent names on the list was luxury fashion house Burberry – a company which has seen its stock price jump 2.5 per cent following a nine per cent growth in same-store sales.
The headlines say it all. “Blue-chip stocks are on course for their first losing year since the 2011 eurozone crisis.” This has confused experts, who had predicted a record-breaking year.
Christopher Bailey, Burberry’s new CEO, is the first openly “out” CEO of a FTSE 100 company. Why does it matter
