Global News Euro-area growth outlook – The European Commission has cut its euro-area growth and inflation forecasts for 2020, amid global tensions and trade uncertainty. The Commission warned that the

Global News UK election – To start the week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed in a bid to trigger a snap general election to try and find a solution to

Global News Brexit – Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a vote on the latest Brexit withdrawal agreement on Wednesday, but lost a vote which would allow the UK to leave

Global News Brexit – Finally, a deal. After a turbulent week of negotiations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the UK had reached a ‘fair and balanced’ divorce

Global News Brexit – Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Cheshire this week to discuss the withdrawal agreement. The meeting lasted two hours,

Global News Brexit – On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson presented his latest version of the withdrawal agreement to members of Parliament. In the newest draft, the PM’s idea would

Once in a while it’s helpful to step back from the barrage of FCA rules affecting the advice profession to examine the regulator’s wider priorities. Apart from transparency, culture and accountability, one

Global News European economic data – Germany’s flash manufacturing PMI data for the month of September hit a 10 year low, coming in at 41.4 on Monday, way below market

Global News Global growth forecast – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Paris based intergovernmental economic organisation, cut their forecast for global economic growth this week. Just

Global News Brexit – Having suffered a week of defeats and resignations, Johnson remains defiant, working towards Britain leaving the EU on 31st October. The start of the week saw