Featured TransportUnited Kingdom Minister Grant Shapps sounds ‘Fiscal Warning’ on key high-speed train projectIFM CorrespondentOctober 3, 2023October 3, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentOctober 3, 2023October 3, 2023 United Kingdom Minister Grant Shapps stated that a choice would be made in due time... Read more
Energy FeaturedUnited Kingdom installs more rapid charging points to end EV owners’ ‘range anxiety’IFM CorrespondentSeptember 6, 2023September 5, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentSeptember 6, 2023September 5, 2023 Nine out of 12 regions of the United Kingdom installed more than 100 rapid chargers during the past year, the data revealed further... Read more
Featured TransportRishi Sunak government promises to keep rail fare rises below inflation levelIFM CorrespondentSeptember 4, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentSeptember 4, 2023 For the first time in more than 25 years, the United Kingdom government opted instead to raise rail fares from March... Read more
Economy FeaturedUnited Kingdom’s food inflation: All you need to knowIFM CorrespondentAugust 29, 2023August 28, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentAugust 29, 2023August 28, 2023 Shoppers have continued to find ways to offset the impact of inflation on their household budgets by switching to supermarkets’ own-label products... Read more
Featured Real EstateIF Insights: When will the United Kingdom’s ‘Housing Mess’ end?IFM CorrespondentAugust 24, 2023August 23, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentAugust 24, 2023August 23, 2023 The Resolution Foundation warned in June about the rate hike cycles piling more misery on the troubled housing sector... Read more
Economy FeaturedIF Insights: Predicting the road ahead for UK economyIFM CorrespondentJuly 31, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentJuly 31, 2023 The pandemic's impact obscures a larger concern that the UK economy will face in the coming decades: population ageing... Read more
Banking FeaturedStart-up of the Week: Meet ‘Starling Bank’, a financial institution with no physical branchesIFM CorrespondentJuly 26, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentJuly 26, 2023 Starling Bank customers can send money to 36 countries in 20 currencies... Read more
Economy FeaturedIF Insights: Can governments cut public spending to fight inflation?IFM CorrespondentJuly 6, 2023July 6, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentJuly 6, 2023July 6, 2023 Demand-pull inflation arises when aggregate demand outpaces the supply of goods and services, increasing prices... Read more
Featured FintechStart-up of the Week: DNA Payments is changing Europe’s PoS gameIFM CorrespondentJune 28, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentJune 28, 2023 DNA Payments, established in 2018, took its first external funding in 2021 from private equity firm Alchemy Partners... Read more
Featured Wealth Management‘Growth machine’ UAE emerges as millionaires’ preferred investment destinationIFM CorrespondentJune 27, 2023 by IFM CorrespondentJune 27, 2023 The net HNWI inflow to the UAE in 2023 will surpass the 2022 tally, which saw 4,000 arrivals... Read more