Primeworld Land Holdings, Inc, as one of the country’s premier real-estate companies, has once again marked a significant milestone as the firm celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its latest housing development in Barangay Anupul, Bamban, Tarlac on Jan. 21. This new development signifies Primeworld Land’s ambitious entry into Tarlac, a highly strategic and rapidly growing location. […]
CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of Barclays, could see his maximum pay rise by 45 per cent to £14.3 million under a pay overhaul being considered by the lender’s board. The proposal would reduce his fixed salary nearly by half, from £2.95 million to £1.59 million, but allow him to earn annual and longer-term bonuses worth […]
Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, will instruct the national wealth fund (NWF) and the Office for Investment to coordinate their efforts with regional mayors for the first time. The plan is part of a series of measures designed to boost local and national prosperity by strengthening collaboration between Whitehall and devolved administrations. Following a meeting with […]
Google has committed to stronger safeguards against fake online reviews in the UK by promising to clamp down on misleading practices and penalise businesses and individuals found boosting their star ratings fraudulently. The agreement comes in the wake of an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which warned that dishonest reviews could potentially […]
Sir Len Blavatnik, Britain’s second-richest man, has injected an additional $827 million into DAZN — the self-styled “Netflix of sports” — despite the London-based streaming service recording widening losses. The billionaire’s latest funding, delivered in 2023 through his investment group Access Industries, brings his total backing for DAZN to more than $6.7 billion since its […]
The number of UK businesses in critical financial trouble jumped by a record 50.2 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 46,853 in the final three months of 2024, according to new data from insolvency specialist Begbies Traynor Construction and consumer-facing companies are bearing the brunt of this distress, heightening fears of widespread insolvencies in the year ahead. […]
Simon Swan, co-founder of Manchester-based digital recruitment platform Hiring Hub, has announced he is leaving the company after 14 years. Swan launched the firm in 2011 to connect businesses with specialist recruitment agencies, helping them find top-tier talent in a rapidly evolving jobs market. Speaking on LinkedIn, Swan described his departure as both “exciting” and […]
Consumer confidence in the UK has fallen sharply to its lowest point in over a year, according to the latest GfK data, suggesting that households are pessimistic about both personal finances and the wider economic outlook. Figures for January show the overall GfK consumer confidence index dropping five points from December to -22, its weakest […]
Charlie Nunn, Lloyds Banking Group’s chief executive, has welcomed the government’s decision to intervene in a landmark car finance mis-selling case and expressed hope that it will help bring clarity to an industry under legal and regulatory pressure. His comments follow the Treasury’s announcement that it will seek permission to raise its concerns in a […]
DPWORLD.COM The Philippines’ trade-in-goods deficit widened in 2024, the largest trade gap in over two years as imports picked up while exports continued to decline, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. Preliminary data from the PSA showed the country’s full-year trade balance — the difference between the values of exports and imports — […]