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Podcast extra: How investors can back AI - Simon Lambert speaks to Sam North
Artificial intelligence has burst into the headlines over the past year and generated excitement among investors.
But as with any exciting new technology that has generated a lot of hype, there will…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Energy price cap falling and savings rates race past the 6% barrier
There has been plenty of doom and gloom in recent months – and today, we go searching for cheerier news.
The energy price cap will fall from the weekend, plunging to £2,074 – below the £2,500 set En…
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
Was hiking interest rates again the right move or is the Bank of England in panic mode?
The Bank of England’s bumper 0.5 per cent rate hike this week was the 13th rise in a row.
After sitting on their hands for more than a decade, ratesetters have been shaken out of their slumbers by a…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Mortgage mayhem, savings frenzy: What on earth is going on?
The mortgage market is mayhem, with lenders pulling deals and rapidly hiking rates.
Average fixed mortgage rates have soared over the past month and we are now at the stage where it looks a lot like…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Money for nothing: Is universal basic income a good idea?
Universal basic income is a controversial idea and not just because it's money for nothing.
Paying everyone a set amount every month as a baseline level of income has intrigued economists and centra…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Inflation-busting savings rates of 9% and cash Isas back in the sun as billions pour into them
Forget 5 per cent savings rates. Forget 7 per cent. A new regular savings deal has landed paying a headline-grabbing 9 per cent. But, is it actually a good deal?
Saffron Building Society aren't the …
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
When will energy bills fall, and could the fixed tariff finally be making a return?
We had some good news this week about our energy bills - or did we?
Ofgem's price cap is coming down - saving households around £400 a year on average.
The last 18 months have been horrendous for h…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Should we stop dragging people into tax designed for the rich?
Almost five times as many people will soon be paying 40 per cent tax than in the early 1990s, when it was seen as a tax bracket reserved for the rich, the Institute for Fiscal Studies warned this wee…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
How high will interest rates go... and why are they still going up?
And there it was, another interest rate hike.
Another quarter point move up seems almost commonplace now but cast your mind back to the era after the financial crisis and we had to wait nearly ten y…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
How can we build more homes and make them better?
A row over housebuilding has erupted again.
Labour leader Keir Starmer has said he would bring back a 300,000 annual housebuilding target, after Rishi Sunak scrapped it.
Meanwhile, some backbench …
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago