Glencore Electric Thinking! Glencore PLC (GLEN) – reported half-year earnings climbing 68% today (see report here) and their comments about their future and the future of electric vehicles and energy storage attracted my attention. The company plans to benefit from the large scale roll out of electric vehicles and energy …

Cineworld – just the ticket Cineworld Group PLC (CINE) a FTSE 250 listed company reported today half-year figures with revenues up 17.8% Movies such as: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ helped grow their box office revenue. Share price was: 722.75 at 13:20 on 10/07/18 up …

Tokyo Stock Exchange Closed for the Day Just a reminder that Japan has a holiday on 11th August 2017 – mountain day. Apparently this is a new holiday introduced in 2016 to celebrate Japan’s many mountainous regions. Anyway, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) will be closed for the day.

FTSE 100 pulls back The FTSE 100 index continued to fall today (10/08/17) after falling back yesterday to: 7498 amid increasing geopolitical tension between the US and North Korea after both sides sharpened their worrying rhetoric and after Donald Trump’s concerning and frankly upsetting ‘fire and fury’ statement made to …

BREXIT Millions I don’t know if you recall during the UK 2016 EU referendum – the leave campaign travelled the UK in a red bus with the slogan plastered down the side stating, ‘We send the EU £350 million a week – Let’s fund the NHS instead – Vote Leave’. …

FTSE 100 close to record high The FTSE 100 index was just 5 points off its record high today (08/08/17) when it closed at: 7542. The FTSE 100 reached 7547 back at the beginning of June 2017. Are new records to be set this week?

Internet security software There is absolutely no good reason not to protect your PC, laptop, netbook or mobile – and NO excuse will do! Internet security software is affordable. There are free programs out there that do a decent basic job or for just a few pounds you can buy a …

Is retail sales growth slower? Are households reining in their spending as retailers see slower sales growth in July? New Look reported falling sales and profits citing the current market as ‘difficult’. Recently the retailer NEXT PLC reported a mixed bag of results saying high street shopping growth had slowed …

Online security is important! Hacking and cyber-attacks have become part of our everyday online lives now and we need to take these threats very seriously. There is much we can do to protect ourselves online. Here are a few simple general steps we can all take to help keep our …

Hack Attack! A warning from the government suggests businesses could face fines if they do not do more to protect themselves from cyber-attacks. In-light of the recent ransomware cyber attacks that left many companies woefully exposed to these threats, the government is forcing the issue by suggesting firms will be …