Economy of the United Kingdom

24 Feb 2013

In a rebuff to London's hopes that sharp spending cuts would both gradually eliminate the deficit and give growth a boost, Moody's rating agency cut Britain's grade by one notch to Aa1.

Business Digest, February 14, 2013

14 Feb 2013

Bank of England governor Mervyn King said Britain faced more inflation and a muted economic recovery. "Inflation is likely to rise further in the near term and may remain above the 2 per cent...

Euro-zone economy shrinks despite German growth

15 Aug 2012

The euro zone's debt-ravaged economy shrank in the second quarter, having flatlined in the first, despite continued German growth which economists said could soon be snuffed out.

StanChart sees profit growth dipping below 10pc

28 Jun 2012

Standard Chartered Bank expects first-half revenue and pre-tax profit growth to drop below 10 per cent from a year ago as regional currencies weaken against the US dollar and key economies slow...

Exchange remains vibrant

15 Jun 2012

Billed as the 'most successful growth market in the world', the London-based Alternative Investment Market (AIM) watched as more than a third of the companies on the index disappeared when the...

Opinion

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Property agents and customers need time to adjust to using 'saleable area'

I refer to the letter by Robert Karlson ('Simple plea for agents to be honest', May 28) and the article ('Flaw space', May 30).

The Estate Agents Authority is a statutory body set...

Agents make killing on 'haunted houses'

The reputation of estate agents will not be improved by their latest marketing ploy - listing so-called 'haunted houses' for sale or rent because the occupants have died.

The property...

Virtual middlemen flourish in Britain

A new breed of discount property brokers, 'virtual agents', is appearing in Britain.

These online estate agencies offer to market homes at one-tenth of the price of traditional...

Keeping the property market clean

At the start of 1999, a licensing regime for the estate agency trade came into effect.

DATA PROTECTION

The government is acting to make sure homebuyers or sellers who give their contact details to property agents do not receive endless phone calls from agents they don't know.

Hong Kong owners reap British rental rewards

If Britain has entered an age of austerity, London's landlords may want more of it, since rents in the capital are at record highs. And among the beneficiaries of those rents are Hong Kong...