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Editorial
Retirement Planning – Tips to Manage Your Retirement Savings
June 29, 2020 10:02 PM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyA demographic trend of continuously increasing ageing population has been observed across the globe with medical advancement, progress in a healthy lifestyle, lower death rates and higher life expectancy. For the working class, the need for social .....
The Price and Trade Volatility of Important Commodities Amid Corona Crises
June 28, 2020 11:40 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic led to a massive disruption of international trade. During the first quarter of 2020 exports of G20 countries fell by as much as 4.3 per cent compared to that of the fourth quarter of 2019, while imports.....
Income Generation from The Stock Markets: Tips for The Beginners
June 28, 2020 11:20 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaMost people strive to achieve a financially independent status in today’s world. With rising incomes, smarter savings and smarter living strategies, people tend to achieve this status as early as possible. Being financially independent allows.....
What Benefits Would The UK VAT Cut Bring?
June 27, 2020 10:20 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe UK Government is contemplating over introduction of a temporary reduction in the prevalent rates of Value Added Taxes (VAT) across the nation. It is expected to be announced by early July this year. This could stimulate consumer demand .....
Global Loans Unmanageable; High British Debt Could Trigger Another Financial Crisis
June 27, 2020 08:55 AM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyAccording to the IMF’s (International Monetary Fund) latest global financial stability update, released on June 25, the heaps of corporate debt piling up globally can easily trigger business meltdowns across nations. These deadly loans .....
UK Retailers Witness Surge in Sales Amid the Lockdown
June 27, 2020 08:49 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyWhile other sectors were witnessing layoffs and many employees were being furloughed or being asked to volunteer for the job retention schemes announced by the British government, the British retailers went on a hiring spree. Tesco, the market lead.....
Aldersgate Group Lobbying To Include Climate Change In Trade Talks
June 27, 2020 08:46 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Aldersgate Group, a leading climate change advocacy organization in the United Kingdom, is trying to persuade the British government to make climate change a central theme in every trade negotiation it enters into. The executive director of the.....
IHS Markit/ CIPS Flash Data indicates Manufacturing Heading Towards Sharp Turnaround
June 26, 2020 04:28 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIt may just be the biggest positive news to be hitting the stands in the United Kingdom this corona season. The Flash UK Manufacturing PMI for the month of June 2020 published on 23 June 2020 has shown that manufacturing activity in the count.....
IMF Lowers Its Global Growth Forecast; Reuters Says UK’s GDP To Shrink Sharply In Q2
June 25, 2020 10:30 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update for June 2020 on 24 June. It predicted that the global economic growth for the year 2020 will be minus 4.9 percent, worse by 1.9 percent as compared to its own f.....
UK Government Sets Out Rules for The Third Phase of Reopening
June 25, 2020 10:10 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe government of the United Kingdom is all set to initiate the third phase of the reopening of the lockdown on the 4th of July, nearly two months after the first phase and over a month of the second. The concern of the government that there could .....
P2P Lenders Draw A Parallel Banking Industry Amid Covid-19 Crisis
June 25, 2020 08:17 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOne of the oldest P2P (peer-to-peer) lenders, Zopa Group was recently granted a full banking license by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The Fintech Group would be marketing its banking products and services through its digital pla.....
UK’s Social Distancing Norms Get Relaxation; Hospitality Sector to Reopen from July 4
June 24, 2020 11:28 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAddressing the Parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, announced that the operations of various businesses would resume from July 4 in further lockdown easing, considering the new social distancing measures that need to.....
Factory Output in UK Record Fastest Rate of Fall During the Lockdown
June 24, 2020 08:52 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe lockdown period from March to May of this year was one of the worst periods recorded in the history of the manufacturing industries in the United Kingdom, and the situation has also not improved much after it was reopened. The Chamber of Britis.....
Government Borrowings At An All-Time High, To Touch Five Times Its Last Year Value During Current Fiscal
June 24, 2020 08:11 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe total British Government debt reached an enormous figure of £1.95 trillion at the end of May 2020, which is more than the country’s economic output, at a value of 100.9 percent of its GDP, as the country completed its second.....
Work from Home Becoming the New Norm for More Than Half of Britons
June 23, 2020 11:10 PM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe outbreak of the coronavirus has brought about some dramatic changes to the way we live and work. While going out has become riskier than ever, people are now devising ways and means to continue their level of engagement with their workplaces wh.....
Slow Pace Of Economic Recovery To Put Extra Debt Burden On British Exchequer
June 23, 2020 03:55 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe pace at which the UK economy is picking up requires the exchequer to extend stimulus longer than anticipated. The opening up of the economy in the first half of May this year has not been accepted by the people very enthusiastically, and the co.....
New Rules To Protect Critical Public Health Firms From Foreign Takeovers
June 22, 2020 11:00 PM AEST| By Hina ChowdharyThe UK Government has come out with new legislation that will safeguard key health care businesses from foreign acquisitions. The critical healthcare firms in the pharma and medical technology domains, who are struggling to weather the eco.....
Delivery Logistics Firms In The UK Make A Killing This Corona Season
June 22, 2020 10:45 PM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe months of April and May 2020 were the golden period for the sales of online retail firms. Most citizens were forced to stay at their homes due to the strict implementation of the lockdown in the UK during this period. They had nowhere else to g.....
Retail Sales in The UK Makes Strong Recovery Amidst Sharp Rise in Public Debt Levels
June 22, 2020 10:30 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe average British consumer is among the very relieved lot as the lockdown got relaxed in the first week of May if the retail sales data coming in since then is to be believed. The outbreak of the pandemic, the lockdown, and the continuing scare o.....
IMF May Slash Its Global Economic Forecast Further
June 21, 2020 03:21 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIt is probably for the first time that national economies across all the seven continents are undergoing a downturn, due to the widespread impact of the corona led pandemic. Many countries went into lockdown, one after the other, beginning .....
AI on the Rise: A Look at Top AI Companies and Their Stocks