Author: CapitalGainsFund

Sep 22

Bumper tax revenues resulted in UK public borrowing lower than expected in August

The government’s borrowing bill was lower than expected last month as falling inflation and bumper tax revenues helped improve public finances. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that monthly public sector borrowing in August was £11.6 billion, below the £13 billion forecast by the government’s fiscal watchdog and just above the £11.1 billion […]
Sep 22

15 years since the Prompt Payment Code was introduced, has it prompted faster payments?

The Prompt Payment Code (PPC) was introduced to the UK in December 2008 as a voluntary code of practice, administered by the Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC), on behalf of Department for Business and Trade (DBT). As Pat Bermingham, CEO, Adflex explains it set standards for good payment practices between UK-based organisations and their […]
Sep 22

Pipestone Rebuts Latest Misleading, False and Incoherent Arguments From Gmt’s Tom Claugus

This section is Partnership Content supplied The content in this section is supplied by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of distributing press releases on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by GlobeNewswire Breadcrumb Trail Links GlobeNewswire Voting QR code Pipestone Energy Corp. GNW Article content Pipestone’s extensive 18-month strategic review process considered […]
Sep 22

Global Funds Double Sales of Japanese Stocks to Most Since 2019

Article content (Bloomberg) — Foreign investors sold the most Japanese equities since March 2019 last week as the Topix index reached a fresh multi-decade high.  They offloaded a net ¥1.58 trillion ($10.7 billion) of stocks, almost double the amount the previous week, data from the Ministry of Finance showed. Article content “Investors who bought Japanese […]