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Morgan Stanley casts cloud over Thomas Cook and Tui

2009-11-20T08:51:46Z

Shares of the UK�s two biggest package holiday operators were among the heaviest blue-chip fallers today after one broker decided that their outlook was far from sunny

Enterprise Inns boss worries that UK has �too many pubs�

2009-11-17T08:22:34Z

Enterprise Inns� chief executive Ted Tuppen said today that �there are too many pubs in this country�

Sir Win�s buying spree has City guessing about Lloyds

2009-11-17T13:05:04Z

Does Lloyds Banking Group chairman Sir Win Bischoff know something the rest of us do not?

Whitney is �ber-bearish as shares rise around the world

2009-11-17T08:52:06Z

Share prices on both sides of the Pond are trading at their best levels in more than a year, so stock market investors could be forgiven for thinking the worst of the global recession and banking meltdown is over

Pub giants cheered as OFT refuses to probe beer tie

2009-10-22T07:23:29Z

Shares in Britain�s sprawling pub giants surged today after the Office of Fair Trading refused to launch a new investigation into the so-called beer tie

Burberry bounce for Footsie as boss says luxury goods �can only get better�

2009-09-23T07:54:17Z

Forget the pinstripes, checks are all the rage in the City. Burberry shares shot up more than 7%, taking the fashion group to the top of the leaderboard at its new home in the FTSE 100 Index

Resurgent pubs leave the bears nursing a hangover

2009-08-26T12:53:54Z

The smell of burnt fingers wafted through the City today as the bears dumped their rapidly-rising pub stocks

Brokers calling time on pubs but Footsie�s party goes on

2009-08-13T08:09:08Z

Goldman Sachs employees may celebrate their bonus achievements in champagne these days, but they still remember when it was down to the local for a good, old-fashioned pint. Not anymore, it seems

Banks rally although bad times are round the corner

2009-07-31T08:09:04Z

Banks will be back in the spotlight next week when they report second-quarter profits. But if the pin-stripes in the boardroom were expected to suffer from a touch of nerves, they were not showing it

Heritage Oil on a rocky ride in fundraising to buy Genel

2009-06-15T08:21:06Z

Shares of Heritage Oil hit a low for the day of 510p before rebounding with a rise of 26�p to 532p after announcing plans to raise up to �137 million to help finance the proposed acquisition of Genel Energy International

Pub closures speed up despite 'green shoots'

2009-06-12T12:22:27Z

The pace of pub closures is speeding up despite growing signs that the recession could be over

Divi cuts should not be an option

2009-05-28T08:11:48Z

Last time we were in recession in the Nineties, boards were so scared of the likely reaction of institutional investors if they suggested a dividend cut that they continued paying, even when the profits were not there, by dipping into reserves accumulated in the earlier good times

Rio Tinto plummets as it counts cost of fund-raising

2009-04-15T08:40:09Z

Who said money was cheap? Shares in Rio Tinto tumbled 114p to 2386p � making it one of the biggest blue-chip fallers � after it discovered the real cost to its coffers of raising extra funds

Bears feel the squeeze as positive view holds sway

2009-03-13T09:19:20Z

The decision of stock-market investors to take a more upbeat view of prospects this week appears to have met with some success

RBS leads banks' upward charge despite that big loss

2009-02-26T14:39:33Z

Caz warns cut in divi and funds chase key for HSBC

2009-02-13T09:20:04Z

HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, will have to halve its dividend and turn to the City for extra funds if it wants to prosper once the global economy emerges the other side of the recession.

Market report: Morgan takes a negative view of property giants

2008-12-10T10:37:40Z

It's not just homeowners who are facing up to the prospect of negative equity

Praise for pubs from Enterprise

2008-11-18T14:45:01Z

Leisure: Enterprise Inns, Britain's biggest pubs group applauded its licensees for battling through a tough year.

Publicans are ready to throw their bosses out

2008-10-29T12:31:15Z

Analysis: The pubs that remain central to the nation's cultural identity are closing at a rate of five a day, and landlords think they know who is to blame

Market report: Ferrexpo at record low after big holder sells off

2008-10-06T11:22:43Z

It's not just the penniless that are getting clobbered by the growing global financial crisis. Ukrainian billionaires are also feeling the heat

Enterprise lift as it battles on

2008-09-30T13:00:38Z

Leisure: Enterprise Inns shares got a welcome lift after it reassured the market with a fairly upbeat trading statement

Market report: Spending chill relegates Carphone, pubs and ITV

2008-09-10T08:07:54Z

The dramatic drop-off in consumer spending, brought about by soaring inflation and economic slowdown, is clearly apparent in the latest Footsie 100 index quarterly review, which will be finalised at the close of business tonight

Market report: Footsie surges as banks perk up on rescue in US

2008-09-08T08:54:53Z

It was inevitable the financial sector would lead the charge on the stock market today, in response to the US Government�s decision to rescue mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a cash injection in excess of �100 million

Market report: Demand for equities �at six-year low and falling�

2008-09-02T08:11:34Z

It's not just the pound that is feeling the heat from the credit crunch and looming recession, the stock market, in case you hadn�t already noticed, is also suffering

Market report: Consumer firms hit by spending cutbacks

2008-08-27T08:11:23Z

Ill-effects of the credit squeeze are starting be felt by consumer-related companies as investors fret about the shrinking amounts of cash in our pockets and purses.

Bank�s gloom taking a toll on the big retailers

2008-08-13T08:33:33Z

Enterprise Inns boss slams stores over cut-price booze

2008-07-22T08:56:38Z

Britain's biggest pub landlord today launched a scathing attack on irresponsible supermarkets for selling cut-price alcohol, and called on the Government to intervene

Vince calls time on pub giants' raid on takings

2008-06-24T10:05:42Z

Vince Power used to be called The Godfather of Gigs, and his enemy was boring music. As founder of Mean Fiddler, he promoted The Pogues and Billy Bragg back when no one else would, going on to build a £60 million empire that he has since sold.

Shareholders toast 12% divi increase by Enterprise Inns

2008-05-13T09:37:22Z

Britain's biggest pubs group emerged from on-trade industry turmoil by limiting its profit fall

Body blow for M&B as Punch walks away from merger

2008-03-28T11:27:30Z

Mitchells & Butlers has been stood-up by Punch Taverns