UK tech takeover targets, a weakening labour market and the winter fuel payment u-turn
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In this week’s episode of the AJ Bell Money and Markets podcast, Charlene Young and Danni Hewson unpack the latest UK jobs and retail sales figures [1:45 ]. Tom Sieber joins the show to discuss the growing trend of companies leaving the London stock market, and what can be learned from the takeover of Alphawave [12:50 ]. Other big corporate stories include the resignation of WPP’s boss, M&S taking online orders again and the split of Warner Bros and Discovery [21:25 ]. Talking break ups, we’ve got the latest on the spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Charlene looks at the detail behind the government’s announcement that 9 million pensioners will get the winter fuel payment this year [30:00 ] and what it might mean for future tax policy. The FCA has led an international effort to crackdown on unregulated financial influencers. [37:30 ]
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