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  1. Cineworld Collapses, Announces Restructuring

    14 September 2022 Cineworld Collapses, Announces Restructuring

    Radegast / Shutterstock.com Cineworld Collapses, Announces Restructuring By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? After something of a slow-collapse, Cineworld plc, the world’s second largest cinema group, has finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. The...
  2. Aston Martin Rights Issue

    14 September 2022 Aston Martin Rights Issue

    pio3 / Shutterstock.com Aston Martin Rights Issue By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Last week, Aston Martin Lagonda, the publicly owned entity that manufactures James Bond’s favourite car, announced it will launch a rights issue to raise over £650m in cash to pay down its...
  3. Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Alternative Legal Services

    14 September 2022 Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Alternative Legal Services

    Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms Alternative Legal Services By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to our eleventh article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law firms. Last week, we looked at the encroachment of US law firms on the UK legal market...
  4. Jake Rickman

    Comment by 'Jake Rickman' in article 'Energy Price Hikes and Inflation Further Converge'

    Hi Dwight, Thanks for your comment. The distinction you're making is precisely the question ONS was trying to determine. I am not a statistician or an economist, but I suspect there are various assumptions behind treating it either as: decreases to bills; or increases to income. The ONS's...
  5. Revolut Under Regulatory Fire

    7 September 2022 Revolut Under Regulatory Fire

    Karolis Kavolelis / Shutterstock.com Revolut Under Regulatory Fire By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? As reported by the Financial Times, Europe’s second largest “fintech” company, Revolut, is facing pressure from UK regulators to substantially improve its accounting and...
  6. Asda Co-opts 132 Stores from Co-Op

    7 September 2022 Asda Co-opts 132 Stores from Co-Op

    Angelina Dimitrova / Shutterstock.com Asda Co-opts 132 Stores from Co-Op By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Last week, the global supermarket brand Asda announced it intends to buy 132 retail sites owned by Co-op in a transaction with a cash value of £438m. Nearly all the...
  7. Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - The American Threat Facing UK Firms

    7 September 2022 Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - The American Threat Facing UK Firms

    The Business of Law Firms - The American Threat Facing UK Firms By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? This marks our tenth article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law Firms. For the last nine articles, we have looked at the various financial metrics law firms use to...
  8. Future Viability of Nuclear Power

    31 August 2022 Future Viability of Nuclear Power

    Future Viability of Nuclear Power By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? From 2006 to 2020, the portion of power generated from nuclear power plants has decreased by 25%. However, there are signs this trend could reverse itself in the coming years, as France and Belgium both...
  9. Energy Price Hikes and Inflation Further Converge

    31 August 2022 Energy Price Hikes and Inflation Further Converge

    Energy Price Hikes and Inflation Further Converge By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? For the past several weeks, the themes of inflation and surging energy prices have featured quite prominently in TCLA commercial news topics. The latest forecast from the UK Office of...
  10. Criminal Bar Strikes

    31 August 2022 Criminal Bar Strikes

    Criminal Bar Strikes By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Criminal barristers in England and Wales are due to launch an indefinite strike beginning 5 September following a ballot that saw 79% of barristers represented by the Criminal Bar Association voting to approve the...
  11. The Annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

    24 August 2022 The Annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

    The Annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Beginning tomorrow, 25 August, central bankers from around the world will convene in a small mountain time in the US state of Wyoming in what is known as the annual Jackson Hole Economic...
  12. Taking the Texas Two Step a Step Further

    24 August 2022 Taking the Texas Two Step a Step Further

    Taking the Texas Two Step a Step Further By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? On Monday, the consumer health and pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) petitioned a New Jersey court to halt a claim brought by two other US states, New Mexico and Mississippi. The...
  13. Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Calculating Profit Per Equity Partner

    24 August 2022 Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Calculating Profit Per Equity Partner

    Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Calculating Profit Per Equity Partner By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to the ninth article in our series on the Business of Law Firms. Last week, we considered what exactly equity on an LLP (Limited Liability...
  14. China's central bank lowers interest rates

    17 August 2022 China's central bank lowers interest rates

    China's central bank lowers interest rates By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? In a reminder that not all national economies are under the same kinds of strain, China slashed its interest rate from 2.85% to 2.75% (or 10bps). This marks a further divergence in the economies...
  15. Soaring energy prices threaten Britain's economic future

    17 August 2022 Soaring energy prices threaten Britain's economic future

    Soaring energy prices threaten Britain's economic future By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Last week, a British research firm estimated that by next year, the average annual cost of energy for UK households could feasibly exceed £5,000. Another recent estimate places the...
  16. Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Making Sense of Equity on the Balance Sheet

    17 August 2022 Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Making Sense of Equity on the Balance Sheet

    Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Making Sense of Equity on the Balance Sheet By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? This is the eighth article in TCLA’s series on the Business of Law Firms. Last week, we looked at how a balance sheet can be used to measure a firm’s...
  17. Institutional Capital Flees Buyout Funds

    10 August 2022 Institutional Capital Flees Buyout Funds

    Institutional Capital Flees Buyout Funds By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? The Financial Times published an alarming article on Monday reporting on the record rate at which institutional investors such as pension and sovereign wealth funds have been exiting their position...
  18. Bank of England's Independence

    10 August 2022 Bank of England's Independence

    Bank of England's Independence By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Last week, Liz Truss, the current frontrunner in the Tory leadership bid to replace Boris Johnson as the nation’s prime minister, announced her intent to “review” the Bank of England’s “remit” should she win...
  19. Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Balance Sheet Liquidity

    10 August 2022 Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Balance Sheet Liquidity

    Mini Series: The Business of Law Firms - Balance Sheet Liquidity By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Welcome to the seventh article in our series on the Business of Law Firms. Last week, we looked at the purpose of the balance sheet, which is to give a sense of a...
  20. GSK and Pfizer List Haleon

    27 July 2022 GSK and Pfizer List Haleon

    GSK and Pfizer List Haleon By Jake Rickman What do you need to know this week? Last week marked the completion of one of the largest and most complex de-mergers in the history of the European public markets. Haleon plc, formerly a joint venture between two titans of the pharmaceutical and...

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