Simon English

Financial Editor

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.... MORE

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Simon English is the Financial Editor at The Standard. He has been covering business, the City and Wall Street for 30 years including at The Times, The Telegraph and The Sun. He has worked in New York and the Cayman Islands.

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Business

Quick steps to help the City and the Treasury

City Comment: Labour should go for it

5 Jul 2024
<p>Starmer: ahead with investors</p>
Business

Labour more trusted than Tories on economy, business and stock market

Conservative attacks on Labour’s approach to the economy appear to have failed with Sir Keir Starmer’s party leading the Tories by 13 points in the key electoral battleground of the economy.

1 Jul 2024
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Business

Do we really want a Shein IPO?

City comment: Listing rules are there for a reason and should not be bent for anyone

28 Jun 2024
<p>Keir Starmer with Kevin Craig</p>
Business

The election betting 'scandal' makes no sense to the City

City Comment: Kevin Craig was foolish rather than crooked

26 Jun 2024
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Business

Archie Norman is right -- time to unleash our pension funds

City Comment: Pensions avoiding the stock market are starving the economy of capital

14 Jun 2024
<p>Nationwide Building Society is planning to take over smaller rival Virgin Money (Mike Egerton/PA)</p>
Business

Virgin Money profits edge up ahead of Nationwide deal

Nationwide members to the competition watchdog in bid to stop deal

13 Jun 2024
<p>Corbyn: Now running as an independent</p>
UK

It’s not cricket – trees for axe are Islington election battleground

Jeremy Corbyn is running as an independent against Labour Party choice Praful Nargund

8 Jun 2024
<p>Jeremy Clarkson has worked wonders for the reputation of farmers</p>
Business

The City needs its own Clarkson's Farm

City Comment: The derivatives market helps farmers

7 Jun 2024
<p>Ocado boss Tim Steiner -- never knowingly underpaid</p>
Business

CEOs paid too little? That sounds a bit rich

City Comment: More of our executives would go to the US if they were truly underpaid

5 Jun 2024
<p>The FTSE 100 finished 8 points lower at the close (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)</p>
Business

John D Rockefeller would have liked the UK stock market

City Comment: London shares are good payers of dividends

3 Jun 2024
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Business

Brits still pampering their pets, but Covid sales boom is over

Business thinks it will cope with watchdog probe into vet prices

29 May 2024
<p>Marks & Spencer has declared the group is in its strongest financial health for nearly 30 years as a turnaround pays off with a 58% surge in profits and buoyant sales across its food halls and clothing arm (PA)</p>
Business

M&S to invest £30 million in London store estate and boost jobs

Retailers confidence grows after customers return

28 May 2024