Commenting on data from the Office of National Statistics that showed CPI inflation rose from 9% to 9.1% in May, Kitty Ussher, Chief Economist at the Institute of Directors, commented: “This is a story that has little changed since April, with the recent rise in household energy and transport prices explaining most of the high rate of…
David Stringer-Lamarre, MD of FortisCL said “During the very engaging Reflections of The Lord Mayor event (first since Covid), held within the Guildhall in the City of London, it was a great pleasure to speak with the three ‘most recent’ Lord Mayors of London: Sir Charles Bowman 2017/18, Sir Peter Estlin 2018/19 and Sir William Russell 2019/21. “It was also excellent to catch…
House of Lords – Artificial Intelligence Update – London Tech Week – IoD London ERP/Digital group. David Stringer-Lamarre, MD of FortisCL, was very pleased to be the MC for an informative and engaging event on Artificial Intelligence led by Lord Tim Clement-Jones. A sell out audience heard the views of the speakers on a range of topics. Joel Singh, Chair of IoD…
Commenting on the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England to raise interest rates from 1% to 1.25%, Kitty Ussher, Chief Economist of the Institute of Directors, commented: “Our data shows that the high rate of inflation is of deep concern to our members, and is the main driver of pessimism…
David Stringer-Lamarre, MD of FortisCL was very pleased to attend The British Malaysian Society Islamic Finance seminar on Fintech and Sustainability at the PNB office in London. David said that the knowledgeable panel was skilfully moderated by Fara Mohammad. Panel members: Dato’ Faiz Azmi, Alastair King DL, Sabila Din, Sharjeel Ahmad A. Ahmed, Abdul Hasib Ishak, Shaykh Haytham Tamim, Prof Bill Russell and Dr Alija Avdukic. Image taken by Rie…
The May 2022 Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism in prospects for the UK economy, slid to its lowest level since October 2020 of -45, down from -36 in April. Of those that said they were pessimistic about the prospects for the UK economy, the overwhelmingly most frequent reason given for this…
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