Investment Week (September 5)
The bad news in the UK is that the majority of “firms (55%) are holding off on investment decisions until after the Autumn Budget—set for 26th November.” The good news is that 43% of those businesses “are expecting to increase investment as a result.” The Barclays’ Business Prosperity index expects investment “to grow by 5.5% over the next 12 months, with 89% of businesses remaining confident in their own prosperity.”
Tags: Autumn Budget, Barclays, Business Prosperity index, Businesses, Confident, Firms, Grow, Holding off, Increase, Investment decisions, Prosperity, UK
Financial Times (June 7)
“’Shock revelation. Investors do read annual reports and base their investment decisions on what they find there,’ was the gist of a dismal report by the Financial Reporting Council last week into the quality of accounts of small public companies.” The report found that many companies did not, but really ought to, sufficiently prioritize their annual reports. “The FRC is right. Informative and comprehensive explanations of how the corporate year has shaped up are critical to keeping investors onside.”
Tags: Annual reports, Comprehensive, Explanations, FRC, Informative, Investment decisions, Investors
