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.

Business

Battle for heart of the City: Bankers say LSEG is failing

Shake up needed at the heart of the City, say bankers

26 Jan 2024
Business

Maybe banking is harder than it looks

City Comment: Supermarkets tried and failed to disrupt the sector

18 Jan 2024
Business

Panmure ready to shake-up City after Liberum deal

City Comment: Panmure deal is good news for smaller firms in need of advice

16 Jan 2024
Business

Jobs market gloom could spell further disaster for Tories

City Comment: Gloomy news from the recruitment firms

15 Jan 2024
Business

Economy is going nowhere useful -- but that allows for mortgage cuts

City Comment: The economy and the voters are muddling through -- there are worse things

12 Jan 2024
Business

Restaurants and bars need a new 'Eat Out to Help Out'

City Comment: If you want a Christmas loser, the likely answer is the hospitality sector

11 Jan 2024
Business

Tesco ups profit guidance after strong Christmas

Tesco gets one over on arch rival Sainsbury

11 Jan 2024
Business

No wonder big companies don't want to list here

City Comment: Perhaps London shouldn’t go chasing every tech float going

5 Jan 2024
Business

Six must-have free bookmarks for the retail investor in 2024

Our guide to the best web tools for stock pickers

1 Jan 2024
FCA signage seen at their head offices in London
Business

Watchdog threatens crackdown on brokers 'double dipping' customer cash

Shares in big three brokers hit as pension funds and investment platform warned on fees and charges

12 Dec 2023
Business

Any fight over UK asset ownership was lost long ago

City Comment: If this were remotely a serious fight, we’d have got into it many years ago

5 Dec 2023
Business

Darling was better at his job and a better man than any of today's lot

City Comment: The former Chancellor was more than a “safe pair of hands”

1 Dec 2023