Tag: UK Business
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UK home to 80% of top-earning European bankers
Figures showing more than 4,000 City financiers were paid more than €1m in 2015 come as UK prepares for Brexit talks
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Pokémon Go and no sign of stopping: Apple’s App Store sales boom
Purchases on its software platform made $8.6bn for the company last year, even as demand for the iPhone showed signs of easing
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Hard times for luxury Swiss watches as sales drop 10%
Swiss watch federation reports huge drop in exports to China as official crackdown on bribery makes it worst year for industry since 2009
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Gucci owner gets teeth into snakeskin market with python farm
Luxury group Kering says snakes will be raised in the ‘best conditions’ before they are turned into shoes, bags and belts
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: faces of the new ‘global citizen class’?
Research finds tens of thousands of ultra-rich individuals buying multiple homes in the planet’s most desirable locations
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Burberry sales leap 40% as weak pound draws overseas shoppers
Shoppers travel from all regions of the world to stock up on luxury goods as sterling’s fall makes money go further