Jamie Young, Author at Save Smartly

City stalwart Schroders to be sold to US rival in £9.9bn deal

Jamie YoungFebruary 12, 2026

Blue-blooded fund manager Schroders is set to be sold to American rival Nuveen in a £9.9bn deal that will end more than two centuries of independence and deliver another setback to the London Stock Exchange. Nuveen, part of the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA), has agreed to acquire Schroders for 612p per […]

New guidance aims to help small business owners cope with mental strain of late payments

Jamie YoungFebruary 6, 2026

Small business owners struggling with the stress caused by late or unpaid invoices have been offered new support, as fresh guidance is launched to address the mental health impact of cashflow pressure. Timed to coincide with Time to Talk Day, the Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC) has published new online guidance designed to […]

Pound hits four-year high against dollar, prompting calls to ‘buy now’

Jamie YoungJanuary 28, 2026

Sterling has surged to $1.38 against the US dollar, its strongest level since October 2021, as a combination of US economic disruption, shifting interest rate expectations and geopolitical uncertainty weakens the greenback. Currency analysts said the move has been driven more by dollar softness than by a sudden strengthening of the pound, creating what some […]

Amazon tests Coventry warehouse staff for tuberculosis after outbreak

Jamie YoungJanuary 18, 2026

Amazon is carrying out tuberculosis (TB) testing at its Coventry fulfilment centre after a small number of workers were found to have the infectious lung disease. The company confirmed that screening is taking place as a precaution, following the identification of several cases at the site, which employs around 2,000 people, according to the GMB […]

Starmer condemns Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as ‘completely wrong’

Jamie YoungJanuary 18, 2026

Sir Keir Starmer has condemned Donald Trump’s threat to impose sweeping tariffs on the UK and other European allies over Greenland, calling the move “completely wrong” and warning it undermines Nato unity. The intervention follows a statement by Donald Trump, who said the United States would introduce a 10 per cent tariff on goods from […]

Rachel Reeves’s £22bn fiscal buffer under threat from U-turns and lower migration

Jamie YoungJanuary 15, 2026

Rachel Reeves’s carefully constructed £22 billion fiscal buffer could be eroded by as much as £14 billion as a result of policy U-turns and a sharper-than-expected fall in net migration, raising fresh questions about the durability of the chancellor’s budget strategy. Markets initially welcomed Reeves’s November budget, which more than doubled the government’s fiscal headroom […]

Business costs near tipping point as manufacturers warn investment is at risk

Jamie YoungJanuary 12, 2026

Rising costs are pushing UK manufacturers dangerously close to an investment tipping point, with businesses warning that planned spending could be cancelled or moved overseas unless pressures ease. A new survey by Make UK, the manufacturing trade body, found that almost nine in ten industry leaders expect employment costs to rise this year, while two […]

Ofcom demands answers from X over claims Grok AI generates sexualised images of children

Jamie YoungJanuary 6, 2026

UK media regulator Ofcom has made “urgent contact” with xAI, the artificial intelligence business owned by Elon Musk, following reports that its Grok chatbot can be used to generate sexualised images of children and non-consensual explicit images of women. The intervention follows widespread concern over Grok’s image-generation capabilities on X, where users have posted examples […]

Steven Bartlett to launch new tech news website as media ambitions grow

Jamie YoungDecember 1, 2025

Entrepreneur and Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett is preparing to launch a new tech news website later this month, as he expands his fast-growing media and business empire. The publication, reportedly called Founded, will cover the technology and start-up landscape across the UK and US, according to City AM. Bartlett is understood to be hiring […]

FCA to regulate ESG ratings providers amid transparency and conflict-of-interest concerns

Jamie YoungDecember 1, 2025

The UK’s financial watchdog is preparing to bring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings agencies under formal regulation for the first time, in what is being described as the most sweeping overhaul of sustainable finance rules in the country’s history. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation setting out plans to police the […]

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City stalwart Schroders to be sold to US rival in £9.9bn deal

New guidance aims to help small business owners cope with mental strain of late payments

Pound hits four-year high against dollar, prompting calls to ‘buy now’

Amazon tests Coventry warehouse staff for tuberculosis after outbreak

Starmer condemns Trump’s Greenland tariff threat as ‘completely wrong’

Rachel Reeves’s £22bn fiscal buffer under threat from U-turns and lower migration

Business costs near tipping point as manufacturers warn investment is at risk

Ofcom demands answers from X over claims Grok AI generates sexualised images of children

Steven Bartlett to launch new tech news website as media ambitions grow

FCA to regulate ESG ratings providers amid transparency and conflict-of-interest concerns

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