Is this a surprise? And is it anything to worry about? It would be surprising, I’d say, if growth did not continue to stutter. Inflation’s increasing, Omicron’s soaring, bits of lockdown are reappearing and, guess what, Brexit may not have been great for business. If you’re an investor, however, and we’ve been doing a good job for you, you won’t have more than a few of your eggs in the UK Boris Basket, and if some of your eggs are green, you’re investing in the future. And ‘O’ means interest rates aren’t going up in a hurry. So, to paraphrase another, rather different Tory PM, there really are no alternatives.
“Marks & Spencer profits plunge as clothing sales continue to fall”
So profits are down at M&S. Not really a surprise, I, like many, buy the occasional chicken Kiev but haven’t found anything I’d wear, even in private, for a long time. However, most of us running our own businesses would say, stop moaning, at least you’re making a...