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After 2015’s slump in oil prices, African growth is surging back. The World Bank is expecting growth of 2.9% in sub-Saharan Africa this year.
On Tuesday 18 July, Mishcon de Reya played host to over 200 guests for British Council Africa and Invest Africa’s drinks to celebrate their new partnership.
On 8th June 2017, The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development delivered this Government’s third and mid-term budget as a continuation of its roadmap, with little change to economic policy.
The fight is on to attract business away from London. But what should banks be thinking about when deciding where to move?
Summer feels like it is already here. Given the upcoming electoral calendar the political temperature will also likely rise.
It might only be a procedural step but this week marked another important pre-Brexit negotiations milestone. The Council of Ministers’ General Affairs Council (GAC) formally approved its Brexit “negotiating directives”, the final procedural hurdle ahead of the start of negotiations proper.
The LIA v Société Générale & Ors proceedings, the trial of which was due to start on Tuesday 2 May following three years of litigation, have been settled between the LIA and SocGen on what would have been the second day of trial before oral hearings could take place.
Mrs May alone can explain her motivation for calling an early election. Rumours and speculation abound about her precise reasoning but a general consensus on her prime motivation seems to be: reinforcing her legitimacy to deliver Brexit.
This episode of the podcast supported by Mishcon de Reya features Mostafa Farahat, who created Nafham, a start-up in Egypt which provide students with online video lessons free of charge.
The UK has always had a love/hate relationship with France. But when it comes to May’s Brexit Britain, that distinguished honour might soon be usurped by Poland.
One thing we learnt from Brexit and Trump in 2016: corporations and investors would be wise to have a healthy dose of scepticsm when looking at pre-election polling statistics.
On 17 January 2017, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced her priorities for the government’s Brexit negotiations in her much-anticipated Lancaster House keynote speech.
