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Britain’s economy shrank by 2.6% in November, the first monthly fall in output since the depths of an initial COVID lockdown in April, as new restrictions were imposed on much of the country to slow the spread of the disease.

The fall in gross domestic product reported by the Office for National Statistics was much lower than the average forecast for a 5.7% drop in a Reuters poll of economists.

https://www.reuters.com/article/ukDomestic/idUSKBN29K0NH?il=0

Bill Brodie Good
“The Company is extremely pleased that we can announce the commencement of this program as it will add invaluable overall new interpretation to the entire project area and allow us to incorporate
various historic results with this new data.We are delighted to get this work underway at this time so over the coming weeks while field work is much more limited due to the cyclone season in the region the team can keep working in the
background.
Once we have the results and interpretations we can start developing priority targets to follow up in the field alongside the already planned trenching within the Mining Licence.

zombie' companies are less likely to bounce back at the moment their industry is up and running again. These firms might have complicated business models, carry a lot of debt, or have a history of mistakes.

Mr Moore says Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, BT, and Royal Dutch Shell could all be zombie stocks. He says after a series of setbacks since the last financial crisis, the big banks still need to better reduce costs and strengthen online security before they'd be a safe bet.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/guides/article-9139783/Stocks-avoid-like-plague-2021-poised-bounce-right-back.html

goldman sachs gives IAG buy rating

House price inflation hits four-and-a-half year high at end of 2020
Key points for Q4 2020:
? Prices up 7.0% compared to a year earlier
? Cumulative price gain over past six months at
6.0%
? South West and West Midlands record sharpest
inflation rates
? Affordability constraints tighten across several
regions during fourth quarter

“Driven by both the temporary stamp duty holiday and the emerging structural shifts in preferences amongst buyers for more space and reduced urban living, typical UK house prices have risen by 6.0% in just six months. In cash terms that equates to over £14,000. Gains are widespread across the UK, although most notably in the past three months the south of England has enjoyed some especially notable gains.

“However, with the ending of the stamp duty holiday and scaling back of Help to Buy at the end of March, plus the ongoing macroeconomic challenges related to dealing with the pandemic, it’s unlikely that such positive market momentum can be sustained for too much longer.”

A limited-edition run
Inspired by the airline’s retro liveried BOAC Boeing 747, British Airways has now partnered with Globe-Trotter to launch a limited edition range of luggage. The suitcases, hand made in England, are white, with the golden Speedbird emblem on the front. Inside they are decorated with a Boeing 747 print.

https://simpleflying.com/british-airways-boeing-747-suitcases/amp/

Good communications well done bill, looking good 2021

Results back from the airborne geophysical survey if they are good set of results then we're guaranteed some movement north in share price , this and the drilling results are hard facts rather than Northstar guessing with his charts

Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Monday told MPs Brexit will help “reinforce the UK’s position as a globally pre-eminent financial centre”, in spite of what threatens to be a protracted regulatory stand-off with Brussels.

Government officials admit they do not expect the EU to make life easy for the City in the coming months, and debate is accelerating in the industry and among policymakers on how to reshape Europe’s biggest financial hub.

The EU has refused to grant “equivalence” rulings to most sectors of Britain’s financial services industry — a designation that recognises the quality of UK regulations and aids cross-border sales.
Although the EU and UK agreed in the Brexit trade deal to draw up a memorandum of understanding by March on regulatory co-operation, that does not guarantee Brussels will issue equivalence rulings.

One ally of Boris Johnson, the UK’s prime minister, said the EU had been “playing games” on the issue in an attempt to lure more jobs from the City of London to financial centres on the continent including Paris and Amsterdam.

On the question of when Brussels might certify British regulations as equivalent to its own, the ally said: “It would be wrong to assume that it’s guaranteed or that it will happen on a prescribed timetable”.

Mr Sunak told MPs in the House of Commons that the conclusion of the Brexit process would now allow Britain to “start doing things differently and better” in terms of regulation.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.com/content/cdaf23c7-3223-4a68-8ab8-9f1622b560e1

LONDON — Goldman Sachs has backed Britain's FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX to outperform in a resurgent year for European equities.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/01/12/goldman-sachs-backs-two-unloved-european-indexes-to-outperform-in-2021.html

DR
""nobody on here knows 100% if the price will go up or down""

The share price has gone from 156 to 158 this stock is a buy and hold shouldn't try and put people off , I hope A.Cooldude brought in after your little spill

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that Britain’s economy was facing its “darkest hour”, and played down suggestions that cutting interest rates below zero would be a straightforward way to boost growth.

https://www.reuters.com/article/ukDomestic/idUSKBN29H104?il=0

We will keep working with governments, industry partners and regional authorities to help build these plans – and we will keep listening to our colleagues, customers and communities to hear and better understand how we can play our part in helping Britain recover.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/insights/2020--a-year-that-changed-the-world.html

U.S. money markets, investors are starting to ramp up expectations for a rise in U.S. interest rates

I'm thinking Lloyds will pay dividends this year as they appear well capitalised and resilient to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Lloyds made 1bn pre-tax profit in Q3, with record high mortgage approvals growing its open mortgage book by 3.5 billion to 270.6 billion

Lloyds 80p 2021

DYOR

BoE's Bailey neg rates are a controversial issue

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic had left Britain’s economy in a very difficult period that will delay its eventual recovery.

“(We’re) in a very difficult period at the moment and there’s no question that it’s going to delay, probably, the trajectory,”

https://www.reuters.com/article/ukDomestic/idUSKBN29H104?il=0

The UK economy had a bigger hit than average from Covid with a fall in GDP in 2020 estimated at 11.4%, though some of the impact reflects the way in which our statisticians measure the public sector. Partly because of the greater measured fall and partly because of the high propensity to consume in the UK, we expect that spending boosted by the £200 billion of savings built up during the pandemic could lead to growth around 8% in 2021. We have tracked UK economic history back to 1930 and the only years recording comparable or higher growth were 1915 (8.0%); 1927 (8.1%); 1940 (10.0%) and 1941(9.1%). Three of these were in the exceptional conditions of wartime, the other registered the recovery from 1926’s General Strike. Growth at this pace will probably prove inflationary, even though it leaves GDP for the year lower than in 2019.

https://cebr.com/reports/the-world-economy-recovering-at-its-fastest-rate-since-1976-the-uk-since-1941-tourism-hospitality-tech-and-pharma-to-come-roaring-back-in-the-second-half-of-the-year-but-watch-out-for-inflation/

SW
Lloyds: Underpriced Despite Signs Of Nascent Recovery

https://www.google.com/amp/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4398110-lloyds-underpriced-despite-signs-of-nascent-recovery

looking good for Lloyd investors as vaccinations spread much of the world will start to return to normal. the UK will have a financial services trade deal agreed and a GDP of 8 % in 2021

Lloyd 80p in 2021

DYOR