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The falls for banks and other parts of the financial services sector suggests that nerves remain over what deal will be struck in 2021 when it comes to financial services and indeed services overall, which provides a far greater percentage of UK GDP and the Government’s tax take than fishing or manufacturing

Under a system known as equivalence, access to EU markets will not be granted to banks, insurers and other financial firms based in Britain

https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN2910AW

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Halifax reveals 2020’s house price winners

Islington in London celebrates average house price increase of £85,918 – biggest in UK

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2020/halifax/halifax-reveals-2020-s-house-price-winners.html?optoutmulti=0:0|c1:1|c3:0|c5:0|c4:0|c2:0&optmessage=1

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buy the dip

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Good morning falklandinvestor
"That is not good news for the City - London"

Just reading up and boris is saying the deal dose not go as far as he would like and rishi sunak insisted the deal would be a boon for the financial sector.

European shares gained today UK/EU trade deal plus US stimulus package boosting investor's sentiment

From Jan. 1, British-based financial services groups lose automatic access to the EU's single market, and both sides have said new market access must be negotiated outside the trade agreement in specific equivalence deals.

Under a system known as equivalence, access to EU markets will not be granted to banks, insurers and other financial firms based in Britain

https://www.google.com/amp/s/uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKKBN2910AW

5 months time this will be back 270 UK is the 5th biggest economy the overseas investment back in the UK will be massive

Brexit deal and Covid vaccines 'to deliver £145billion boost to London stock markets

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9089679/amp/Brexit-deal-Covid-vaccines-deliver-145billion-boost-London-stock-markets.html

Britain’s economy will outperform European rivals such as France over the next 15 years, according to morale-boosting forecasts published in the wake of the Government's Brexit trade deal with Brussels. A new ranking shows the UK remaining the world’s 5th biggest economy next year. From 2025 it slips one place, but still performs better than many peer western economies. The UK’s economy will be 23pc larger than that of France by 2035, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicts. - Sunday Telegraph

'I would invest in International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) – British Airways in old money. This share, listed in London, should be a reasonably straightforward way to double your money in 2021.

'Why? Well, there is massive pent-up demand for holidays while IAG shares are an obvious target for investors looking for a brighter 2021 and who have a lot of cash to put into the market – be it retail investors, UK institutions, or global investors who are massively under-invested in Britain.

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-9089089/How-experts-invest-1-000-New-Year.html

Keith Skeoch will lead a review of banking regulations
He will revisit the stringent rules put in place to rein in banks after 2008 crisis
The review is also expected to form part of plans to boost the sector after Brexit

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9089321/Boost-smaller-banks-Treasury-names-Keith-Skeoch-major-review.html

British banks would have much more leeway, with potential dividend yields ranging from 1.6 per cent at Lloyds and 3.2 per cent at Barclays.

https://www.ft.com/content/fd5eb169-ca1c-43c1-b67e-cbc7ede9988a

Lloyds will be 40p at close tomorrow 12.30

The British Pound has strengthened in mid-week trade on news reports that the EU and UK were close to striking a post-Brexit trade deal.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.poundsterlinglive.com/gbp-live-today/14758-pound-to-euro-and-dollar-christmas-eve-deadline-brexit-talks/amp

Boris bounce Lloyds gets the Santa rally

Pound sterling rallies Lloyds is flying

If successful, WPP hopes it will achieve 3 to 4 per cent annual growth in revenue less pass-through costs from 2023, as well as double-digit headline EPS growth over the next three years. Mr Read could change investors’ perception of WPP as a sluggish beast still stuck in a declining traditional advertising sector, into a leader in smart, data-led marketing services. But a delayed response in a highly competitive arena means that this will be a difficult feat. Instead, we think the most likely beneficiaries from WPP’s new growth plan will be Aim investors with a hand in smaller, smarter firms.

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2020/12/21/how-wpp-s-new-strategy-could-boost-media-premiums/

Up she goes happy days

A family-owned reindeer visitor attraction has secured its future, thanks to a Bounce Back Loan from Bank of Scotland.

The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd looks after more than 150 free-range reindeer that live and roam across the Cairngorm Mountains and on the nearby Glenlivet Estate.

https://www.lloydsbankinggroup.com/media/press-releases/2020/bank-of-scotland/reindeer-set-for-stable-future-despite-christmas-shutdown-.html?optoutmulti=0:0|c1:1|c3:0|c5:0|c4:0|c2:0&optmessage=1

British businesses are creating a new trading footprint around the world, according to a new report, A New World for Global British Business, by Lloyds Bank and Aston Business School.

https://www.bbpmedia.co.uk/business-insights/professionalservices/british-businesses-redraw-global-trade-footprint.html