This week’s Top 10 stories: Brexit, BHS and big sheds
What’s that you say? Another week of political turmoil? It now seems more surprising when there isn’t a crisis in the Westminster village, than when there is.
This week’s stop story was our breaking news that the Bank of England rejected a move to cut interest rates from 0.5% to 0.25% in an attempt to stimulate the economy following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The story left governor Mark Carney looking a bit daft after a series of interviews in which he hinted that a rate cut this week was likely. We get the feeling this one will run and run, so stay tuned…
The spectre of BHS continues to cast a dark shadow across East Midlands firms and our second most popular story this week told the tale of how a bad debt from the retail giant brought down Leicester clothing manufacturer Patchez. More, sadly, are sure to follow.
Northants MP Andrea Leadsom’s bid for Tory leader hit the buffers this week after she received huge criticism after telling a national newspaper that she was more suited to be PM than Theresa May because she’d had kids. Well, we all know what happened… and our breaking news story on Leadsom’s resignation from the leadership race was this week’s third most-read and put May in Number 10.
Who knows what next week will bring? Stay with us to find out.
This week’s Top 10 stories
1. Bank of England responds to Brexit turmoil
2. Leicester clothing firm brought down by BHS debt
3. Leadsom quits Conservative leadership race
4. Future of 9,000 jobs set to be decided at Magna Park showdown
5. University gets nod for 74,000 sq ft teaching block
6. Former nightclub to be turned into flats
7. Unilever chooses Derby for UK customer services centre
8. Notts-made chimneys set for world’s largest indoor theme park
