In light of the Covid-19 Coronavirus outbreak, we have a well established continuity plan to ensure that there is minimal disruption to the service we provide to our clients. Bluecoat already has a well established remote working system, and we will continue to deliver the service which our clients have always enjoyed. However, we will not be conducting face to face meetings, as a preventative measure to ensure the health and safety of our clients and the Bluecoat team. ​ Blu

The headlines are shouting at investors this week as markets have become volatile due to the uncertainty surrounding the Corona virus. So how should investors think and react to headlines about “the biggest ever points fall in the Dow Jones” or “trillions being wiped off world stock markets”? First, we need to put the headlines and noise into context. · It looks as though the global economy will enter a technical recession. It was always going to at some point as economies ar

National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has announced interest rate cuts to most of its products. If NS&I did not exist, it is hard to imagine that it would be invented now. Once upon a time, it was a useful way for the government to raise cheap money from the general public, whereas today it is exactly the opposite. If HM Treasury needs to borrow – as it always does – it can raise billions by selling government bonds (gilts) to institutional investors at an interest rate of un