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Welcome back to another episode of the Just Williams podcast. Today Abi Ostler is joined by Duncan Williams and John Newsome to discuss the things that are impacting on the investment market, both here and across the globe. The forthcoming budget dominates conversation, particularly because of the lack of wiggle room that appears to be available to the Chancellor Rachel Reeves. There is some discu...

Abi Ostler takes over hosting duties for this episode of the Just Williams podcast, and she welcomes colleagues Duncan Williams and Valerie Wade from the Williams Investment Management team. The global economic update this time cover the UK, the U.S, China and France and the market update focuses on AstraZeneca and speculation that they may be considering pulling out of the UK market, following a...

You will have to play out the sound of an appropriately sized fanfare in your head, to welcome the eightieth episode of the Just Williams podcast. Duncan is joined by John, and James to ponder the current state of both the UK and the French economies, the level of government spending (and debt) and why we might just be getting to the end game as far as national spending sprees are concerned. There...

There is a good chance you may be feeling those post-bank-holiday-blues this morning, so why don’t you put off real life for a bit and catch-up on the latest investment chat. Duncan Williams is back in the driving seat, and joined by relative newbie James Newsome to talk through what is going on in the economy and what the Chancellor Rachel Reeves may be thinking of for the upcoming budget. They a...

Something a bit different this time around, as we welcome James Newsome both to the podcast and also (if a little belatedly) to Williams Investment Management. Also returning is Abi Ostler, back to take charge of proceedings, and Duncan Williams to provide the updates and the assessments. First up is an interview with James, and a chance to find out where he has been, what he has been up to and wh...

It's back to the power of three for the new episode of the Just Williams Podcast as semi-regular Valerie Wade joins Duncan Williams and John Newsome for another slice of economic and investment chat. First up is the UK economy, and the worrying trend of job losses in the hospitality sector, particularly in the Capital. There is talk about UK and US inflation before focussing on the recent Mansion...

The Just Williams podcast is back, with regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome in front of the mics and ready to do business. First up is the UK economy, and the fallout from the Government's backtracking on disability payments in the Welfare Reform Bill. What will this mean in terms of future fiscal policy, most notably the Budget in the Autumn, and is this now looking like a bit of a patter,...

The Just Williams podcast is back, with regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome in front of the mics and ready to do business. The sun may be shining, and there may even be talk of hosepipe bans in Harrogate, but the economic news is a little more gloomy and the skies are looking ominous. It's a bit of a ping-pong episode as we bounce between the UK and the US on all matters of inflation, invest...

The Williams Investment team of Duncan Williams and John Newsome are back and fired up to bring you their thoughts. Even though today's episode was recorded before this weeks Spending Review, there is still much to ponder including the impact that the crippling costs of energy is having on the UK economy, the moves the Trump administration are making to try and influence monetary policy in the US...

The Just Williams podcast is back, with regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome in front of the mics and ready to do business. The UK economic situation is the first thing up for discussion with the recent drop in interest rates (and further cuts expected) bumping up against rising inflation, and resulting in some scratching of foreheads. America is up next with the latest economic numbers sugge...

There are quite a few economic updates to get through in this episode of the Just Williams podcast, as hosts Duncan Williams and John Newsome ponder a change to UK interest rates as well as a Trade Deal with the U.S And, as will come to no surprise to regular listeners, they are forthright with both analysis and opinion. In other news there is an update on a u-turn by the Belgian Government around...

Welcome to the new episode of the Just Williams podcast, with Duncan Williams back in the 'asking-questions' chair and John Newsome in the 'one marked 'insightful perspective and pithy comment'. The first part of this weeks pod is taken up with discussion of the Tariff plan dreamed up by the Trump administration, and whether it really stands together as a well-considered strategy. There is a littl...

You may recall that the last episode of Just Williams was recorded just before the Trump Administration made its major Tariff announcement on April 2nd, and that we promised to look at that in due course. Well that course is well and truly due, as Val Wade and John Newsome hit the ground running with a deep-dive on the implications of what has been going on. And what it might mean for a whole heap...

If you familiar with the old adage that a 'change is as good as a rest' then you are going to be both informed and refreshed after listening to the new episode of the Just Williams podcast. Val Wade has wrestled the microphone from Duncan Willams, and along with John Newsome she covers off all the important updates since last time. There is a lot of discussion around the Spring Statement from Rach...

What better way to welcome in the Spring, the time of growth and renewal, than a couple of grumpy old investment managers bemoaning the lack of either. Of course it's never quite that cut and dried, as we shall hear when Duncan Williams and John Newsome get into the weeds of the situation. First up is the UK Economy, and the continuing economic indicators that are offering anything but good news f...

You can tell there is a lot going on in the world because this new episode of the Just Williams podcast clocks in at just under 30 minutes. That isn't to say that there wasn't an awful lot happening before, it's just that everything (as you shall hear)seems to be on the turbo boost setting. So let Val, John and Duncan whisk you around the globe to check-in with all the news either coming from, or...

Abi Ostler, John Newsome and Duncan Williams would like to welcome you to the latest edition of the Just Williams podcast. Inflation appears to be the common theme this time around, as the latest figures from the UK, U.S and Japan all seem to be pointing in the same direction. Cue a lively discussion around the variety of reasons that are underpinning this global phenomena, as well as some thought...

We are harnessing the power of three for the latest episode of Just Williams as Abi Ostler joins regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome to discuss the latest investment news. First up is the decision by the Bank of England to lower interest rates, and what the ramifications of this policy might be. Then they move across the pond to talk Tariffs and try to understand what Trump is actually up to...

The Just Williams podcast is back, with regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome in front of the mics and ready to do business. America is up first with the latest economic numbers a backdrop to the arrival on the stage of the new, and also old, President back for his second term. Our hosts ponder on his much-Trumpeted (see what we did there) policy of slapping tariffs on imports into the U.S, as...

We wanted to begin by wishing you a Happy New Year and welcoming back to the Just Williams podcast. We have been working on a few new things for our 2025 season, but before you start to panic the wit, wisdom and pithy comment you have come to expect from regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome will remain a constant. Take todays episode as an example, we have colleagues Valerie Wade and Abi Ostl...

For the last time in 2024 we drop in on Duncan Williams and John Newsome for our regular update on the Markets, Inflation and the things that are making waves in the Investment sector. And in the spirit of a festive special, our regulars are joined by colleagues Valerie Wade and Abi Ostler to get their two-penneth. Which means on top of the usual topics, there is also a look forward to what will b...

Break out the chocolate calendar and light the first candle, because quite nothing screams the arrival of advent than two grumpy gentleman of a certain age banging on about inflation. And that is exactly where Investment Managers Duncan Williams and John Newsome begin this episode of the podcast, because with the recent headline rise just announced there is much ground to cover. But that isn't all...

With so much going on at the moment, it's a welcome return for the Just Williams podcast regulars Duncan Williams and John Newsome to help make some sense of the noise. First up is the U.S election, starting with the performance of the pollsters and moving onto what having Elon Musk as one of his Cabinet picks might have for President-Elect Trump. Back across the water they focus on UK interest ra...

The Williams Investment team of Duncan Williams and John Newsome are back and fired up to bring you their thoughts on the recent Budget. What did they think about the changes to Employer NICs, the increase in the Minimum Wage and the tweaks to the rules around Inheritance provision, and who do they think would be counting the cost. And of course, the all important question, what will be the knock-...

The spotlight for this episode of the Just Williams podcast is the upcoming Budget, which means that investment specialists Duncan Williams and John Newsome are speculating on how it might all shake down. They discuss what they think Rachel Reeves has got planned, and what might that might mean for your investment strategy, and indeed the wider economy? What will it mean in terms of the overall ta...