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Matthew Davies

Matthew Davies

London Business Reporter
Matthew has been working as a financial journalist in London for more than 25 years. For almost 20 years, he was with the business and economics unit of the BBC, where he worked as a reporter, producer and presenter on World Service, delivering reports and programmes from across the United States, Europe and Africa. He also spent several years in Johannesburg as the editor of Africa Business Report, a weekly TV programme on BBC World. In his time, he’s reported from Davos to Detroit, from Estonia to Ethiopia and from Romania to Rwanda. Having initially trained as an accountant with Deloitte, he started his career as a financial journalist on the city desk at Independent Radio News (IRN). He has also worked for ITN, Reuters Television, Bloomberg and CNBC Europe. He has a degree in International Relations, is married and lives in London.
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Business owners have been urged to make sure their data is 'clean and good' at an artificial intelligence conference in London. Reuters
Is your data AI ready?

Exhibitors at this year's Big Data London event are urging businesses to make sure their data is 'clean and good' before considering using artificial intelligence

BusinessSeptember 19, 2024
Matthew Davies
The Fowler Ridge Wind Farm in Indiana, where bp Wind Energy operates three wind farms. EPA-EFE
BP shifts to solar with $2bn US onshore wind sale

Windfarms in seven US states no longer fit into the broader growth strategy as investor concerns grow

EnergySeptember 17, 2024
Matthew Davies
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has raised concerns over Vodafone's proposed merger with Three. Getty
Vodafone and Three commit to working with UK watchdog over merger concerns

UK mobile operators say merger will 'propel economic growth and address UK’s digital divide'

BusinessSeptember 13, 2024
Matthew Davies
60 Curzon in Mayfair, London. Photo: Ben Dale
Designs on art deco 'Mirabelle' Mayfair penthouse at £40m

Shell and core penthouse at 60 Curzon, in the heart of London, is ready to be shaped to the buyer’s personal taste

PropertySeptember 13, 2024
Matthew Davies
The skyline of Mumbai, India, where the UK government hopes to forge closer links. Getty Images
Britain and India aim to bridge historic relations with new financial ties

Post-election stability in both nations propels forward free trade agreement negotiations amid economic development

EconomySeptember 06, 2024
Matthew Davies
A fashion shoot in Germany featuring TikTok star Chris Wascheck modelling a Burberry gilet. The British company's shares have dropped out of the FTSE 100 in London. Getty Images
Burberry faces chequered future as brand drops out of FTSE 100

British brand reflects the dire state of much of the luxury goods market

BusinessSeptember 04, 2024
Matthew Davies
About 19,000 cases of mpox have been reported since the beginning of this year. Reuters
Global population at risk as Big Pharma considers mpox as African problem

Smaller vaccine developers are trying to fill gap as WHO declares disease a global health emergency twice in two years

MarketsSeptember 01, 2024
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Traders at work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Defence companies and banks have been returning cash to shareholders via share buybacks. Getty Images
How war and rate rises have led to a share buyback bonanza

Banks and defence companies have been returning billons to their shareholders via buybacks that are going into overdrive for September

BusinessAugust 30, 2024
Matthew Davies
UK private schools are to be charged VAT on fees from the beginning of 2025. PA
UK's largest private school trust raises fees 12% to reflect VAT raid

Historic Eton College raises fees by the full 20 per cent but other private schools, including the largest network GDST, scramble to find alternative responses

UKAugust 30, 2024
Matthew Davies
Two apartments at the five-star Corinthia Hotel in London's Whitehall are rented out at £7,500 and £9,000 per week. Photo: Beauchamp Estates
London super-prime property rentals boom as ultra-rich delay purchases

Labour plans for property tax changes prompted buyers to pause and rent instead

PropertyAugust 29, 2024
Matthew Davies
Director James Cameron wrote a letter of support for the proposed Marlow Film Studios in Buckinghamshire, near London. AFP
Hollywood heavyweight backs £750m UK film studio project

Supported by James Cameron, Marlow Film Studios will test the new Labour government's pledge to relax planning regulations to boost business

BusinessAugust 29, 2024
Matthew Davies
Georges Elhedery is expected to look at a management shake-up when he takes charge of HSBC on September 2. Mark Chilvers for The National
Incoming HSBC boss mulls middle management shake-up

New chief executive is thought to be considering a cull of country heads, as the global bank continues its refocus towards Asia

BankingAugust 28, 2024
Matthew Davies
An Uber car on the streets of Berlin, Germany. The ride-hailing service is appealing against a fine from a Dutch regulator for alleged breach of data protection rules in Europe. Getty Images
Uber fined €290m by Dutch regulators

Ride-hailing service was accused of not properly protecting driver details when transferring data between Europe and the US

EuropeAugust 26, 2024
Matthew Davies
Rescuers try to extinguish a fire in Ukraine's Odesa region after a Russian drone and missile attack on Sunday. AFP
Russia strikes Ukrainian energy infrastructure in missile and drone attack

At least three people killed during Moscow's largest aerial assault in several weeks

EuropeAugust 26, 2024
Matthew Davies
Rescue teams at the scene after an ice cave partially collapsed at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier, in southeastern Iceland. AP
Tourist dies after cave collapse in Iceland

Two missing after ice cave collapsed as tour group visited glacier in south-east of country

EuropeAugust 26, 2024
Matthew Davies
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