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Julia Kollewe

Julia Kollewe writes about pharmaceuticals, property and insurance for the Guardian and the Observer, and often covers breaking City news as well. She previously worked at the Independent, Bloomberg News and Market News International

April 2025

  • A trader after the closing bell on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on 15 April.

    Business live
    US stock markets fall further after Trump curbs chip sales to China; gold hits new record high – as it happened

  • A trailer full of cars leaves Honda's automotive assembly plant in Alliston, Ontario, Canada, on 1 April.

    Business live
    Global carmaker shares rise on tariff exemption hopes; British Steel to get furnace supplies today

  • A customer conducts a gold transaction as a monitor displays the gold price per gram at Galeri 24 owned by Pegadaian, state owned pawnshop, in Jakarta.

    Business live
    Stock markets rise on signs of Trump tariff retreat; British Steel races to keep furnaces burning – as it happened

  • A cyclist rides along with the early-morning traffic in London

    Belgian insurer buys Sheilas’ Wheels owner Esure in £1.3bn deal

  • Observer business profile
    Gen Z and the gym boss: ‘They cite mental health as high as physical health in terms of reason to join’

  • Observer business agenda
    China, America and pay inject drama into AstraZeneca’s AGM

  • Business live
    Gold rises as markets await US tariffs; Heathrow airport was warned about power supply in days before closure – as it happened

  • Wild co-founders ‘land £100m’ from sale of natural deodorant maker

  • UK house prices stagnant in March as London struggles

  • Thames Water logo

    Thames Water names US private equity group KKR as preferred bidder

    KKR expected to acquire stake worth £4bn as UK’s biggest water supplier tries to stave off nationalisation
  • an oil platform and rig in the North Sea on a blue sky, sunny day

    UK oil firm admits ‘cultural failings’ after it withheld figures from auditors

    Shares nosedive at Wood Group after Deloitte review finds ‘inappropriate management pressure’
  • Outgoing CEO of Primark Paul Marchant

    Primark boss admits ‘error of judgment’ and resigns after woman’s allegation

    Paul Marchant accepts behaviour fell below standards expected at owner Associated British Foods
  • Screenshot of the Trump advisers’ group chat shown during a congressional hearing this week.

    US politics live
    Signal group chat leak: judge orders Trump administration to preserve all messages from 11-15 March – as it happened

    James Boasberg, who has been attacked by Trump for being assigned to the case, reminded hearing that cases are assigned randomly
  • Cars at the tower storage facility of the German carmaker Volkswagen’s plant in Wolfsburg.

    Carmaker shares fall after Trump 25% tariff move as Reeves warns against trade war

  • A plane takes off, smoke billowing in the foreground.

    Aviation watchdog to look at ‘resilience’ rules after Heathrow closure

  • Sky logo

    Sky to cut 2,000 jobs at customer service centres and close three sites in UK

  • The British Steel plant in Scunthorpe, England.

    British Steel plans to close Scunthorpe blast furnaces with 2,700 jobs at risk

  • Houses

    Housebuilder Vistry pins hopes on £2bn affordable homes promise as profits fall

  • The Bank of England and the City of London

    Business live
    Chances of May interest rate cut rise after UK inflation falls to 2.8% – as it happened

  • Sir Mark Tucker delivers a speech at the HSBC Global Investment Summit in Hong Kong

    Globalisation may have run its course in current form, says HSBC chair

    Trade tensions in era of Trump tariffs create serious potential risk to global growth, warns Sir Mark Tucker
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