French woes and our big announcement.

Our monthly newsletter is here - a good year for apples!

Our latest edition of Purple Patch. For those who did not get the reference in the July edition.... Coldplay's Spies related to the concert kiss cam footage. Any hidden references this month are purely coincidental!

Central Banks wait for news and the UK fiscal headache, plus spot the subtle reference to one of the biggest news stories of the month.

Is the world edging towards war and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act makes its way through the Senate.

Will Trump backdown, the move to encourage pension funds to invest in the UK and a first US pope.

From tariffs to football, we summarise the month in Purple Patch. Grab a coffee/tea/beer/wine/whatever and take 5 minutes out for a quick read.

Welcome to our first ever edition of Purple Patch – an amble through the news and stats that formed the month of March. It may be the first but I expect it will be one of the hardest to condense into two pages given the month just witnessed.