Growing signs that the UK could be heading for a ‘hard’ Brexit, which would see it lose access to the Single Market, triggered a fresh wave of sterling selling in the past couple of weeks.

Various indicators on the level of house building activity show that new supply is moving higher but from a very low base.

With the summer lull now well behind us, global policymakers are refocusing on the key issues that are on at hand.

Global markets have regained some sense of calm following the turbulence that followed the unexpected result of the UK referendum that saw a vote to leave the EU.