Quit doublethinking and ask the tough questions about the NHS January 11, 2018 George Orwell created the concept of doublethink in 1984 to describe a state of brainwashing so profound that it is possible to believe two mutually contradictory opinions at the same time. We have reached this point with the NHS. Ask people whether the NHS needs more money, and the answer will be as quick as [...]
DEBATE: Does the continued boom in UK manufacturing prove the Brexit doomsayers wrong? January 11, 2018 Does the continued boom in UK manufacturing prove the Brexit doomsayers wrong? Dennis de Jong, managing director at UFX.com, says YES. Just 18 months after the Brexit vote, I doubt there were many Remainers who would have expected the British manufacturing sector to perform so strongly over such a sustained period, particularly considering the global [...]
Chelsea 0, Arsenal 0: Arsene Wenger insists Alexis Sanchez remains committed despite benching him for Carabao Cup semi-final January 10, 2018 Chelsea 0, Arsenal 0 Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists he can still rely on contract rebel Alexis Sanchez despite starting the forward on the bench for tonight’s Carabao Cup semi-final stalemate at Chelsea. Wenger put the surprise omission down to a mid-season rest and denied it was linked to renewed interest in Sanchez from Manchester [...]
Chris Tremlett: Trevor Bayliss has done a good job and I won’t hear any criticism of him January 10, 2018 I feel sorry for Trevor Bayliss. The system he has put in place as England head coach is the right one but ultimately certain players have let him down. He has taken a lot of flak during the Ashes, both for results and his coaching style, although England’s 4-0 defeat is not down to management. [...]
From rollable TVs to mind-reading hats, here are some of the best (and weirdest) new gadgets from CES 2018 January 10, 2018 Televisions If there’s one constant in this world, it’s that everybody wants a bigger television. All human endeavour, the cumulative effort of generations, is geared towards inventing ever larger screens capable of displaying more pixels at higher resolutions and in new, never before seen colours, so that Fiona Bruce looks as good as can be. [...]
Trust the process: Philadelphia 76ers executives explain the mantra that defined an NBA revolution January 10, 2018 If the Philadelphia 76ers, one half of Thursday night’s NBA match at the O2 Arena, had come to London in another of their more recent seasons, the most effective marketing may have been to position the game as a basketball freak-show. Far from a showcase for globetrotting greats of the sport, a 76ers’ game would [...]
Philip Hammond to EU: Ditch the Brexit punishment and start talking trade January 10, 2018 Philip Hammond will tonight slam the “relative silence” of the EU over our future trading partnership and stress the bloc must ditch any thoughts of “punishing” the UK for Brexit. Speaking at the Die Welt economic summit dinner in Berlin this evening, the chancellor will tell the EU that “it takes two to tango” and [...]
Downing Street calls City chiefs in for latest Brexit meeting January 10, 2018 Securing a Brexit transitional deal will be high up the agenda for the chief executives of some of the City’s biggest firms at a high-level roundtable tomorrow afternoon with Theresa May. Around a dozen senior figures from firms including Goldman Sachs, Barclays and HSBC are expected to meet the Prime Minister, along with chancellor Philip [...]
IG Group, CMC Markets, Plus500 share price falls despite shrugging off FCA claims customers are at “serious risk of harm” January 10, 2018 Britain’s biggest spreadbetting firms today shrugged off a damning assessment of the contracts for differences (CFD) sector by the City’s top financial watchdog. In a letter to the spreadbetting chief executives, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) uncovered “flawed” processes, “significant weaknesses” and conflicts of interest. Consumers are at “serious risk of harm from poor practices [...]
Female-focused machine learning could change how financial advisers serve women January 10, 2018 | City Talk Many companies already know that women are becoming more prominent as wealth holders, are directing more wealth investing than before, and are often their largest consumers. However, while women are the target customers, they are still underserved by financial advisers. Most financial services firms have optimised themselves to communicate with and serve male as opposed [...]