Letters: An Israeli flavour of tech success August 3, 2022 [Re: UK in talks with Israel for post-Brexit trade deal as £34bn contract up for grabs, July 20] A new trade deal between Britain and Israel, focusing on the enormous potential in the latter’s services industry, will augment the UK’s booming tech scene through competition. The Israeli tech ecosystem, with over 6,000 active start-ups, is [...]
Letters: You can’t always be everything July 28, 2022 [Re: A recession will tempt firms into short-term cuts, July 6 ] Mass job losses continue to take place across the tech industry. While it’s easy to blame external factors, such as the lasting impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, macroeconomic challenges and a difficult fundraising environment, an important strategic factor has been largely ignored – [...]
Letters: Data-first green plans July 25, 2022 [RE: ESG faces reckoning after being ‘hijacked’ by marketeers, EY sustainability chief warns] ESG faces reputational risk, following several cases of marketers making unsubstantiated claims. But most organisations truly want to do good. The problem isn’t just deceptive markets, it’s companies lacking the data tools. It’s not hijacking, it’s inability. Take third-party ESG ratings. One [...]
Letters: Sharing the fraud blame July 21, 2022 [Re: Zahawi to outline plan to change EU’s City rules, July 18] The Financial Services and Markets Bill is a welcome step to help Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud victims. But the onus on reimbursing fraud victims cannot be placed solely on banks. This fraud doesn’t happen in siloes. Other actors need to be incentivised [...]
Letters: Who gets a vote, anyway? July 20, 2022 [Re: The dizzying tax promises of the Tory campaigns aren’t enough for the City, July 18] The dizzying tax promises as Eliot Wilson calls them are geared towards the Conservative members who are a unique group of people who should not be given a mandate to pick our next Prime Minister. Who gave them the [...]
Letters: Throwing money at the problem July 19, 2022 [Re:War for talent swells new starter City pay packets, yesterday] Competition for talent is at fever pitch, and strong competition among City law firms has led to pay packages for the newest lawyers reaching dizzying heights at some of the US giants. However, with an economic slowdown potentially on the cards and existing employees disgruntled [...]
Letters: Going down with the ship July 18, 2022 [Re: Another one gone in Tory PM contest, July 15] It seems to me that choosing the next Tory leader could hardly be simpler. Johnson’s demise came about because he lied, lied and lied again. If you want honesty and reliability it’s logical to dismiss as unsuitable for leadership those who, pretty much daily, toured [...]
Letters: Paying up and paying out July 15, 2022 [Re: Lawyers should stop telling clients to pay ransoms to hackers, UK watchdogs say] The issue of paying ransoms to hackers is not as cut and dry as it appears in your article. Many businesses retrieve their stolen data through data backups and therefore do not pay a penny to the attackers. This illustrates the [...]
Letters: Time for a crackdown July 13, 2022 [Re: Former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone charged with fraud by the CPS over failure to declare £400m assets, June 11] It is noteworthy that HMRC is pursuing a criminal prosecution against Bernie Ecclestone in relation to his alleged tax evasion. HMRC prosecutes in only a minority of tax fraud cases, even though increasing international co-operation [...]
Letters: A renewed push for space July 12, 2022 [Re: A fresh face in No10 should find some policy rather than campaign slogans, yesterday] Over the past few years, the Conservative Government has made the promotion of the UK space sector a key pillar of its plans for the country’s economic and scientific leadership. The development of sovereign launch capabilities was already key, but [...]