How to make it: your business needs hedgehogs as well as foxes November 19, 2025 The fox is endlessly dashing around, pursuing new things to do and then wanting to do them at speed. The hedgehog is far more methodical and focused. They don’t get distracted by adding too many new responsibilities. If you’re not a hedgehog, then hire one, says Richard Harpin I’m the first to admit that, as [...]
Time to bring back the Great British exit November 18, 2025 Britain has no lack of ideas, founders or ambition but too often our successful start-ups lean on American giants when they exit. This isn’t inevitable, says Carolyn Dawson More than 100 companies are incorporated every hour in this country. British start-ups have raised more than $7bn in investment so far this year alone. Despite the [...]
Rachel Reeves’s caution could prove as damaging as Liz Truss’s recklessness November 18, 2025 Reeves is trying her best to avoid any comparisons to Truss's infamous mini-budget, but her excessive caution could prove just as damaging.
Prime Ministers deserve a nicer house and we deserve better government November 18, 2025 The nerve centre of the British state, 10 Downing Street, is fantastically ill-suited to the needs of a modern Prime Minister and to the interests of the country. An excellent piece by Politico last week lifted the lid on what it’s actually like to work in this rather dilapidated Georgian townhouse, with one former No [...]
City minister: Why financial education for every child matters November 18, 2025 City minister Lucy Rigby is backing City AM’s campaign to expand financial education All children should be taught the skills they need to understand money and the importance of financial decisions. That’s why, through our Financial Inclusion Strategy, we have made financial education compulsory in all primary schools, taking on board the recommendations of the [...]
Forget the naysayers, banks are still committed to climate action November 18, 2025 Headlines have decried the end of green finance, yet the vast majority of institutions remain committed to climate action, writes Bob Wigley.
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care? November 18, 2025 The widespread indifference to the British Library’s crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity, says Hetan Shah The head of a critical British information body has resigned. No, not the BBC. At the start of this month the chief executive of the British Library, the UK’s national [...]
Wealthy divorcees race to leave Britain before the Budget November 18, 2025 High net worth divorcees are rushing to relocate amid rumours of wealth taxes and a raid on international assets, but it’s more complicated than they think, says Sophie Chapman Conflict resolution is a growth area and England (London in particular) undoubtedly remains a magnet for wealthy international couples seeking to resolve their disputes. Recent decisions [...]
What can Britain learn from Elon Musk? How to fail… November 17, 2025 British engineering needs to be a little more Musk; pragmatic, ambitious and unafraid to learn in public, says Robert Rayner Elon Musk’s rise to trillionaire status is more than a story of wealth, it is a display of how technological vision and financial resilience can merge into a new model of progress. His trillion-dollar payout [...]
Labour: what the hell is going on? November 17, 2025 Against a backdrop of catastrophic briefings and an upcoming Budget doom, contenders are vying to challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership – but none of them have any idea how they would do things differently, says Eliot Wilson Last week was not a good one for the Prime Minister. With the latest opinion poll [...]