Listed companies shouldn’t be excluded from Burnham’s Scale-Up Fund October 1, 2026 Backing Britain’s future through initiatives like the Scale-Up Fund means backing its public growth companies too, writes Danny Lopez.
Andrew Griffith: Burnham’s only belief is that the state knows best September 30, 2026 Andy Burnham has offered up a ten-year plan for socialism. Conservatives would do things differently, says Andrew Griffith I sat down to watch Andy Burnham’s conference speech on Tuesday with trepidation but a genuine interest in what he was going to lay out for people who create jobs, take risks in starting their own businesses [...]
The Debate: Should you be allowed to text in sick? September 30, 2026 The government's back-to-work tsar wants you to call, but is texting in sick a non-issue? We hear the case for and against in the Debate.
James Reed: Celebrating wealth could energise young people September 30, 2026 Fostering a more supportive and celebratory culture around wealth creation could help inspire more young people, writes James Reed.
Burnham sets out his socialist stall and business barely gets a mention September 30, 2026 We were told to expect a speech that would leave no room for doubt about what Andy Burnham believes in, and we got one. There might not be much detail yet about how the Burnham Revolution will unfold but there is no ambiguity, either. The Prime Minister painted a vision of what this country could [...]
What can steam trains teach us about progress in AI? September 30, 2026 Contrary to popular belief, Stephenson’s Rocket did not hail the dawn of the steam age. Likewise, AI has actually been in development for decades, but progress could now begin to move faster than steam trains ever could, says Paul Ormerod The economics Nobel Laureate Robert Solow famously stated in 1987: “you can see the computer [...]
The state wants to ‘buy British’. But the British don’t want to work with the state September 30, 2026 The government's drive to 'buy British' is futile if British companies don't want to sell to them, writes Joe Hill.
AI doom headlines aren’t spooking all investors September 29, 2026 Retail investors' response to AI doom headlines disproves the common notion that they move as a herd, writes Finimize CEO Carl Hazeley.
Markets should accept cheap money isn’t coming back September 29, 2026 We are no longer living in the post-financial crisis world, and the market needs to adjust, writes Helen Thomas.
A National Social Care Service would be a total disaster September 29, 2026 Even if we generously assume that a National Care Service would not lead to efficiency losses, crude rationing of care services, and an explosion in waiting times, it would still be a bad idea, because it would lead to the politicisation of key decisions in the sector, says Kristian Niemietz Britain spends about 2.6 per [...]