Markets are ignoring global instability – but a reckoning looms July 3, 2025 Despite simmering political crises and looming economic risks, markets are riding a low-volatility sugar high – fuelled by central bank interventions – but the longer reality is ignored, the sharper the eventual correction, says Helen Thomas With markets taking an early summer holiday, basking in the glow of record highs for the S&P500, it can [...]
Battersea power station lights the way for regenerating our high streets July 3, 2025 Mixed-use development, funded by private capital like Battersea Power Station can bring life back to high streets hammered by Labour’s tax rises, says Jamila Robertson Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of Labour’s landslide victory and their year-long opportunity to attain the growth they promised the electorate. I have written extensively about the damage decisions made [...]
Labour’s meddling with school uniforms will hurt families it’s meant to help July 3, 2025 Labour’s cap on branded school uniform will push up prices and push specialist, family-run schoolwear retailers out of business, says Matthew Easter Before children ever step into a classroom, many will step into a schoolwear shop. These family-run businesses don’t just sell clothes – they stitch together pride, belonging and identity. But now, a new [...]
These three things make a great entrepreneur July 3, 2025 Richard Harpin created and sold a £4bn business – now he wants to help others do the same Like Sophi Horne, I wanted to be running businesses even before I left school. You may not be familiar with Sophi’s name but, if you’re lucky, you might be enviously staring at one of her super-sleek yachts [...]
Mass migration is costing London renters £2,600 a year July 3, 2025 High net migration combined with a housing shortage is making London even less affordable, says Laurence Fredricks London is an expensive place for renters. I live in a one bed flat in Zone 2 with my boyfriend and nearly £2000 a month from our salaries goes in rent. In my first year of living in [...]
Sacking Reeves would make a bad situation even worse July 2, 2025 This government has made plenty of mistakes but ditching Rachel Reeves would be by far the biggest. While my advice to ministers remains “I wouldn’t have started from here” I have to recognise that a misstep now could make a bad situation worse. And the situation is bad. As Labour marks its first full year [...]
Be careful Trump. Deporting Elon Musk would hand space travel to China July 2, 2025 Without Musk's SpaceX, the US would be second place to China. If Trump deports Elon Musk, he'll set US space travel back decades.
Losing AstraZeneca would be more than a bitter pill for the City – it could be fatal July 2, 2025 The government must urgently scrap stamp duty on shares and abolish new cash ISAs to prevent the London Stock Exchange losing its most valuable listing, Astrazeneca, says Michael Healy The UK stock market just received its biggest wake-up call yet. Reports that Astrazeneca – the most valuable company on the London Stock Exchange – is [...]
Calm heads make a welcome return to ESG debate July 2, 2025 In May 2022, HSBC’s head of responsible investing, Stuart Kirk, took to the stage at a City conference and did something extraordinary; he criticised the financial services industry’s obsession with climate change. With a degree of candour that would ultimately cost him his job, Kirk said “I feel like it’s getting a little bit out [...]
The Debate: Should there be a legal maximum temperature for offices? July 2, 2025 As London summers heat up, is it time the UK mandates a maximum working temperature for the office? Two writers go head to head.