King’s Speech: Compromise and deliverables for a target-driven Sunak November 7, 2023 Very little of the King's Speech pushed the boundaries of what has already been extensively planned by Sunak.
This year we’re dreaming of a Bezos Christmas as Amazon defies a recession November 7, 2023 Amazon has managed to defy the sluggish growth of a recession with its vast offering of products, writes Julian Skelly
The Conservatives need to embrace a capitalism that serves young Britons November 7, 2023 Michael Gove and Paul Marshall are paving a new direction for capitalism that the Conservatives would do well to follow, writes Adam Hawksbee.
The Twitter we knew no longer exists, so I’m finally giving up on X November 7, 2023 Dear X, finally, I’m leaving. You've wasted my time with otter memes and Twitter spats, but now you've descended into vitriol, writes Susie Alegre
A toast to the pubs, restaurants and cafes that keep London alive November 7, 2023 Many people harbour a secret – and not so secret – desire to run a restaurant, a pub, or a teashop. Many who make the leap find it rather more difficult than they’d expected; the margins are non-existent, the hours are often utterly miserable and thanks to the rise of anonymous reviews, social media and [...]
A tale of two oil giants November 6, 2023 Energy giants BP and Shell unveiled sharp downturns in their usual earnings last week in a rocky third quarter for the sector.
Gone smishing: Would you recognise an impostor texting you? November 6, 2023 The first warning sign was an anonymous new number being added to my Whatsapp group with my parents. I was later removed from the chat – but I was busy so I didn’t think too much about it. I started to really smell a rat when my parents’ references to bathwater reached double figures. In [...]
A tale of two oil giants: BP struggles to keep up with Shell, but net zero scrutiny is coming November 6, 2023 Energy giants unveiled sharp downturns in their usual earnings last week, but BP is struggling compared to its rival Shell.
If we look for insane political slights, we will find them – yes, even in M&S ads November 6, 2023 Last weeks momentary insanity of a Christmas ad is a sign of our hyper vigilance against political slights, writes Eliot Wilson
Sluggish growth is the price we will pay for halving inflation November 6, 2023 Karl Otto Pöhl, the former President of the Bundesbank put it best: “Inflation is like toothpaste. Once it’s out you can hardly get it back in again.”