The CBI still need to have a voice with senior politicians in the run up to the next election October 24, 2023 As both Conservatives and Labour try to prove they are the true part of business, the CBI has a role to play in being the voice of the industry, writes Rain Newton-Smith
Why Gen Z daughters won’t follow in their mums’ career footsteps October 24, 2023 Are young Gen Z women rejecting the feminism of their mothers?
As global crises grow, Sunak should embrace the National Security Council October 23, 2023 To govern effectively in the midst of so many global crises, Rishi Sunak needs eyes in the back of his head, writes Eliot Wilson.
Our savers and our businesses are losing out from stagnant pension rules in the UK October 23, 2023 Pensions are a vital part of our later lives. As life expectancy increases with improvements in healthcare and lifestyles, our pensions will need to work even harder. Pension funds are also a vital source of investment upon which the businesses of today depend. Over the past twenty years, the UK has suffered a significant decline [...]
Stock exchanges need robust defences from repeated tech errors October 23, 2023 Did anyone else get a sense of déjà vu at the sudden outage on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) last week? From Euronext in 2021 and Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2022, to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) cancelling trades after “technical glitches” with its opening auction triggered wild price swings earlier this year, all [...]
More than just hot air: the UK should be the home of a carbon market that actually works October 20, 2023 This year, peatland ecosystems in the Indonesian districts of Katigan and Kotawaringin Timur – covering an area roughly the size of London – will lock away the carbon emissions equivalent of two million cars. Thousands of miles away, powered by Icelandic geothermal energy, Climeworks’s spaceship-esq Orca project is busily sucking carbon dioxide out of the [...]
Tech founders are turning away from the Tories, and into Labour’s open arms October 20, 2023 With an MBA from Stanford and a self-professed fondness for all things tech, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the country’s entrepreneurs would have taken a natural shine to Rishi Sunak and the party he leads. Yet, according to a recent report from The Entrepreneurs Network and Mishcon de Reya that could hardly be further from the [...]
Design for confidence: the write-down of AT1 bonds in the last days of Credit Suisse October 20, 2023 The reputation of Swiss regulator, Finma is on the line as the holders of Credit Suisse’s AT1 bonds take legal action, seeking compensation after securities they owned were written down, as part of the bank’s forced marriage to UBS.
Inflation across the world and in the UK will likely be stuck at a higher rate October 19, 2023 The very forces that kept inflation down - the labour market, less defence spending and energy prices - are now keeping it high and will be with us for years to come.
I’m Jewish, but until last week I was afraid to admit it at work October 19, 2023 When I admitted I was Jewish - and my fear of revealing it previously - my LinkedIn post went viral with others who felt the same, writes Benjamin Bell.