Want to find freedom? It’s in net zero and low traffic zones, not Thatcher’s old car August 1, 2023 Blowing up the green agenda won’t give us freedom, it will tie us to a future which is already out-of-date, writes Ben Ramanauskas
Something is truly rotten at the heart of Ofgem and it is time for a complete overhaul August 1, 2023 Something is truly rotten at the heart of Ofgem and it is time for a complete overhaul
Crying misogyny over Alison Rose’s downfall won’t do Labour any favours July 31, 2023 Rachel Reeves made a mistake in attributing Alison Rose's fate to misogyny. The government had a right to get involved in the Coutts saga, but Reeves was out of tune in her intervention, writes Eliot Wilson
Labour or Conservative, all of our plans for the housing crisis are an anachronism July 31, 2023 All of our plans for the housing crisis focus on old-school analogue solutions in a digital age, writes Michael Beckerman.
Northern Triangle tech start ups should be prime targets for Square Mile investors July 31, 2023 British firms are having to turn to global sources of funding, when there’s capital here in the City we could direct towards homegrown start ups, writes Nicholas Lyons. THE recent report by the Treasury Select Committee on the UK’s Venture Capital industry should ring alarm bells for the City. The Committee found that for many [...]
Explainer: Why are plane tickets so expensive? July 28, 2023 Have you recently found yourself making an Excel spreadsheet of flights prices for a summer holiday, or trying to strategise how to book flights for that international trip like it was a game of chess? If you have, that’s because flying has become more and more expensive over the past year. The owner of British [...]
Weird Barbie should provide some unlikely inspiration for the Bank of England July 28, 2023 Weird Barbie would break up the groupthink of the Bank of England economists.
Can the supermarkets ever overcome accusations of profiteering? July 28, 2023 Food producers are unwilling to pass on price drops as they battle oscillating and chaotic costs for supplies that they have little control over.
Brits love takeaways, but if they also love the planet, they should do away with plastic packaging July 28, 2023 Takeaways are a great staple of life in the UK, but present one challenge: the amount of plastic used to transport them. Politicians and businesses can do more to challenge this status quo, writes Jaz Rabadia