The Isle of Man and the City of London are linked by a shared financial future June 23, 2023 It might look like the Isle of Man and the City of London have nothing in common, but mutual financial cooperation is actually the way forward so that the whole country can benefit, writes Michael Crowe
Yes, being an influencer is a real job June 23, 2023 Earlier this month, the news that YouTube creator JJ Olatunj, better known as KSI, had been used as a case study in the A-Level curriculum went viral online. While many people celebrated the development, others questioned the merit in teaching teenagers about online content creators, which in their minds “was not a real job” which [...]
Explainer: Not the best time to be a university student in the UK June 22, 2023 It hasn’t been a very cheerful week in the world of economic news. Today the Bank of England raised interest rates for the thirteenth time in a row. Mortgage payments keep on going up, as rates continue to rise. Everyone is affected – families, individuals young and old, and students too. It’s not surprising then [...]
For all the awards, consumers rarely care about the gold standard City exec June 22, 2023 We've got so obsessed with award ceremonies that they've ceased to be a reliable guide for customer choice and become more of a game of winners, writes Chris Hirst
The National Portrait Gallery has been re-imagined to fit into a very modern London June 22, 2023 The refurbished National Portrait Gallery will be modern while maintaining its history. After three years of restructuring, it will be a wonderful addition to the quirky cultural London scene, writes David Ross
The Windrush scandal carries lessons that are all too familiar in today’s Britain June 22, 2023 Seventy-five years today 802 people arrived in London from the Caribbean and began Britain’s journey towards becoming a multi-racial society. On Windrush Day, Will Cooling explains what we still have to learn from what happened afterwards
PMQs sketch: Nothing’s funny about the economy, stupid June 21, 2023 Of course Rishi Sunak can’t bail out mortgage holders, but he doesn’t want to hear about it.
Forget Marvel: Meet the Barbie Universe, says Mattel boss Ynon Kreiz June 21, 2023 Ynon Kreiz is the CEO of a $6bn company, responsible for some of the world’s most recognisable brands, and I’m pressing him on whether or not he has a favourite Barbie. “I wish I had one so I can give you a straight answer,” he says after the third time I ask him. “But I [...]
We’ve overegged the power of interest rates and now we’re paying the price June 21, 2023 Interest rates aren't a policy tool for central banks, but rather an important pricing mechanism. Yet since the 1080s central bankers have been doing it all wrong, creating crisis after crisis, writes Max Rangeley
We can’t base artificial intelligence laws off of the risks we only imagine to be real June 21, 2023 We’ve heard endless calls to ‘do something’ on artificial intelligence, but politicians are still basing their thinking on the risks they assume to be real, not the ones we know about, writes James Boyd-Wallis. Last week, Rishi Sunak said he wants to balance safety and innovation to realise the potential of artificial intelligence. But to [...]