Spoiler: King Charles won’t remember the corporates who wished him good luck May 3, 2023 King Charles's coronation is round the corner, but businesses shouldn't feel like they must say something about it at all costs. Sometimes the best PR strategy for corporates is staying quiet, writes Simon Neville
Explainer: Rishi Sunak eyes a revival of Help to Buy May 2, 2023 Just over a month ago, we were reporting the phasing out of Help to Buy, which was closed to new entrants last year. Now, Rishi Sunak is considering relaunching the policy. Talking of u-turns. The scheme was introduced in 2013 by George Osborne to help first-time buyers get onto the housing ladder. It offered lower [...]
The many empty statue plinths in the capital should honour living Londoners May 2, 2023 We shouldn't be tearing down statues, but where plinths are empty we should use them to pay tribute to living Londoners changing the city, writes Daniel Korski.
Artificial intelligence could save London from losing our competitive edge to the US May 2, 2023 The future is AI and if London wants to be a global leader, we need to strike the right balance of innovation and regulation here in the City, writes Chris Hayward
Tucker Carlson’s playbook for news-by-soundbite will succeed beyond Fox News May 2, 2023 When Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News, it made the headlines in the UK because of the viral soundbites he was a master at. TalkTV and GBNews are following the same formula, write Eliot Wilson
Explainer: The Brexit bonfire of EU laws turns into dust April 28, 2023 Rishi Sunak has smothered the “Brexit bonfire” of EU laws – and hard-line Brexiteers are fuming with rage. But the prime minister smartly refused to be the face of this u-turn, putting business secretary Kemi Badenoch on the front stage herself. This week, Badenoch had to tell Brexiteers in her party that the majority of [...]
Sunak’s challenge is to design flexible but firm rules for artificial intelligence April 28, 2023 ChatGPT has thrown artificial intelligence into the mainstream, and now it's Rishi Sunak's job to design rules which don't prevent its growth, but keep us safe.
A crackdown on betting firms can stop profits from problem gamblers April 28, 2023 Yesterday's proposals for limits on gambling should help betting firms stop making money off of problem gamblers, but we must also be careful to avoid blanket bans, writes Neil Banbury.
The success of LVMH is a testament to the resilience of the super rich April 28, 2023 There is a deeper trend behind LVMH’s growth over the past decade and more: the resilience of high-end consumers to almost any setback.