Analysis: NHS strikes are about morale, stupid January 12, 2023 As Britain braces for more strikes in the NHS later this month and ministers are locked in tense pay negotiations, 14 health unions have pulled out of independent pay review process.
Let’s be honest, making our own microchips won’t solve our China woes January 12, 2023 The UK has promised a microchips strategy, but it doesn't need one. We think we must produce chips to face off China, but in reality we will be better off importing them, writes Matthew Lesh
Parlez-vous Anglais? London shouldn’t worry about losing our tech sector to Paris January 12, 2023 London is still a leading technology hub, thanks to its strong roots in innovation. We shouldn't be anxious about Paris or Berlin overtaking us in tech, writes Laura Citron
Letters: Don’t let hackers steal our future January 12, 2023 [Re: As we modernise education, we can’t allow hackers to target our kids’ future, yesterday] Rosie Beacon is absolutely spot on in her assessment of the UK government’s prioritisation of cybersecurity preparedness. For too long, it has been an afterthought, and this has resulted in a number of high-profile attacks on businesses and other organisations. [...]
Meta pumped cash into a futuristic vision, but they didn’t prepare for a recession January 12, 2023 The challenge Meta faces is different from that of other companies like Google and Microsoft, because Mark Zuckerberg did nothing to future-proof his company in the event of a recession, writes Howard Yu Meta suffered another blow last week, as the European Union ruled their ad practices in Ireland illegal. The decision resulted in a [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Bill Blain on Bear Stearns, the Old Dr Butler’s Head and sailing on the Solent January 11, 2023 Each week we ask a City figure to tell us about what makes the Square Mile special. This week, it’s Shard Capital’s Bill Blain. What’s your first memory of the Square Mile? As a young Scotsman fresh to London, I thought the City was all bowler hats before a university chum invited me for lunch [...]
Explainer-in-brief: No industry seems to be safe from layoffs January 11, 2023 In keeping with the trends of 2022, this year opened with more announcements of layoffs in all kinds of sectors. Corporate law firms in the City have hinted they might follow in their US counterparts’ footsteps and start sacking staff. Amazon has declared it will let more than 18,000 people go. And Goldman Sachs has [...]
PMQs: Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer play piggy in the middle with NHS strikes January 11, 2023 Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer point the finger at each other as ambulance staff go on strike today and NHS nurses plan more industrial actions for later this month. Comment & Features Editor Sascha O'Sullivan breaks down Prime Minister's Questions.
The Notebook: Jimmy McLoughlin on data, the honours list and the jobs of the future January 11, 2023 The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today’s author is Jimmy McLoughlin, a former No.10 business adviser and now the host of Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future, one of the world’s fastest growing business podcasts I STARTED Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future as a lockdown project whilst I was a [...]
As we modernise education, we can’t allow hackers to target our kids’ future January 11, 2023 Schools operate in a world where parents don't sign physical sick letters or have mailed report cards, but if this digital system is held to ransom, students' grades and even university entry could be at risk, writes Rosie Beacon.