On this day: ‘I can hear you… and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon’ September 11, 2026 On this day, 25 years ago, the world changed forever. Eliot Wilson takes us through the tragic events that happened on 9/11.
London’s unicorn boom is masking an early-stage funding crisis September 11, 2026 European tech is experiencing two diametrically opposed extremes. On paper, there has never been a better time to build, writes Christoph Klink A new breed of rocketship unicorns are reaching billion-dollar valuations in record time. London sits at the absolute centre of this surge, home to 43 per cent of all European rocketship unicorns – [...]
Stop hiring on ‘instinct’ September 11, 2026 Relying on your gut to make hiring decisions isn’t bold or gutsy, it’s lazy and negligent, writes Filip Pesek.
Stop arguing about who pays for care and figure out why it costs so much September 11, 2026 Part of the problem with Britain's care system is that we are paying crisis prices for problems that cost much less to prevent.
The real divide in British politics: fantasists vs realists September 10, 2026 The serious policy conversations this country needs to have on issues such as health, tax and growth are currently being held hostage by the fantasy-based class who never let a fact get in the way of a feeling, says Harry Richer A new divide is dominating British politics. Forget left versus right or the haves [...]
White working class boys need jobs, not ‘schemes’ September 10, 2026 White working class boys have the worst educational outcomes in England, but distorting the labour market in their favour is not the answer.
Nigel Farage has never been far from danger his entire career September 10, 2026 Cast your eye over Nigel Farage’s CV and you realise he is a man who never seems far from danger. At the start of his career in 1982 he joined the notorious US investment bank Drexel as a commodities trader. Drexel would collapse eight years later after its senior executive, Michael Milken, was sent to [...]
The art of the deal: Decisiveness can be better than capital September 9, 2026 After 30 years as an investment banker, Mervyn Metcalf knows that capital isn't always the most important part of a deal.
Callum Anderson MP: the Labour case for financial services September 9, 2026 Aspiration, opportunity and enterprise are values Labour should always proudly champion; when we do we win elections and the country thrives, says Callum Anderson MP Before I had the privilege of becoming Buckingham and Bletchley’s Labour MP, my career was in finance. Much of it was in the City of London, but it was also [...]
The Debate: Should AGMs have to be in person? September 9, 2026 New rules could allow companies to hold AGMs entirely online. We hear the case for and against ditching in-person meetings in today's Debate.