CEOs, take note: Hygiene is now a boardroom issue November 3, 2020 The history of business is full of inflection points. Some are instantly easy to recognise, and fatal for non-innovators: the iPhone surpassed and killed the once ubiquitous Blackberry, while digital streaming rendered Blockbuster obsolete. Others are more gradual and harder to see. Entertainment venues, for example, took anti-smoking legislation in their stride and transformed, while [...]
Got an HSBC account? It’s time to show your support for the people of Hong Kong November 3, 2020 British consumers have faced a tough few months — but for those banking with HSBC, times may be about to get tougher still. Following a reported 35 per cent fall in its quarterly profits, HSBC has announced that it might have to start charging its customers for basic services such as current accounts British customers [...]
Travel may be banned once more, but the City of London continues to look outwards November 2, 2020 Overseas travel is set to be heavily curtailed once again over the coming weeks. But despite this restriction, international trade will remain a vital driver for the global economy as it emerges from the shadow of the pandemic. In particular, the green revolution and transition to digital offer huge investment opportunities worldwide as we look [...]
How to trade your way through the 2020 US presidential election November 2, 2020 The US election is tomorrow, and while the world waits to see whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden will emerge victorious, traders are planning how to respond as these events unfold. There are no easy decisions, especially when the final outcome and the impact on the markets are this uncertain. However, if you are hoping [...]
Private equity is not the enemy — it’s what powers businesses to be a force for good November 2, 2020 It should come as no surprise that 280 characters are not enough to form a well thought-out and nuanced argument. And yet, this doesn’t seem to deter the swathes of Twitterati sensationalists from jumping on the bandwagon of “outrage culture”, calling for boycotts of companies that appear to make the slightest error — such as [...]
It’s easy being green, but our entrepreneurs need the government to step up November 2, 2020 Going into 2020, this was supposed to be a year of environmental action. The pandemic might have disrupted the set schedule, but while tackling Covid-19 has dominated the headlines, the appetite and ambition to fix the way we do things has not gone away. Today, we are publishing a major study from The Enterprise Trust [...]
Biden and his interventionists should beware: America has changed due to the Iraq effect November 2, 2020 It is not too much to say that my early and fervent opposition to the Iraq War was the seminal professional and ethical moment of my life. I will never forget it. As it turns out, neither will the American people. Despite what it cost me, I was against the war for myriad reasons. It [...]
Two years on from the law change, desperate families are still denied access to medical cannabis November 1, 2020 Severe epilepsy is a cruel condition, one that forces parents to endure the desperation of trying to help an innocent child whose life will only ever be far from normal. That’s why, after years of hard-fought and determined campaigning, a change in legislation exactly two years ago today brought relief to thousands of families across [...]
A hidden mental health epidemic is threatening our children October 30, 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown restrictions have given rise to a mental health epidemic that has swept through the UK. The restrictive measures imposed earlier this year have already adversely affected children’s mental health, and continue to intensify the glaring disadvantages experienced by those living in some of the country’s poorest communities. The figures [...]
As Georgia heads to the polls, democracy and prosperity hang in the balance October 30, 2020 Georgia has been one of the success stories in Eastern Europe after the Cold War. It is now a vigorous, multi-party democracy where elections are fiercely fought but the electorate’s decision respected. Sound economic policies have pushed Georgia near to the top of the World Bank’s league of the best places in the world in [...]