Coronavirus: Recovery is perfect timing for a UK green bond May 1, 2020 This unprecedented public health crisis is placing an almighty toll on UK finances. Estimates vary but the UK government will be borrowing hundreds of billions by year-end, many businesses are suffering despite the extensive support offered and several years of record low unemployment are now at risk owing to this terrible virus. It is right [...]
Coronavirus: The human cost is tragic but winners will emerge May 1, 2020 The human toll is heavy, both physically and morally, health systems are pushed to their limit, the number of bankruptcies is increasing, and millions of jobs have been lost. This crisis affects billions of people around the world in what looks like a major recession, the first in twelve years. The scope of the events [...]
Coronavirus: London’s dynamic economy will return May 1, 2020 The Covid-19 pandemic has changed virtually every aspect of the way we live and its awful legacy will be felt for a long time. Above all, the loss of life is clearly the most terrible and important impact – and the reason we must do whatever it takes to reduce and ultimately to prevent transmission. [...]
Could the pandemic be a turning point for tech’s relationship with the state? May 1, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic the world currently finds itself in is worrying for everyone. From fears around job security to health and wellbeing of friends and family, it is a concerning time for all. The coronavirus is seeming to bring out both the best in humanity, with greater sense of community and people volunteering for the [...]
Sketch: The tech giants dance to their own tune in Zoom parliament April 30, 2020 “Have you ever met Mark Zuckerberg?” the culture select committee asks, wasting no time in getting to the real issues about the spread of fake news during the coronavirus crisis. Facebook’s UK public policy manager, a bespectacled millennial sat predictably next to a potted plant, looks nonplussed via webcam. “I have seen him,” he says [...]
Coronavirus: The crisis could reshape investment strategies for the better April 30, 2020 We are living through a period of modern history that very few could have imagined. Three billion people worldwide are in lockdown, the value of global commerce is being called into question as protectionism is on the rise, and financial markets are unsure what assets are worth. The world as we knew it has been [...]
Coronavirus: Remote working isn’t working April 30, 2020 We’ve just witnessed the single biggest change in working practices in the history of modern business. It happened overnight. Millions shifted from working in soulless city centre offices to earning their crust from a desk in their bedroom, kitchen or garage. There has been a lot of self-congratulation. Many have been amazed that they have [...]
Marketing: How to navigate the choppy waters of Covid-19 April 30, 2020 The last month has been tragic and bizarre in equal measure. The world is currently having to adjust to the COVID-19 pandemic and its heart-breaking effects. And for most people, this will be unlike anything they’ve ever experienced. In the business world, there seems to be a distinct spotlight on companies right now – closely [...]
Office Politics: Communication has never been so important April 30, 2020 The work force of 2020 has changed. As many as 60 per cent of workers no longer work in a traditional environment – almost a fifth normally work at home and a similar number use shared office spaces. Around a third are often on the road or with clients. Plenty do some days in all [...]
Coronavirus: The history of pandemics suggests we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg April 29, 2020 The term pandemic may conjure images of medieval plagues but they are a recurring blight of the modern era. Since the 1770s we have had a series of global epidemics: cholera smited the human race in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; there have been a series of influenza outbreaks since 1890. While Covid-19 is [...]