Sam Torrance: Dustin Johnson and Rickie Fowler lay down their markers for Major sprint February 4, 2019 Major season feels like something of a sprint this year, with all four taking place within a 15-week spell and finished by 21 July, which means that early form carries a bit of extra significance. With Justin Rose and Bryson DeChambeau already off the mark, Dustin Johnson became the latest player from the world’s top [...]
What’s holding back the female entrepreneurs? February 4, 2019 Achieving gender equality in economic opportunities is a struggle that has many dimensions. Not only is there a pay gap between men and women who are salaried employees, stark gender gaps also exist in the area of entrepreneurship. In particular, more men report being business owners than women, and even when women are business owners, [...]
Don’t let healthy scepticism about China become paranoia February 4, 2019 With Britain looking so intently at itself in the mirror of the Brexit debate, we are missing something important at the other side of the world. The China slowdown is the most important single factor in the bad news that keeps coming out of Jaguar Land Rover, and it is causing many other companies to reassess [...]
DEBATE: Should Apple produce a cheaper iPhone to stem the decline in sales? February 4, 2019 Should Apple produce a cheaper iPhone to stem the decline in sales? Carolyn Dailey, founder of Creative Entrepreneurs, says YES. Apple has been missing out on a huge opportunity to increase sales, keep ahead of the competition, and build brand loyalty with key audiences that can’t currently afford an iPhone. These include students, freelancers and startup entrepreneurs, [...]
Under the neon lights of Tokyo, the City is forging closer relationships with Asia February 4, 2019 Next week will see me travel to one of the busiest cities on earth, home to nearly 40m people and more square footage of advertising and media than anywhere else in the world: Tokyo. My visit is part of a 12-day trip to four Asian cities that will also take me to Seoul, Hong Kong, [...]
An end to gridlock? How artificial intelligence could help get London moving again February 4, 2019 London is a truly remarkable city – an economic powerhouse and a cultural destination without equal. It’s a magnet to millions, and rightly so. But it’s a terrible irony that this fast-moving, fast-living, fast-earning metropolis is stuck in traffic so much of the time. We simply cannot move. According to traffic data company INRIX, London [...]
Time to appreciate the perks of the job? February 4, 2019 For full-time office workers blinking out of the window onto the cold, grey, concrete City, the advantages that they enjoy over the self-employed might not seem obvious. You daydream about rocking up at one of those shared workspaces at 11am in your jeans, laptop on your back, ready for a self-managed day of freelancing, and [...]
Don’t be fooled, Facebook will always treat users like commodities February 1, 2019 You are worth £142 to Facebook. That is the financial figure attached to your scrolling through self-indulgent statuses and pictures of your friends’ babies. The same goes for the guy sitting next to you on the Tube, smugly counting the likes on his latest selfie with someone slightly famous. It’s a simple calculation: company value [...]
Private investment can help Britain remain a world leader in humanitarian aid February 1, 2019 The home secretary’s new plan to “redouble” efforts to crack down on knife violence is a reminder of where the spending priorities of this government have been, and a chance to question where investment is most needed now. The UK’s ambitious aid target of 0.7 per cent of gross national income now accounts for £14bn worth [...]
DEBATE: With Italy now in recession, is the nation facing an economic crisis? February 1, 2019 With Italy now in recession, is the nation facing an economic crisis? Beatrice Faleri, economist and freelance writer originally from Italy, says YES. Less than a month ago, Italy’s Prime Minister boasted of a forthcoming “economic boom”. Yesterday, in a somewhat comical U-turn, he reported that, in fact, the country has entered an economic recession. GDP [...]