Why did Pinterest choose Oxford Street for its new HQ? Opinion Pinterest is not a bricks and mortar business, nor is it explicitly a retail one. So why choose Oxford Street for its slick new home?
Going on holiday as Prime Minister comes at a cost Opinion Prime Ministers too deserve a holiday, just maybe not while your party's still fighting for survival, writes Michael Martins.
IPOs aren’t the new meme stocks Opinion The market may be producing bigger IPO stories. like SpaceX and Anthropic, but that doesn’t mean retail investors are blindly buying the hype, says Carl Hazeley If you only read the headlines, you’d think retail investors had found their next obsession: blockbuster IPOs. SpaceX has dominated the conversation again this week as investors digest its [...]
James Reed: My advice for Andy Burnham on his big promotion July 29, 2026 James Reed, whose worked in recruitment for over three decades, shares his three tips for Andy Burnham on starting his big new job Having worked in recruitment for over 30 years, I am often asked for my advice on starting a big new job. They don’t come much bigger – or more scrutinised – than [...]
Let the machines do the grunt work, so that we can do the great work July 22, 2026 AI is spectacular at the boring, mundane, repetitive grunt work, data entry, first-pass research, formatting, scheduling and summarising. It can execute those tasks faster and, frankly, better than most of us. Good. Let it. Because the moment you free a talented person from grunt work, they do what machines cannot: build relationships, exercise judgment, tell [...]
Streeting’s EU Plan would cost our hard-won relationship with Trump May 19, 2026 West Streeting's pitch to rejoin the EU may play well with Labour Party members, but it will prove a liability for whoever has to govern.
Sorry Miranda, fear-led leadership doesn’t work for women anymore May 13, 2026 The icy, fear-led leadership of Devil Wears Prada fame is not only no longer in vogue, it's no longer effective, writes Lissele Pratt.
Watch out senior leaders, the Mamdani Effect is coming for your boardroom April 22, 2026 Zohran Mamdani's election as New York mayor is a bellwether for a wider youth leadership movement, writes Kate Robertson.
A post-midterms, lame-duck Trump could be the most dangerous yet April 21, 2026 Trump is obsessed with sealing his legacy by any means. The next two years will probably be Trump's most violent yet, writes Michael Martins.
Meet Gen Zalpha: The new generation up-starts reshaping consumer culture March 18, 2026 Forget Gen Z, it's Generation Zalpha whose commercial influence now matters in the advertising world, writes Ogilvy's Amelia Torode.