Rail strikes: More competition could see unrest become a thing of the past EDITORIAL Government cannot continue to abdicate responsibility - it is time to bang some heads together to end the rail strikes
Big Bang 2.0? Smart post-Brexit reforms can put power in the country’s engine EDITORIAL It may be a transparent nod to the geographical spread of the UK’s financial services industry, but the fact the Chancellor is delivering his thesis on the country’s post-Brexit regulatory regime north of the border is worth noting. The phrase Big Bang 2.0 has been ditched – it’s now the Edinburgh Reforms – but the [...]
Capital can’t be complacent about attracting new talent editorial The perils of business journalism are many but one that is often under-remarked upon is the danger of drowning in data releases. Inboxes our end are full of new analyses, some of relatively questionable value, and it is sometimes hard to see the wood from the trees. Not so yesterday when the latest iteration of [...]
All hail the political u-turn – we should welcome more of them December 6, 2022 Should you be driving towards the edge of the white cliffs of Dover, hands on the wheel and pedal to the metal, you can imagine that any passengers who happened to be in the car alongside you would be encouraging you, at some volume and with no small level of profanity, to turn the thing [...]
Questioning the impact of remote working doesn’t make you a dinosaur December 5, 2022 Speak to a lot of chief executives in private – especially once those magical words ‘off the record’ are uttered – and you’ll hear all sorts of frustrations with the state of everything from our politicians to their human resources department. But one topic that keeps coming up – almost anathema in our wider business [...]
It’s long since time to bump up MPs’ pay – we need the best and brightest December 4, 2022 MPs’ pay is not up to standard It perhaps says something about being an MP that Matt Hancock would rather spend three weeks eating various less-than-pleasant parts of exotic Aussie animals than hang around in Westminster. He also felt that he could bring more light to his personal cause – screening for dyslexia in schools [...]
The emergence of micropayments and impact of cryptocurrencies October 16, 2018 Micropayments, generally understood as payments with a value less than £10, predate the advent of the Internet as they were initially conceived to pay the various copyright holders for compound work. Thereafter, several systems were proposed and developed in the mid-to-late nineties, all of which ultimately had little commercial success. A key problem that prevented [...]
What makes a ‘stablecoin’ successful? October 9, 2018 With a number of stablecoins being released recently, we took the opportunity to share our thoughts on what might contribute to their success. Audit: where a stablecoin is backed by another asset, it is important that an independent auditor can verify the holdings of those assets. The absence of a robust audit process and of [...]
Crypto: Unchained but regulated October 9, 2018 Crypto is the Millennials’ Rock’n’Roll” says Stephen Castell, ”and Dr Joseph Muscat, the Malta Prime Minister, has emerged as the world’s top crypto rocker, bravely positioning his beautiful sun-kissed sandstone island country, Chair of the Commonwealth, and President of the Council of the EU, as the leader in regulating Blockchain applications, ICOs, cryptocurrency trading and, [...]
UK blockchain startup launches equity crowdfunding round July 12, 2018 For venture-minded investors who have yet to make any major forays into the tantalising yet potentially risky ICO world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, one equity investment opportunity live now on Crowdcube may prove to be a gateway. Introducing: the bank account based on blockchain BABB (Bank Account Based Blockchain) is a UK-based startup. It is building [...]