Independent bookshops are thriving – as long as they offer more than just books September 18, 2023 Morocco Bound is a lesson in adaptability. Even its owner “[doesn’t] know what to call it these days”. Music venue, community space, workshop facility hosting poetry slams, comedy nights, life drawing sessions and more, it was – originally – a book shop. “I’m an architect,” Jonathan Dransfield, the owner, tells me. An architect who wrote [...]
Stop trying to ban zero hour contracts, it helps both young people and businesses September 18, 2023 Labour's promise to ban zero hour contracts will harm a good chunk of people they're hoping to get them to vote for them, even if it does appease the unions, writes Ben Cope.
Our economic recovery is on track, but we should aim to be on par with US growth September 18, 2023 There is no reason Britain should not aim to have an economy growing the same speed - if not faster - than the US, writes Chris Hayward
Basic competence a first step – then Tories can afford ideology September 18, 2023 Liz Truss has been accused of many things over the past year, but nobody could level any accusations about her willingness to front up. Many politicians would have retired, tail very much between legs, to the outer reaches of our public life and sought the quiet life. Not Truss, who today will reassert her position [...]
Truss: Tories have let the left capture economic consensus – and Sunak’s no better September 17, 2023 LIZ TRUSS will warn today that a lack of supply side reform under Rishi Sunak will lengthen a 25-year-long ‘economic consensus’ that has seen growth effectively flatline across the west.
Proton boss: UK banks won’t function if encryption disappears September 17, 2023 The issue of encryption has become a pressing conundrum for both tech companies and lawmakers involved in the UK’s Online Safety Bill in recent months. Now at least they agree that there is currently no viable technology to access messages without compromising user privacy. Encryption is a crucial way of turning messages into an unreadable [...]
BBC Studios relaunching international news site amid licence fee freeze September 17, 2023 The BBC is gearing up for an expansion in the US market as it seeks to bolster its revenues amid challenges at home. BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s main commercial arm, is preparing to relaunch its advertising-supported news website in North America, ahead of next year’s US presidential election. Following its debut there, the revamped website [...]
70 per cent drop in cartel whistleblowing to CMA since 2018 should cause ‘concern’ September 17, 2023 The UK’s competition watchdog should be concerned by a 70 per cent drop in whistleblowing on illegal cartels in the last five years, top lawyers have said. A freedom of information (FOI) request from law firm RPC showed the staggering drop in reporting, down from 1,442 calls in 2017 to just 427 in 2022, City [...]
Arm IPO pockets advisers $84m in bumper payday September 17, 2023 The float of British chipmaker Arm pocketed its advisors $84m worth of fees in the biggest payout bonanza in nearly five years, according to new analysis.
The winners and losers of London’s work-from-home economy: The City, the Wharf and the Burbs September 17, 2023 The pandemic may have ended, but the lasting work-from-home culture has changed how people splash their cash – and invariably it’s on a Thursday now. Empty restaurants, but heaving happy hours in pubs, is the perhaps biggest shift for the hospitality sector as consumers change their habits to meet a new work-life balance. A new [...]
