Advertising Association chief: Why banning sugary food advertising won’t tackle obesity January 4, 2016 Ministers were urged to impose a “sugar tax” and crack down on the marketing of sugary products to children in a Public Health England (PHE) report, published in October. Since then, many have questioned whether tougher regulation of marketing would really help to tackle childhood obesity, and whether UK advertisers should be made the whipping [...]
The end of the West: 2016 is the year a new order begins to arise January 4, 2016 “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” Churchill, after the British victory at El Alamein This year will make it apparent to all but the most gormless that the comfortable, easy centuries of western dominance (under the Dutch, [...]
Skills shortages, EU uncertainty, and a rate rise before the summer: What to expect from 2016 economics January 4, 2016 The UK economy is in a period of steady growth and low inflation which should continue in 2016. Economic growth this year should be around 2.5 per cent – very respectable in the post-crisis New Normal, keeping us close to the top of the G7 growth league along with the United States. Unemployment is likely [...]
The three critical decisions facing Londoners in 2016 January 4, 2016 With Christmas now behind us, City workers are returning to their desks for what will be a challenging and exciting year. January is only just beginning, but one thing is already clear: this is a year in which we will all need to hit the ground running. This year we will have to make several [...]
Will Jeremy Corbyn still be Labour leader by the end of 2016? January 4, 2016 Chris Rumfitt, founder and chief executive of Field Consulting, says No. Thursday 5 May is the day on which the scales will fall from the eyes of Labour members. It is then that Jeremy Corbyn’s popularity will be tested properly for the first time, with elections in Scotland, London and for local councils across England. [...]
Flickr and Slack founder Stewart Butterfield on starting one of the fastest growing startups ever January 4, 2016 "I lived in Cambridge in the late 1990s, and even then they were working on Silicon Fen,” says Stewart Butterfield. We’re talking about replicating Silicon Valley because, as the founder of Flickr and now team collaboration tool Slack, he’s well placed to comment. And it’s not that he’s picking on Cambridge; the point is that [...]
A rate rise before the summer and a Eurozone rebound: Economic predictions for 2016 December 23, 2015 NULL
Open letter to the chancellor: Don’t cut London transport November 23, 2015 This week’s Spending Review will require the chancellor to make difficult decisions. Cutting investment in transport in London would be a very false economy. With a population growing by 100,000 a year, continued investment is needed to keep not just Londoners but the Treasury’s tax take from the capital moving. Parts of the Underground need [...]
Q&A with Yogi Dewan: Why everyone misunderstands risk November 19, 2015 For high net worth families, preserving wealth for future generations is more important than risking it for an outsized return. “Financial markets are environments for preserving wealth,” explains Yogi Dewan, chief executive and founder of boutique wealth management firm Hassium Asset Management. “But whether you invest in equities, real estate or government bonds, there’s no [...]
Booming Vietnam’s image is a generation out of date November 19, 2015 When most westerners think about Vietnam, they tend to think of war movies, chronicling the country’s relatively recent anti-colonial struggles against first the French and then the US. But such a view has outlived its shelf life, for Vietnam is now a country worth betting on. The Vietnamese Communist Party, much like its Beijing counterpart, [...]
