Revolut to join UK bank fraud helpline after surge in complaints September 27, 2024 Revolut is among three new firms signing up to the banking industry’s answer to 999 after it emerged that it had outstripped all the UK's major banks in official fraud complaints.
Square Mile and Me: PPRO CEO Motie Bring on a career in fintech – and a plea for more office dogs September 26, 2024 We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Motie Bring, CEO at London fintech PPRO, talks us through his career journey and City highlights What was your first job? An unforgettable summer gig as a waiter at a vibrant cafe called ‘London’ on the beach in Tel Aviv. What was [...]
The Capitalist: Labour’s no-Party Conference; Rightmove’s drama Down Under; R.I.P. our dots September 26, 2024 Dispatches from Labour Party Conference, Rightmove's hopping executives, and more: catch up on the latest City gossip in The Capitalist.
‘Turbulent few months’ ahead for retailers as low consumer confidence lingers September 26, 2024 One of the UK’s largest retail bodies has warned that retailers could suffer in the next few months during the run-up to Christmas, due to a lack of consumer confidence in the economy. Confidence slumped in September, with an increasing number of Brits saying they expected the UK economy to get worse over the next [...]
Bank of London: Questions persist over unicorn’s finances and governance September 24, 2024 In the span of just two weeks, fintech "unicorn" The Bank of London has gone from relative obscurity to being thrust into the public spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
Labour’s insistence on talking Britain down will only spur on further decline September 24, 2024 In economics, the "animal spirits" of human emotion matter. So why is Labour determined to talk Britain down, asks Emma Revell.
Tarantulas, temples and tall tales: Vietnam to Cambodia on the Mekong river is a soul-stirring delight September 23, 2024 Alexandra Pereira enjoyed profound human connections along the Mekong river On the first night of my journey along the mammoth Mekong ‘mother- water’ River, I watch on aghast as my companion crunches down on a large tarantula. He washes it down with a negroni, a sundowner like no other, and barely makes a sound or [...]
The Notebook: On the lookout for common sense at Labour Party Conference September 23, 2024 As Labour Party Conference kicks off, Matthew Elliott lays out what he is on the lookout for (including his favourite Liverpool pub).
Pubs face ‘double whammy’ of tax hikes as hundreds call last orders for good September 23, 2024 Around 50 pubs per month ‘vanished’ from England and Wales in the first half of the year as hospitality struggled with costs and tax rates. The overall number of pubs in England and Wales, including those vacant and being offered to let, fell to 39,096 at the end of the first half of 2024, down [...]
‘Grown up’ Sue Gray is looking like a political ingenue September 23, 2024 Sue Gray awarding herself a more generous salary than the Prime Minister’s betrays a high-handed and naive approach to politics, says Eliot Wilson When the BBC revealed last week that Sue Gray, the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, earned more than her boss, the story developed in a number of different ways. Some felt that [...]