Shapps slams Ofgem for being in thrall to energy firms February 6, 2023 Ofgem is in the crosshairs of Business Secretary Grant Shapps, who has accused them of failing to regulate the industry properly.
The UK’s biggest mining and energy businesses may need to wean themselves off China February 3, 2023 In this guest opinion piece, Daniel Dalton, former Conservative MEP and former CEO, British Chamber of Commerce to the EU, writes that Britain’s firms need to deal with China with their eyes wide open Encouraged by successive governments, British companies have spent many years courting China, its resources and its huge, increasingly affluent population. British [...]
Tate Modern privacy ruling could see City restaurants and museums hit with more nuisance claims, lawyers warn February 1, 2023 City restaurants, museums and art galleries could be hit with more nuisance claims, lawyers have warned, after the Supreme Court ruled today that the Tate Museum’s viewing terrace intruded on the privacy of residents in a glass building right next to the gallery. Five residents of the Neo Bankside development on the South Bank took [...]
Charging for GP visits defies all the rules of healthcare economics January 27, 2023 The former Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said we should have to pay to see the GP as the crisis in the NHS worsens everyday, but doctor Jatinder Hayres argues this defies every principle of healthcare economics. Just like former health secretary Sajid Javid, one of my earlier memories was sitting in the GP practice [...]
Beyonce Dubai gig at Atlantis The Royal: Inside the world’s most lavish launch January 24, 2023 “There are two types of people in the world. The people that are in Dubai right now. And us.” So went the meme, shared tens of millions of times across the world this weekend. The occasion – as if you haven’t already heard – was the launch of a self-described “icon”, the Atlantis The Royal [...]
Chelsea, £400m of signings, long contracts and Financial Fair Play: Key questions answered January 21, 2023 Chelsea have raised eyebrows by spending close to £400m since Todd Boehly’s consortium bought the club last summer, including more than £100m in the January transfer window, but has it left the Premier League club in danger of breaking Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules? Why have they been signing players to unusually long contracts? And [...]
Recession to end City’s legal sector pay war, recruiters warn January 15, 2023 A drop in legal sector revenues is likely see the end of the pay war that has played out between the City’s top law firms over the past two years, legal sector recruiters have said. Falling revenues off the back of a slowdown in new business will likely see lawyers’ salaries plateau or even go [...]
Karl Dickson’s Owen Farrell oversight shows rugby referees MUST get big calls right January 8, 2023 Let’s be clear, no game of rugby is ever decided by a singular refereeing decision; there are ample opportunities within a match to convert chances and clinch a victory. But sometimes a game is overshadowed by a single refereeing decision, one which could have ramifications for a number of individuals and groups – and that’s [...]
Rishi Sunak to Keir Starmer: Five bold predictions for British politics in 2023 December 24, 2022 If a week is a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson once said, then what on earth was 2022? Rishi Sunak started the year as Chancellor, spent a strange summer on the backbenches, and returned to Downing Street with the top job by Christmas. In an exhausting and traumatic 12 months the UK witnessed [...]
Inside the psychedelics renaissance making waves in mental health care December 20, 2022 Harley Street has historically been the home of doctors and dentists in London. Today, it hosts an extensive range of health specialists, accessible at usually prohibitive costs. But walking inside the Clerkenwell Health clinic, just around the corner, feels different. The rooms have high ceilings and the walls are painted in a palette of tamed, [...]