London law firm ‘acted appropriately’ for Putin’s warlord Prigozhin January 28, 2025 The legal regulator is reported to “have decided to take no further action” against law firm Discreet Law which acted for the former leader of leader of Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin. As revealed by Democracy for Sale, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) decided that London-based Discreet Law “acted appropriately” when representing the sanctioned Wagner leader. [...]
This Holocaust Memorial Day, remembering is more important than ever January 27, 2025 The Holocaust is harrowing lesson in what humanity is capable when intolerance is left unchallenged. Survivor John Hajdu confronts those who still deny his suffering In October 1944, the far-right Hungarian Arrow Cross party, collaborating with the Nazis, began hunting down Jewish women and children, having already taken the men. By this time my father [...]
If the Chancellor wants growth she must restore business confidence January 24, 2025 Confidence is fundamental to how businesses choose to invest and grow and at the moment it’s poor. If the Chancellor wants to turn this around she must listen to the City, says Sir Michael Snyder With the UK economy in the spotlight amid rising bond yields, high national debt, concerns over inflation and rising taxes, [...]
The Debate: Is Tiktok rotting our brains? January 23, 2025 Forget about the Chinese espionage, is Tiktok rotting our brains? Our writers hash it out in this week's Debate.
London terrace conversion brings colour and fun to Victorian flat January 22, 2025 The Hot Property team love nothing more than a London conversion that takes the awkward spaces of a period flat and turns them into something modern and fun. This conversion of a first floor Victorian terrace located within the Cobourg Conservation Area next to Burgess Park in Southwark, manages to accentuate the period details of [...]
How can UK businesses prepare for Trump? Remember how he thinks January 21, 2025 The best approach to dealing with Trump? Resist the hysteria and remember how the President thinks, writes Michael Martins.
Russia sanctions under spotlight in landmark case with Abramovich ally January 15, 2025 UK Russian sanctions will be under the scope at the Supreme Court today as Eugene Shvidler seeks to remove the sanctions against him
Russia back at London court in long-running oil row January 15, 2025 Russia is back at an English court today over a long-running battle with former shareholders of oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky oil company
Taiwan: The technology of freedom January 15, 2025 This week, Tom Tudgendhat spoke at the Taiwan Institute for National Defence and Security Research. Here he makes an impassioned case for the island’s outward-facing, innovative economic model – and argues it is an essential partner for the West Visiting Taipei, a city striving at the forefront of innovation, even as it upholds Chinese traditions and [...]
Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe: UK chemical manufacturing ‘having the life squeezed out of it’ January 13, 2025 Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe has warned British chemicals manufacturing is having the “life squeezed out of it” by the government, and is on the verge of extinction. The business titan slammed the de-industrialising of Britain, which started in the 1970s and 1980s, and criticised the government for a lack of energy strategy and high [...]