David Hockney at Tate Britain review: A Bigger Splash still makes a bigger splash than the artist’s weak newer works February 9, 2017 This major David Hockney retrospective, the first for 30 years, flits between brilliance and nonchalant mediocrity, with virtuoso paintings hanging metres away from self-cannibalising pastiches of the artist’s best work. Hockney is the nation’s favourite painter, a national treasure on a level with Alan Bennett, popular enough for The Sun to ask him to redesign [...]
Apple boss Tim Cook has spent the day meeting the PM and Mayor of London February 9, 2017 Apple boss Tim Cook, arguably the most important man in tech, has spent the day meeting with British politicians. He started a whistle stop tour of the UK by heading to Glasgow, where he picked up an honorary degree from its university yesterday. And this morning he headed to 10 Downing Street for a chat with [...]
Here’s how much less millennial men are earning February 9, 2017 Were you born after 1980? Are you a man? You're probably earning less than previous generations were at the same age. Millennial men have earned less than generation X (those born before 1980) every single year of their 20s, new figures reveal. And by the time they reach 30, the cumulative loss in earnings compared to the [...]
Alastair Cook was a nice, reliable England Test captain but not a great one February 8, 2017 Alastair Cook will not be remembered as one of England’s great Test captains. He will be recalled as a nice, reliable and uncontroversial skipper who over the last couple of years has taken a young England side to pretty good heights and laid the foundations for that team to achieve more in the future. Others [...]
AmazonFresh parks tanks in Waitrose territory with expansion into Home Counties February 8, 2017 Already widely available across London, Amazon’s grocery delivery service is now expanding into the suburbs of Hampshire and Surrey. Launched in June last year, AmazonFresh was initially available within 69 London postcodes, before increasing its remit to 190 postcodes in the city and a total of 260 across the country. Amazon says that “Prime” customers [...]
Projections that the Chinese economy will overtake America’s any time soon are fanciful February 8, 2017 Possibly the single most important of the tensions stoked up by President Trump is the rivalry between the United States and China. Economic strength will be the ultimate determinant of this struggle for the position of Top Nation. Comparisons of the size of economies, particularly ones at very different levels of income per head, are fraught [...]
Inflation is striking back – and it will have implications for our politics February 7, 2017 Over the last two years, thanks to a low oil price, many economies have been living under a low-inflation illusion. 2017 looks set to be the year inflation strikes back. Rumbles of protectionism, uncertainty over Brexit, and Donald Trump’s expansionary fiscal policy all point to growing inflationary pressures further down the line. But immediate factors [...]
Government should let us make free choices, not subsidise our productivity February 7, 2017 Often the most misguided ideas in politics sound the most innocuous. If we were to hear a minister say that the government wanted to ensure that “every man or woman achieved their full potential”, it would be tempting to nod along unthinkingly. Who could disagree with such a positive-sounding goal? The problem is that things [...]
Former trade minister Lord Green appointed President of the Institute of Export & International Trade February 7, 2017 Former trade minister Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint has been appointed President of the Institute of Export & International Trade (IOE&IT). Lord Green will be tasked with driving the strategy and vision of the Institute and boosting the UK's exporting scene, as Britain soon begins the process of leaving the European Union – with Theresa May [...]
The UK is losing out on foreign direct investment due to the uncertainty following Brexit vote February 7, 2017 The UK is losing out on foreign direct investment (FDI) due to the uncertainty following last year's Brexit vote, according to a new study by accountancy group UHY Hacker Young. The study, which looked at FDI inflows last year in 45 major economies, found the amount of investment fetched by the UK is lagging behind [...]