The City View: Goldman Sachs leads new mental health fund with £400K donation June 4, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Poppy Jaman, CEO of the City Mental Health Alliance, which brings together City leaders to promote and sustain good mental health. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS The Alliance is one of many charities behind a new Mental Health Sustainability Fund, aimed at ensuring the sector has enough [...]
The City View: ‘Cowardly business chiefs must speak up against the lockdown’ – Luke Johnson June 3, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by entrepreneur and investor Luke Johnson, a high-profile critic of the government’s lockdown policy. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Johnson says that many business leaders agree with his position in private, but are too afraid to voice their own concerns publicly. He says the lockdown is “dystopian” – [...]
The City View: How to look after mental health in the age of remote work, with Octavius Black June 2, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Octavius Black, CEO of The Mind Gym, which uses psychology and behaviour science to improve the way people and businesses think, work and behave. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Octavius, who has worked with more than 60 per cent of FTSE 100 companies, says employee wellbeing and responsive, [...]
The City View: Put it in your diary, City A.M. is returning to print June 1, 2020 In this episode, after a bit of diary confusion deprived the show of a guest, Christian chats briefly about the plan to return City A.M. to print on Monday 7 September after the pandemic triggered a temporary suspension of the print operation. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Christian also looks at the latest proposals [...]
The City View: A recovery in retail and testing times for tech, with entrepreneur William Reeve May 29, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by entrepreneur William Reeve, chairman of online investing platform Nutmeg, CEO of property tech firm Goodlord, NED at retailer Dunelm and co-founder of LoveFilm and Secret Escapes. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS William gives a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing key areas of the economy including retail [...]
The City View: ‘End the lockdown now and cut taxes to avoid a depression’ – Dan Hannan May 28, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Dan Hannan, former Tory MEP now president of the Initiative for Free Trade. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Dan is a lockdown-sceptic and he makes a powerful case for reopening the economy and avoiding a crippling collapse in economic activity. In addition, he believes the government must [...]
The City View: Trump, China and the pandemic – with Todd Buchholz, former White House Director of Economic Policy May 27, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Todd Buchholz, a former White House Director of Economic Policy, former Managing Director of the Tiger Hedge Fund, now best-selling author, economist and investor. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Todd gives his view on how America is dealing with the crisis and how it could influence the coming [...]
Balance sheet erosion and impact on share prices May 26, 2020 As the virus has grown, so balance sheets have shrunk. In this global health crisis, it is not just people who are ill. Against conditions already uncertain with a trade war and Brexit, this crisis has shaken the bones of the stock market, exposing fragile finances at more than a few firms. Some zombies, unable [...]
The City View: ‘The state is weak where it should be strong and strong where it should be weak’ May 26, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by Dr Rainer Zitelmann, a German economist, author, historian and sociologist, for a lively discussion about the role of the state during periods of crisis. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Dr Zitelmann feels the state has failed in basic areas such as crisis prevention yet remains overbearing in [...]
The City View: ‘Business is not going back to how it was, in any aspect’ – David Sproul, global deputy CEO of Deloitte May 22, 2020 In this episode Christian is joined by the deputy head of Deloitte worldwide, David Sproul, who says businesses around the world are asking themselves “whether we’ll ever go fully back to offices” as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Sproul, who ran Deloitte in Europe before taking the global [...]