Why the big supermarkets can’t deliver food in a sustainable, plastic-free way July 16, 2019 The big four grocers have protected their dominance well over the last 40 years, using their control of the supply chain and access to customers to create untouchable economies of scale. However, the digital revolution is changing the rules for the food and drink market. While the initial changes created by digital seemed to be [...]
How CEO Christian Sewing can save Deutsche Bank July 16, 2019 Pity Christian Sewing. The chief executive of German banking giant Deutsche Bank is not having a good time. What started with a tough but brave call to close his equities business has turned into a low point in the company’s history. There is the potential investigation into its entanglement with the scandal concerning the insolvent [...]
We the people need to find a way to dispel the Brexit Blues July 16, 2019 The year is 1989. Ronald Reagan on his last day at the White House makes his farewell address. His message is one of the recovery of morale and national pride during his presidency. He puts it down to three words: “we the people”. In so doing, his message is this: “Freedom of speech, freedom of [...]
President Trump weighs ousting of commerce secretary Wilbur Ross July 15, 2019 One of the most senior financial figures within Donald Trump’s administration could be pushed out within weeks, according to US media reports. Read more: Trump 2020? Firms haven’t felt this gloomy since the financial crisis Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary and prominent investor, is reportedly in President Trump’s firing line after losing a Supreme Court [...]
One Last Dance: Theresa May celebrates England cricket win with victory boogie July 15, 2019 Prime Minister Theresa May danced away one of her final weekends in number 10, throwing her trademark shapes in celebration of England’s cricket World Cup victory. May, who has been branded the ‘Maybot’ by detractors, dropped some of her notoriously awkward dance moves last night to Abba hits including Dancing Queen and Mamma Mia. Read [...]
See it, say it, sorted – it’s annoying, but effective July 15, 2019 Rail commuters across the country have heard it – the security announcement that starts “if you see something that doesn’t look right…” and ends with the earworm “see it, say it, sorted”. It’s one of those advertising lines that – through a mix of alliteration, questionable grammar, and sheer repetition – gets stuck in your [...]
Debate: Will the British Airways GDPR fine have a bigger impact than the Cambridge Analytica scandal? July 15, 2019 In financial terms the British Airways fine is a serious step-change in consequence
Liberalism is not dead, but it is far sicker than you realise July 15, 2019 Vladimir Putin declared liberalism obsolete
Trump dismisses bitcoin, saying cryptocurrencies aren’t money July 12, 2019 The UK ambassador, the chair of the Federal Reserve and even the star player on the US women’s soccer team have all fallen victim to Donald Trump’s ire in recent weeks. But last night the President used his Twitter account to aim his sights at a rather different target: bitcoin and Facebook’s new proposed currency, [...]
UK ambassador ‘thrown to the wolves’ over Trump leaks, says Sir John Major July 10, 2019 Former Tory Prime Minister Sir John Major has said the UK’s ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, has been “thrown to the wolves” following leaked emails in which the diplomat criticised Donald Trump. Major issued a strong defence of Darroch and said the government should keep him in post even if it meant a [...]