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Wednesday, 29 June, 2022

Thursday, 23 June, 2022

UK companies

What business can learn from the UK’s public sector strikes

Prepare to pay up — but also to play nice

Tuesday, 21 June, 2022

Ocado Group PLC

Why Ocado’s incessant cash burn isn’t such a bad thing

The online retailer has been consistent in tapping markets for money

Monday, 20 June, 2022

easyJet PLC

We are stuck with easyJet’s shambles

For both passengers and investors, sadly there is no better alternative

Thursday, 16 June, 2022

Boots UK Ltd

Boots is cautionary tale of how buyout boom went bad

Chemist chain is not a business that can be fixed by some fancy financing

Thursday, 9 June, 2022

UK companies

Cazoo car crash should spell an end to companies’ American dreams

Post-Spac slump and ‘realignment plan’ pours cold water on idea that London’s market is at fault for all valuation shortfalls

Wednesday, 8 June, 2022

UK business & economy

Business needs a better childcare system

In a tight labour market, employers must make a costly, precarious childcare market their problem too

Thursday, 2 June, 2022

Airlines

Who would want to work for the airline industry any more?

Aviation sector’s difficulties are not just about the speed of the pandemic bounceback

Wednesday, 25 May, 2022

Professional services

Don’t hope for simplicity from the City’s Russia export ban

Complexities are an inevitable and acceptable consequence of restrictions on professional services

Tuesday, 24 May, 2022

HSBC Holdings PLC

Why climate change angst is not just an HSBC issue

The banking and asset management sector has much work to do to win the argument internally

Thursday, 19 May, 2022

Executive Pay

Boohoo’s pay shenanigans still stink

Remuneration practices leave much to be desired even if a new incentive scheme is better than the old

Wednesday, 18 May, 2022

KPMG UK

KPMG’s Carillion case should worry juniors across the City

The accounting watchdog has pushed for a £50,000 fine for a then 25-year-old who created misleading meeting minutes

Thursday, 12 May, 2022

UK retail industry

Why convenience stores are still worth sparring over

Morrisons and EG Group’s tussle over McColl’s shows an industry surviving if not thriving

Wednesday, 4 May, 2022

Big tech

Why the UK will pay for its delay over Big Tech

Britain’s dither and delay has squandered a post-Brexit opportunity to lead on regulation

Wednesday, 27 April, 2022

Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd

Don’t let Heathrow puncture the travel ‘bubble’ prematurely

Cynics view downbeat outlook as posturing ahead of aviation regulator’s price cap decision

Monday, 25 April, 2022

UK energy

Energy companies are learning the lessons of the banking crisis

Last suppliers standing will have to pay penance for the sins of those that behaved less responsibly

Friday, 22 April, 2022

War in Ukraine22 min

How London became the dirty money capital of the world

Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts 'Londongrad' in the spotlight

Tuesday, 19 April, 2022

UK privatisation

Lessons for Channel 4 from Royal Mail’s privatisation

Pros and cons of the government’s proposal to end public ownership of broadcaster

Wednesday, 13 April, 2022

Insurance

Golden era for price comparison sites is over

Cost of living squeeze may drive short-term switching, but rule changes point to decline over longer-term

Tuesday, 12 April, 2022

Airlines

BA and easyJet can’t play blame game over flights chaos

Ragged reopening could have long-lasting reputational consequences for airlines

Thursday, 7 April, 2022

Cost of living crisis

Supermarkets braced for a cost of living bunfight

A resurgent Tesco will compound pressure on the sector from discounters as inflation surges

Wednesday, 6 April, 2022

Channel Four Television Corp

What’s the point in privatising Channel 4?

The political will to push through a sale has changed, not the economic logic

Wednesday, 30 March, 2022

Pearson PLC

Pearson would have been a textbook take-private deal

Despite its experience in educational publishing, buyout firm Apollo has abandoned attempt to buy UK group

Wednesday, 30 March, 2022

Airlines

UK airline investors have an ESG problem

How effectively can you engage with a company if you don’t have a vote?

Monday, 28 March, 2022

P&O Ferries

P&O needs to sack its chief executive to salvage reputation

Even if ferry operator accepts error of its ways, Peter Hebblethwaite must be held accountable

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