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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    UK energy
    Talking tough on energy markets is no way to woo investors

    Conflating complicated long-term market reform with flip-flopping over windfall taxes is odd and unhelpful

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Airlines
    Are we protecting airlines from their own shortcomings?

    Allowing carriers to curb summer schedules may be a necessary evil but underlines issues with take-off and landing slots

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Steel yourself: UK trade policy is suffering post-Brexit drift

    The government’s approach is being reimagined for political reasons on the hoof

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Arm Ltd
    UK’s Arm-twisting confirms critics’ worst deal-vetting fears

    Using national security powers to make chip designer list in London shows drift from stated aims of new rules

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Private equity
    Private equity’s sell-to-yourself bandwagon is a wild ride

    One issue is asymmetry of information and experience, another the recutting of terms

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    ESG investing
    Does the consumer world need to tone down the green talk, for its own good?

    There is a risk that, even as regulators crack down on greenwashing, consumers become more cynical

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Inside BusinessUK financial regulation
    London market’s efforts at reinvigoration are flagging

    Latest proposals to overhaul UK listing regime are confused and may achieve very little

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Business hopes for UK government action are at rock bottom

    Endless consultations leave the CBI having to plead for even modest policy changes from Downing Street

  • Friday, 10 June, 2022
    FT charity appeal
    The UK’s credit gap will gape in this cost of living crisis

    Illegal money lending appears to be rising as higher energy and food bills push those in need towards loan sharks

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    Elliott’s lawsuit could give the City’s metal trading scandal a proper airing

    US hedge fund is claiming $456mn over cancellation of nickel trades on London Metal Exchange

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Corporate governance
    Why banning directors is a feeble fallback, even at P&O

    Cases are hard to prove, penalties lacking and enforcement questionable

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Glencore
    Glencore is not alone in needing a cultural overhaul on bribery

    The City needs to stop treating fears of corporate corruption overseas as a niche concern

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    InterviewHow to Lead
    Unite’s Sharon Graham: ‘I felt this was a moment for the union movement to be reborn’

    The first female boss of the UK’s largest union is focusing on jobs, pay and conditions — and has hired an economist

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    UK energy
    Sunak’s windfall tax comes with added complexity

    Simpler, more direct support to households matched by addition to taxes on oil and gas companies

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Climate change
    No one is ready for the rising tide of climate litigation

    The fast-expanding world of environmental lawsuits is creating risks in the insurance sector

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Consumer trends
    Is the ‘subscription economy’ going to feel the Netflix effect?

    The pandemic boom in consumer subscriptions could falter as the cost-of-living crisis bites and regulators crack down

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Semiconductors
    UK government is in semiconductor mess of its own making

    Untangling national security and strategic economic concerns around Newport Wafer Fab will be tough

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto’s collapse highlights UK policy tensions

    Weeks after London pitched itself as a ‘global hub’, market disorder further muddies debate over regulation

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Aviva PLC
    Don’t dismiss Aviva’s sexist AGM as a one-off

    Derogatory comments towards women in business have had too much airtime elsewhere

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Commercial property
    Did Amazon WeCrash the warehouse market?

    The UK still doesn’t have enough logistics space, despite concern caused by ecommerce group’s pause to its expansion

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    Energy bills are an immediate crisis — and a long-term problem

    ScottishPower’s boss is right to call for more action to help protect households this winter

  • Friday, 6 May, 2022
    UK employment
    Are UK workers getting sick of presenteeism?

    Companies work out how to manage staff sickness after Covid rules ease

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Financial & markets regulation
    City regulation post-Brexit will need greater accountability

    It would be perverse to replace the supposed democratic deficit of the EU with another homegrown one

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    Accountancy
    Ditching UK audit reform would be an embarrassing mistake

    Government must fix the basics of how the market is overseen even if it fails to institute radical change

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    UK financial regulation
    The risks in the Bank of England’s kite-flying on capital

    Regulator has floated a radical simplification — but a bit of complexity can be a good thing

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