Olympia developer: Britain’s planning system doesn’t reward delivery July 2, 2026 Property hotshot John Hitchcox tells us about his career, from doing up flats in his 20s to leading the £1.3bn regeneration of Olympia London.
Keir Starmer wasn’t weird enough for Westminster July 2, 2026 A Prime Minister more comfortable behind football stands than the dispatch box, Starmer was too normal for politics in the end, writes Tom Harwood.
Thin end of the wedge? LLPs brace for major tax overhaul July 2, 2026 The maths genius behind trading firm XTX, Alex Gerko, stands high in the rankings of Britain’s top taxpayers, having paid more than £330m to HMRC last year. For good measure, he also handed out more than £150m to charities and good causes in 2025, focusing on education and supporting talented math graduates to pursue PhDs [...]
The greatest comms challenge facing business leaders today July 2, 2026 To regain public trust, businesses must ditch the glossy, say-nothing comms and be honest with consumers about the messy reality.
Pip & Nut boss: My partner took nine months off to look after our baby. I want to normalise it July 2, 2026 When Pip & Nut CEO Pippa Murray had a baby, it was her husband who took nine months off. She says it’s time to rebalance parental leave.
AI disputes are turning into deals July 1, 2026 Lawyer by day, rapper by night, Nick Eziefula has seen both sides of the coin when it comes to disputes over AI and art.
The Debate: Should delivery robots be allowed on pavements? July 1, 2026 Are delivery robots a sign of progress or a threat to pedestrians? We hear both cases in this week's Debate.
Ignore the green gloomsters, climate change is a huge opportunity for Britain July 1, 2026 We do not solve a warming planet by lowering our standard of living, raising taxes and making ordinary people poorer. We solve it with engineering, enterprise, adaptation and abundance, says Albie Amankona For decades, the British national pastime has been complaining about the weather. We have endured centuries of grey, damp, drizzling misery, huddled around [...]
Britain must speed up to survive the AI era July 1, 2026 The AI era will reward the small number of countries that can adapt and build quickly enough and it will punish those that can’t, says Sam Richards “Well, in our country,” said Alice, still panting a little, “you’d generally get to somewhere else – if you ran very fast for a long time, as we’ve [...]
Why Hugh Grant is the last person Burnham should listen to on press freedom July 1, 2026 Hugh Grant hopes his long-running campaign to censor newspapers will find a receptive audience in Andy Burnham’s Downing St. Now is no time undermine free speech, says Joseph Dinnage A lifelong Leftie, big in the 1990s, Oxbridge educated, and a famous on-screen Prime Minister: it’s no surprise that Hugh Grant is friendly with Andy Burnham. [...]