Brace yourselves, the era of the ‘alternative budget’ has arrived November 20, 2023 It started when Liz Truss’s faction of 60 or so MPs, who go under the banner Conservative Growth Coalition, pre-announced – to drum up anticipation – and then two months later published their Budget for Growth.
CBI’s annual conference had a distinct lack of CEOs – can it win them back? November 20, 2023 The CBI's annual conference had a notable lack of CEOs speaking. Can they be won back?
Sunak’s belief in the Rwanda scheme is based on magical thinking November 20, 2023 Rwanda has always been an ill-conceived policy with little evidence, but Rishi Sunak is willing to bet everything on it, writes Eliot Wilson
The Notebook: From the power of mentoring to the joy of a ‘dumb phone’ November 20, 2023 The notebook is a place for interesting people to say interesting things. Today, it’s the turn of Ed Johnson, CEO of mentoring platform Pushfar. Businesses have got to start giving employees time for mentoring When we ask any leadership team about whether they think that mentoring is valuable, they almost all say it is. In [...]
Forget Starbucks, the Square Mile needs to be the coffee shop for cultural ideas November 20, 2023 The benefits of fostering connections in the City go far beyond the Square Mile, writes new Lord Mayor of Canada Michael Mainelli
UK MPs simply don’t care enough to ban conversion therapy November 20, 2023 Gay conversion therapy has been banned in multiple countries around the world and is rightly called abuse by medical experts - but the government's refusal to ban the practice shows they don't care about LGBTQ people enough
It’s the Year of the Pothole and Britain is crazy November 17, 2023 Forget the Chinese Zodiac – Britain’s automotive association has appointed itself responsible for assigning the symbol of the year. And they’ve chosen potholes.
Why has levelling up failed? November 17, 2023 Levelling up has become a semi-religious mantra to which Labour has joined in the ubiquitous chanting. Yet the scheme has been mired in criticism – its selection process was condemned as “corrupt” and local authorities are struggling to spend their lot.
London’s economy is a microcosm for our success but we’re ignoring ways to help it November 17, 2023 London’s West End is a microcosm of much of the wider economy: it has small independent businesses in sectors such as food, big high street chains in its bars and retail.
As London loses firms to the US, our obsession over regulations is a distraction November 17, 2023 The idea regulations need to be trimmed back is a pure distraction from the real problems that London faces, writes Daniel Valentine