Explainer: The story behind the “Never kissed a Tory” slogan June 15, 2023 British politics comes with its quirks and oddities, and one of them is the spat about the “Never kissed a Tory” motto. For some, it’s tribal politics; for others, it’s a fun joke. For Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, it is probably the second option. When he decided to post a picture wearing [...]
Tech Week Day Four: Chips will be the battleground on which the contest for tech innovation is fought June 15, 2023 The penultimate day of London Tech Week is a timely occasion to discuss an industry not just under the spotlight in the tech sector, but the business agenda more broadly. Semiconductors, or ‘chips’, are the building blocks of electronic devices driving our rapid technological advancement and economic development. In his opening speech this week, the [...]
Bailey holds the torch for a proud UK tradition – failing our monetary policy June 15, 2023 Andrew Bailey and the economists at the Bank of England are part of a long line of people who have failed Britain’s monetary policy, writes Will Cooling
City firms are still digging their heads in the sand over sexual harassment June 15, 2023 The Odey's sexual harassment case is an example of how companies still think the "no comment" approach is the best one when they're hit by scandal, no matter the consequences, writes Simon Neville
The Square Mile and Me with Michael Barrington-Hibbert: ‘Headhunted’ at the market stall to a love for Leadenhall June 15, 2023 Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, it’s Michael Barrington-Hibbert, founder and CEO of executive search firm Barrington-Hibbert Associates What was your first job? When I was 13 years old, I worked at a fruit and veg stall in Wembley after school which led to me being [...]
Let’s be honest, even after Brexit we’re still adding more red tape June 15, 2023 For more than a decade, Conservative Prime Ministers have promised to scrap bureaucracy and red tape and yet even after Brexit they’ve done exactly the opposite.
Tech Week Day Three: Mitigating the risks of AI while exploiting its potential for jobs and society June 14, 2023 Of all the hot topics discussed at another balmy day at London Tech Week, one stood out feverishly from the rest – artificial intelligence, and how it will impact global economies. Around the world, governments are racing to get to grips with AI and establish effective strategies to regulate it. Today, lawmakers in the European [...]
The Bank of England has mismanaged this inflation cycle from the get-go June 14, 2023 The Bank of England and Andrew Bailey have botched their messaging, their forecasts and their decisions - and we are paying the price
We need more humble leaders like the former Diageo CEO in our politics June 14, 2023 The former chief executive of Diageo, Ivan Menezes, passed away last week. He was the greatest example of a humble leader; we have many of those in business, but unfortunately not enough of them in politics, writes Josh Williams
Our approach to energy prices shows we want climate policies only if they’re free June 14, 2023 High energy prices could have been an incentive for companies to move to less energy intensive processes and for consumers to use less energy. The opposite happened, writes Paul Ormerod