Business can’t buy itself green, but it can change the game January 13, 2023 As the FTSE 350 pump cash into carbon credits, Tommy Ricketts argues that offsetting projects can change the game - if we know what they're buying.
Show us the money: landlords need to fix their freezing properties January 13, 2023 Sky high rents and even higher energy prices. Homeowners have a reason to make their houses energy efficient, but landlords don't care what their tenants' bills are, Sam Robinson looks at the conundrum for rental properties.
Banning plastic forks will be a headache for hospitality firms January 13, 2023 Banning plastic cutlery is a win for environmental campaigners, but for restaurants battling inflation and rising energy bills, it could create more problems, writes Mark Stefanini
Explainer-in-brief: Government u-turns on foreign lobbying rules January 12, 2023 Plans to prevent hostile states intervening in UK politics with a foreign lobbying register are under review, after global businesses complained investment into Britain could dry up if there are too many bureaucratic hurdles. The new rules would have required most foreign organisations to register all exchanges with British ministers, officials and MPs. The government’s [...]
Analysis: NHS strikes are about morale, stupid January 12, 2023 As Britain braces for more strikes in the NHS later this month and ministers are locked in tense pay negotiations, 14 health unions have pulled out of independent pay review process.
Let’s be honest, making our own microchips won’t solve our China woes January 12, 2023 The UK has promised a microchips strategy, but it doesn't need one. We think we must produce chips to face off China, but in reality we will be better off importing them, writes Matthew Lesh
Parlez-vous Anglais? London shouldn’t worry about losing our tech sector to Paris January 12, 2023 London is still a leading technology hub, thanks to its strong roots in innovation. We shouldn't be anxious about Paris or Berlin overtaking us in tech, writes Laura Citron
Letters: Don’t let hackers steal our future January 12, 2023 [Re: As we modernise education, we can’t allow hackers to target our kids’ future, yesterday] Rosie Beacon is absolutely spot on in her assessment of the UK government’s prioritisation of cybersecurity preparedness. For too long, it has been an afterthought, and this has resulted in a number of high-profile attacks on businesses and other organisations. [...]
Meta pumped cash into a futuristic vision, but they didn’t prepare for a recession January 12, 2023 The challenge Meta faces is different from that of other companies like Google and Microsoft, because Mark Zuckerberg did nothing to future-proof his company in the event of a recession, writes Howard Yu Meta suffered another blow last week, as the European Union ruled their ad practices in Ireland illegal. The decision resulted in a [...]
The Square Mile and Me: Bill Blain on Bear Stearns, the Old Dr Butler’s Head and sailing on the Solent January 11, 2023 Each week we ask a City figure to tell us about what makes the Square Mile special. This week, it’s Shard Capital’s Bill Blain. What’s your first memory of the Square Mile? As a young Scotsman fresh to London, I thought the City was all bowler hats before a university chum invited me for lunch [...]