Staggering 9 in 10 Brits now struggle to make ends meet with retirement poverty fears growing for millions September 4, 2022 Nine in ten people across the UK are now struggling to make ends meet, with only one in ten saying they don’t have any financial concerns, according to fresh data shared with City A.M. this morning. The shock figures raise fears around people’s financial future as well as their present as the rising cost of [...]
Our productivity problem won’t solve itself by magic, Britain needs some real ambition November 22, 2022 It’s high time businesses stop expecting output to grow of its own accord. Neither their companies nor the country can afford to wait.
The Notebook: Kate Willard on how building connections is the key to business June 22, 2023 The notebook is a place where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Kate Willard, envoy for the Thames Estuary. The best partnerships are forged in person Ploughing through three feet of snow through downtown Detroit one bitterly cold February morning wasn’t perhaps the classic route to a new world of business opportunity. For one [...]
A Tory dilemma: our workforce is weakest in Red Wall seats March 24, 2023 As the Conservatives look to fix the workforce, the Red Wall is wide open, writes Praful Nargund.
Canary Wharf and Me: John Mulqueen on life in London’s other financial district February 15, 2024 This week John Mulqueen, chief investment officer at Canary Wharf Group, tells us about life in London’s other financial district.
Water industry woes make future challenges harder to fix October 2, 2023 The water industry is a national disgrace, making the tough choices it has to make over investment and water shortages even more difficult
EU targets November deal to tackle ultra-high gas prices October 11, 2022 The European Union is pushing for a November deal on more emergency measures to tackle ultra-high gas prices.
The NHS has lost its edge for clinical trials, but private firms can pull it back June 20, 2023 An NHS choked by bureaucracy is losing ground-breaking clinical trials, and it needs to the private sector to help save its reputation, writes Elena Siniscalco
Rail union boss Mick Lynch warns strikes could ‘last for months’ July 24, 2022 Crippling strikes are likely to last for months longer if rail companies do not make improved pay offers for its workers, rail union boss Mick Lynch has said. Lynch, secretary-general of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), today also warned there likely would be a “rolling campaign of trade union activity” [...]
UK borrowed record £16.7bn for February but Jeremy Hunt handed interest bill boost March 21, 2023 The UK borrowed a higher than expected £16.7bn in February, a record for that specific month due to the government spending billions on helping families with the cost of energy bills, official figures out today reveal. Office for National Statistics (ONS) numbers indicate Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s decision to cap typical household energy bills at £2,500 [...]