Fewer voters would be a boost for democracy January 3, 2012 A FEW days before Christmas, a by-election chose a new MP for Feltham and Heston. Voter turnout was only 29 per cent. This prompted familiar laments about public disengagement from politics. Yet the problem with British democracy is not that too few people vote but that too many do. To see why, consider a question [...]
This former general says the real essence of strategy has been forgotten by business January 29, 2012 THE British government can’t do strategy. Who says so? The British government, that’s who. Or more precisely, that’s what the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee concluded after an inquiry last year. To the historian, this looks like a loss of national vocation. In the great wars of the twentieth century, the British often [...]
This former general says the real essence of strategy has been forgotten by business January 29, 2012 THE British government can’t do strategy. Who says so? The British government, that’s who. Or more precisely, that’s what the House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee concluded after an inquiry last year. To the historian, this looks like a loss of national vocation. In the great wars of the twentieth century, the British often [...]
Tearing your hair out over a man? It’s time to regain control January 8, 2012 HELPS SOLVE YOUR WORK-LIFE PROBLEMS DEAR VEXED: I met a guy at a Christmas party and we’ve seen each other a few times. I really like him but he’s playing it cool. Now I can’t stop thinking about him. When I get like this, I really struggle to concentrate on anything else – and have [...]
We’re nearly at £300,000! December 15, 2011 We have been overwhelmed by the huge support from our readers for City A.M.’s first-ever Christmas charity appeal. After just four weeks of fundraising we are delighted to be within reach of raising £300,000 for our chosen charity, Opportunity International, which offers small loans and banking services to entrepreneurs in southern Malawi. We’re now asking [...]
Dreaming big in Malawi November 28, 2011 OFFERING people financial services as simple as a bank account or affordable business loan for the first time can be life-changing. Take Precious Bambala, a small-time hairdresser based in the village of Limbuli in southern Malawi, where all the money raised in City A.M.’s Christmas charity appeal will be used. In her remote rural area, [...]
Dreaming big in Malawi November 28, 2011 OFFERING people financial services as simple as a bank account or affordable business loan for the first time can be life-changing. Take Precious Bambala, a small-time hairdresser based in the village of Limbuli in southern Malawi, where all the money raised in City A.M.’s Christmas charity appeal will be used. In her remote rural area, [...]
FedEx expects record shipments October 24, 2011 E-commerce will drive record holiday shipments this year for FedEx Corp, the world’s second-biggest package delivery company said yesterday. FedEx expects to deliver more than 260m packages globally between Thanksgiving on 24 November and Christmas, up 12 per cent from a year earlier. FedEx said it will add about 20,000 seasonal workers to help handle [...]
MAN GROUP AIDE PLOTS FAME, SEX AND RUIN December 13, 2011 MANAGING the press coverage of Man Group’s multimillionaire hedge fund manager Pierre Lagrange is not a nine-to-five job. Which is partly why it taken Man Group’s head of media relations David Waller eight years “on and off” to complete his second historical biography around his day job, this time on his scandalous great-uncle Eugen Sandow. [...]
Ten of the top givers in the City December 21, 2011 AS we now know from the tremendous response to this newspaper’s first ever Christmas charity appeal, the City is full of givers. Despite the tougher times many of our readers have experienced, as a group this year they dug in to support a charity that helps people help themselves. This page is a tribute to [...]