How to build an ethical business July 12, 2021 The demand for businesses to be ethical is rising. But how can companies ensure that sustainability does not come at the cost of financial stability? Christian Koch investigates. This article was written before the coronavirus pandemic had escalated in the UK, Europe and the USA and first appears in the April 2020 issue of CA magazine. [...]
Ant Group set to raise $17.5bn in Hong Kong listing September 23, 2020 Ant Group is said to be targeting a raise of $17.5bn when it goes public in Hong Kong as part of a dual listing that will also see it float in Shanghai. The Chinese firm is hoping to raise a total of $35bn across both listings, which if successful, will top Saudi Aramco’s $29.4bn debut [...]
Tesco boss warns against panic buying after new virus restrictions September 23, 2020 Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis has said there is no need for customers to be panic buying groceries, following new restrictions imposed across the UK to combat a second wave of coronavirus infections. Images have been shared on social media of supermarket shelves stripped of food staples such as pasta and flour, bringing back memories [...]
‘The era of grassroots music is over’: Five more London venues could close before Christmas November 30, 2023 Music Venues Trust (MVT) has warned that five more small music venues across London could shutter in the run up to Christmas.
Booming December 1, 2020 Record Highs Bitcoin maximalists proved the world wrong was the general tone of conversations across social media channels as the bulls were seen parading their price target calls in the wake of Bitcoin finally printing a new record high on Monday. The fact that many financial institutions, investors and economists, have remained sceptical of the [...]
How to read financial news: coronavirus, confirmation bias, and political bias June 8, 2020 Now more than ever we need to read the news with a clear eye about our emotions and biases, especially tendency towards confirmation bias and political bias.Coronavirus affects people across the globe and across the dinner table, and our personal experiences can affect our judgment for better or for worse, depending on our process for [...]
Hipgnosis: Embattled music fund announces sale of 20,000 more songs December 11, 2023 Embattled music fund Hipgnosis continued its bid to turn its fortunes around, with today the sale of an additional 20,000 songs for £18.4m. The sale represents one per cent of the music fund’s investment portfolio, consisting of “non-core” songs which “require time intensive, ongoing accounting and reporting obligations and do not all have perpetual ownership [...]
Brand Trump is keeping Candidate Trump in the race for the White House September 29, 2020 Scandals and appalling press are usually bad news for politicians. Before the presidential era of Donald Trump, it was a given that major missteps, major insults to large groups of the population (especially the military), breaking the law, or being impeached were close to terminal for US presidents. It’s fair to say that President Clinton [...]
Coronavirus: How has a year of lockdowns changed the way we shop? March 23, 2021 One year ago today Boris Johnson announced the UK would enter its first coronavirus lockdown, forcing non-essential shops, pubs and restaurants to close in an unprecedented move to slow the spread of Covid-19. The way we shop had changed before the Prime Minister addressed the nation on the evening of 23 March 2020. Images of [...]
Small businesses must be equipped with cyber security training or we could lose post-Covid innovation March 9, 2021 The pandemic has changed many things about the way our economy operates. While some of these changes may be passing, others will no doubt stick. A successful recovery will take the best of both, recognising the way the economy is, and the way we want it to be – not how it was. One positive [...]