Jeremy Corbyn-supporting Jewish Voice for Labour is planning an anti-anti-Semitism rally March 26, 2018 Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are organising a rally to counter the protest against the party leader's apparent toleration of anti-Semitism. The original protest, organised by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council, is scheduled to begin outside parliament at 5:30pm today. However, the Jewish Voice for Labour is organising a rally [...]
Priti Patel did discuss UK aid going to Golan Heights, government admits November 7, 2017 International development secretary Priti Patel is coming under further pressure as it was confirmed today she did discuss aid being diverted to the Israeli army after her undisclosed meetings in the country this summer. A Downing Street spokesperson said that Patel had asked officials from her department to examine whether public money could support humanitarian [...]
Brevan Howard US fixed income head jumps ship and heads to Barclays September 6, 2017 A top trader from Brevan Howard’s New York office has left the renowned hedge fund to head up Barclays' macro trading team. The exit comes after City A.M. revealed last week that Brevan Howard’s chief operating officer had resigned and the fund was considering headcount reductions in New York and Israel. Michael Lublinsky will start [...]
Shenzhen, San Jose, Tel Aviv: global cities to watch in 2018 February 12, 2018 As investors in global cities we compile a biannual index using a number of factors to identify the most economically vibrant cities. With the publication of the latest version of the index, we’ve also taken the opportunity to highlight those cities that we believe have the greatest potential to move up the rankings in 2018. [...]
The UK’s digital economy is among the best in the world, according to this new study July 12, 2017 The UK has one of the best digital economies of any country in the world, ahead of the US and the rest of Western Europe, and is considered part of a small number of "digital elite" that are "both highly digitally evolved and advancing quickly." That's according to a major new study of 60 countries [...]
We can’t save the NHS until we acknowledge its failing health January 5, 2018 The NHS has had to cancel 50,000 non-urgent operations to deal with the winter crisis. This is not normal. The Prime Minister may be pretending everything is fine, but this is not acceptable. The trouble is that, beyond the acknowledgement that there is a very serious problem with a health service that spasms in predictably [...]
Let’s get serious about leading the fourth industrial revolution November 27, 2017 The abolition of stamp duty for most first-time buyers dominated the headlines after last week’s Budget. But an equally important national priority was delivered too: positioning Britain to lead the fourth industrial revolution. As the chancellor said, this wave of technological change is already transforming the way we live and work, raising living standards, delivering [...]
Day by day, Donald Trump is reshaping America. We travel the west coast from Canada to Mexico speaking to people about their hopes and fears, and how their lives are changing July 11, 2018 The Seattle skyline, with the iconic Space Needle against the backdrop of Mt Rainier, may be familiar from TV series including Frasier and Grey’s Anatomy, but it’s the city’s music scene that sent ripples across the world, through Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix. “The music scene helped build Seattle’s liberal values,” says Nick, a [...]
Priti dire: No way forward for May’s shambolic government November 9, 2017 Where to start with the Priti Patel case? The secretary for international development has created a media storm of such epic proportions that it has clouded out all the other competing scandals within Theresa May’s cabinet (more on them later). To recap, it transpired last week that Patel had held undisclosed meetings with key Israeli [...]
Britain is a tech powerhouse leading the global revolution July 7, 2017 In every era, when a big new technology is invented we are challenged to think fresh about how to make it work for us, in a way that improves the quality of people’s lives. Just as new technologies can bring great benefits, they also can throw up risks. It’s no different with digital technology. Britain [...]