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    Helen Thomas

    Business columnist

    Helen Thomas writes about British business and finance for the FT. She has previously written for the Lex column, for FT Alphaville as well as covering M&A and the mining sector. From 2013, she worked at the Wall Street Journal and at BBC Newsnight before rejoining the FT in 2021.
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    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      Corporate governance
      Business should stop griping about ‘comply or explain’

      The UK’s trademark self regulatory approach to governance has been aped around the world

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      Don’t treat crypto like gambling — even if it is largely pointless

      Governments are struggling with the question of how to regulate the sector to protect investors

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Food Prices
      Don’t make UK supermarkets the ‘greedflation’ bogeymen

      UK cannot decide whether food prices are egregiously high or problematically low

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Stellantis shows future of UK car sector hangs on more than a Brexit overhaul

      Even if a deal on rules of origin is agreed, carmakers will suffer from the lack of a long-term industrial strategy

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      Carmakers’ latest Brexit angst highlights risk of UK falling behind EV battery race

      There is no planning in UK around sector, but US and EU are throwing money at attracting supply chains including securing critical minerals

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Technology sector
      Closed for business? Sizing up Big Tech’s UK temper tantrum

      Microsoft and Activision’s fury over blocking of merger by regulator has rightly provoked little angst

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      Melrose Industries PLC
      Waning of the Melrose model is the end of an era for London

      As buyout group moves on to focus on aerospace, investors ponder whether business model can be replicated in ever-shrinking UK equity market

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Executive Pay
      What could usefully happen in the UK’s ‘big tent’ conversation on pay

      LSE chief executive deserves plaudits for taking on a high-profile, contentious subject with no easy answers

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      London fights for its future
      Listings overhaul must stop London’s sucking sound getting louder

      Review ditches gold standard of governance but has yet to work out what comes next for the City

    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      UK companies
      The whistleblowing lessons from the CBI scandal

      Companies should consider not just their policies but how they are being promoted and used

    • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
      Telecoms
      Threats to undersea cables should worry business as well as government

      Companies that rely on these networks have little understanding of the system’s resilience to attack

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Pensions industry
      What the UK should learn from Australia on pensions

      Political edicts on investment strategy are not the right way to emulate the country’s success

    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Cyber Security
      The UK will need more than words in this cyber war

      With business inaction threatening critical infrastructure, a mandated level of protection may be required

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      UK business & economy
      We need to do something about bunged-up Britain

      Businesses across the economy share the same complaint of process-heavy regulation preventing them from moving fast

    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      Glencore
      Glencore’s pursuit of Teck sends its careful coal message up in smoke

      Miner wants to spin off the business despite previously arguing holding on to it was better

    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      UK business & economy
      Rebuild the CBI, do not bury it

      Cultural reckoning following sexual misconduct claims should be followed by a strategic one

    • Monday, 3 April, 2023
      InterviewUK business & economy
      UK pledges greater transparency of how it scrutinises deals

      Minister responds to business concerns about government reviews based on national security

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      UK energy
      Is the UK being held to ransom in the power market?

      Traders have upper hand when demand is high and there isn’t enough renewable capacity

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      How to spark up a Green Day revolution with no cash

      UK’s best option may be as an aggressive regulator — something the government needs to come to terms with

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Banks
      How ‘competitive’ would you like your bank regulation now? 

      Unravelling of Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank gives whip hand to those in favour of tough oversight

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Endless innovating when it comes to R&D policy can only be unhelpful

      With the latest credit for research intensive businesses, the government is picking winners by the back door

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK banks
      Why crummy bank IT is a looming regulatory risk

      Lenders will not get a pass on the digital challenges around new consumer protection rules

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      Tech start-ups
      Let’s hope the start-up world remembers this Great British Tech Rescue

      The UK tech sector has been backed up and bailed out by a country it sometimes appears impatient to escape

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      WANdisco PLC
      No dancing around it: WANdisco kicks London when it’s down

      Aim-listed software group has followed plans to add a US listing with revelations of ‘potentially fraudulent irregularities’

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Competition & Markets Authority
      Is the UK really becoming ‘Death Valley’ for global tech?

      Microsoft’s $75bn Activision Blizzard deal needs to clear hurdles around the world

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