Helen Thomas

Thursday, 25 May, 2023

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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