Pension trustees must embrace a “win-win” and begin backing Britain’s homegrown tech companies if younger Brits are to retire with comfortable pension pots, the founding chief of the British Business …
May 2024
Time to cut cutting the green crap? Voters support law to make companies prioritise planet and profit
Over three quarters of the British public believe businesses should be legally obliged to safeguard people and the planet alongside making profit, new research has found. UK law currently obliges …
‘A sticking plaster’: TfL’s £250m funding deal will not enhance London transport, government advisers warn
Transport for London (TfL)’s funding settlement is a “sticking plaster” and will not enhance the capital’s transport network, key government infrastructure advisers have warned. The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) said …
Square Mile and Me: JMW Solicitors London boss John Andrews on making it in law
Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, we speak to John Andrews, head of London at JMW Solicitors, as the Manchester-headquartered firm …
Mark Kleinman: FCA row risks casting shadow over City set-piece
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and is the man that gets the City talking in his weekly City A.M. column. This week he tackles the FCA battle causing …
Wisconsin’s Investment Board becomes first state pension fund to invest in Bitcoin spot ETFs
Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. During previous …
‘Blatantly unfair’: Supermarkets still jacking up petrol prices, minister warned
Supermarket retailers in the UK are still jacking up petrol prices at the pumps despite nearly a year passing since the government pledged to intervene, the Energy Secretary has been …
Keir Starmer to launch Labour ‘down payment for change’ pre-election offer
Keir Starmer will today launch Labour’s “down payment for change” in a pre-election doorstep offer to voters. The Labour leader will speak at an event in Essex where he will …
Fawlty Towers Play review: Is John Cleese reboot any good?
Fawlty Towers Play review and star rating: ★★★ In news no one was expecting (apart from, perhaps, financial analysts) John Cleese has rebirthed Fawlty Towers for the stage. It only …
Maro Itoje and Ben Earl on Saracens, departing teammates and what success looks like
Sat on the balcony overlooking the trading ring of Finsbury Square’s London Metal Exchange, Saracens stalwarts and England internationals Ben Earl and Maro Itoje take in what they’ve just witnessed. …