Misbehaving MPs, right-wing foot fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag. Catch up on the latest gossip in this week’s edition of The Capitalist 1987 and all that The City might …
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To defeat our enemies, the West must remember how it won the Cold War
A system that funded defence initiatives while simultaneously delivering prosperity showed up the Soviet Union for what it was. Economic freedom is our most powerful weapon, says Matthew Lesh How …
UK equity markets could do with some shock therapy
My favourite explanation as to why UK pension funds have shrunk their investments in UK equities from around 50 per cent in the 1990s to a paltry 3 per cent …
AEG’s Paul Samuels: ‘No one believes my kids when they say I named the O2’
AEG’s Paul Samuels helped make the Millennium Dome into the O2. He tells us about the world of sponsorship, and how his career has shaped up since, in this week’s …
Workers’ rights: A third of small firms plan to cut jobs
A third of small businesses expect to cut jobs in the near future due to fears that the government’s upcoming workers’ rights package will leave them facing painful tribunals and …
Consumers’ outlook on the economy drops for fifth month in a row
Consumer confidence has dipped again in the UK, with Brits’ outlook on the state of the economy dropping for the fifth month in a row. Public expectations for the economy …
How should Pisces be regulated?
The regulator is swinging its eyes at private markets, should investors be worried? Asks Edwin Richards The Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (Pisces) is the FCA’s answer to …
Mark Kleinman: FCA is naming and shaming itself, not the City
Mark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his weekly City AM column. Today, he tackles name and shame at the FCA, a gamble …
Healey urges ‘maximum pressure’ on Putin, as Trump blames war on Ukraine
The defence secretary John Healey has warned that forgetting about the war in Ukraine while talks take place between the US and Russia risks “jeopardising the peace”. It came as …
Baroness Brady: Football regulator a solution in search of a problem
West Ham United vice-chair Baroness Brady has said the incoming football regulator is a “solution in search of a problem”, adding that doing anything that changes the value of the …