On Friday 23 September the Chancellor of the Exchequer made his ‘Growth Plan’ speech. While the news has been full of the market reaction...

On holiday in Italy recently, I got talking to Mario, a wine enthusiast. We discussed an outstanding white wine which came from a small...

‘In Stoke-on-Trent last month, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak traded blows over everything from credit card economics to Channel migrants…The...

The UK is to have a new Prime Minister. Tax has dominated the debate between the leading candidates. True Conservatives, it appears, are...

As I arrived at last Wednesday’s gathering, the (UK) government was collapsing. Over 50 ministers had resigned. Political journalists...

Don’t invest in something you don’t understand. That’s one of the most enduring – and soundest –  investment principles. ...

‘The Battle of the Deplorable Owners’ took place on 13 March 2022 - a Premier League match between Chelsea,  owned by oligarch Roman...

It was a pleasant evening with friends. Next to me was the long-retired founder of a business that I admire.  Suddenly changing the...

I once heard about a Syrian refugee, a biochemist, who reflected on the horrors and humiliations involved in fleeing his country. ‘I’m a...

June 2022 Not a good month for those who worry about climate. We learned that the warming of the Northern Barents Sea corresponds to 2...

Talking recently to a small group of senior leaders, I realised that most of them were still at school when we launched the 1995...

‘Who cares if Miami is going to be 6 foot under water. Amsterdam has been for centuries and it is a very nice place.’ Perhaps you missed...

Sad as it may sound, some of the funniest conversations I’ve had recently have been about car parking at our local station in Suffolk ...

Travelers arriving at Liverpool St station in London see a memorial to the Kindertransport. In 1938 and 1939, ten thousand unaccompanied...

I’ve just read Catherine Belton’s excellent book ‘Putin’s People – how the KGB took back Russia and then took on the West’. I then saw...

In 2019 I was invited to Lithuania to speak at the Annual Conference of the Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance (BICG) My hosts...

The government sees improved productivity as the cornerstone of its Levelling Up policy. That means supporting the private sector – the...

The government sees improved productivity as the cornerstone of its Levelling Up policy. That means supporting the private sector – the...

Life expectancy for a man living in Blackpool is 74 years. In the London Borough of Westminster it is over 84. In Barnsley 15% of...

Paul Myners – who died two weeks ago – had a flair for creative disruption. He was an ally in early attempts to interest the investment...