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War, what is it good for? The defence industry

War, what is it good for? The defence industry

EPISKOPI, CYPRUS – OCTOBER 2: Defence Secretary John Healey visits Joint Forces service personnel at Bloodhound Camp, Episkopi, Limassol, during a...

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Eliot Wilson

A seismic election won’t deliver the change Germany needs

A seismic election won’t deliver the change Germany needs

BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 23: Alice Weidel, co-leader and chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), speaks to...

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Rainer Zitelmann

Why more City workers should join the Army

Why more City workers should join the Army

(Photo by Molly Darlington-WPA Pool/Getty Images) If you want to boost UK defence, support your workers joining the Army’s Reserve Forces, writes...

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Alastair King

Instead of allowing SMEs to thrive, Labour is punishing them

Instead of allowing SMEs to thrive, Labour is punishing them

Rachel Reeves. Photo by Peter Cziborra – WPA Pool/Getty Images) From day one, this Labour government has prioritised the interests of unions and...

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Danielle Dunfield-Prayero

Are Londoners losing their jobs thanks to Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes?

Are Londoners losing their jobs thanks to Rachel Reeves’ tax hikes?

Play Video City AM’s opinion and features editor, Alys Denby, talks through the best writing of the week on business, markets, innovation and...

21.02.2025 5

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City A.m. Reporter

Labour must remember investors when reforming leasehold

Labour must remember investors when reforming leasehold

House prices hike push owners to renovate, not relocate Given that many properties are directly or indirectly owned by pension funds, getting...

21.02.2025 4

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Natalie Chambers

International trade in the era of Trump 2.0 – how will the ICC adapt?

International trade in the era of Trump 2.0 – how will the ICC adapt?

Philippe Varin (Photo by Harold Cunningham/Getty Images) Philippe Varin, chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, is stewarding the kind of...

20.02.2025 10

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Eliot Wilson

AEG’s Paul Samuels: ‘No one believes my kids when they say I named the O2’

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,...

20.02.2025 2

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Anna Moloney

To defeat our enemies, the West must remember how it won the Cold War

To defeat our enemies, the West must remember how it won the Cold War

9th June 1982: British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, American president Ronald Reagan (left) and US Secretary of State Alexander Haig (centre)...

20.02.2025 4

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Matthew Lesh

The Capitalist: Misbehaving MPs, right-wing foot fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag

The Capitalist: Misbehaving MPs, right-wing foot fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag

LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 31: Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, outside BBC Broadcasting House on January 31, 2021 in...

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The Capitalist

The Capitalist: Misbehaving MPs, right-wing fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag

The Capitalist: Misbehaving MPs, right-wing fetishists and a Kate Spade handbag

LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 31: Rachel Reeves, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, outside BBC Broadcasting House on January 31, 2021 in...

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The Capitalist

How should Pisces be regulated?

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...

20.02.2025 1

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Edwin Richards

What happened when Latin America’s most free economy elected a socialist?

SANTIAGO, CHILE – SEPTEMBER 10: Chilean President Gabriel Boric takes part in a march commemorating the 50th anniversary of the military coup led...

20.02.2025 7

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Rainer Zitelmann

Rumours of the death of DEI have been greatly exaggerated

Rumours of the death of DEI have been greatly exaggerated

X looks to raise $44bn in valuation as Musk woos investors Donald Trump and Elon Musk may be dismantling DEI in the States, but in Britain and...

19.02.2025 2

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James Price

The Debate: Should we use AI for everyday work tasks?

The Debate: Should we use AI for everyday work tasks?

Is using AI for emails and note-taking a no-brainer, or do we risk losing important human skills? We get two writers to hash it out in this week’s...

19.02.2025 1

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Anna Moloney

Who watches the Watches?

Who watches the Watches?

Mark Zuckerberg wore “The Hand Made 1” by Greubel Forsey, worth over £700,000, as he announced a sweeping policy overhaul across Facebook and...

19.02.2025 10

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Andy Blackmore

Everything you need to know about tariffs

Everything you need to know about tariffs

US Donald Trump, Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The threat of tariffs mean businesses must check their exposure and figure out what’s...

19.02.2025 3

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Tim Sarson

Growth is now near impossible. Here are 7 pleas for Reeves’ Spring Budget

Growth is now near impossible. Here are 7 pleas for Reeves’ Spring Budget

(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Growth is impossible if we continue on as we are but the Spring Budget is a chance for change, writes Steve...

19.02.2025 2

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Steve Rigby

Galentine’s craze spotlights an unmined market: Singles wanting fun

Galentine’s craze spotlights an unmined market: Singles wanting fun

Hospitality’s embrace of Galentine’s shows welcome goodwill towards financially punished singles, writes Susannah Streeter in today’s Notebook....

19.02.2025 1

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Susannah Streeter

Labour’s jobs tax is proving the Laffer curve in real time

Labour’s jobs tax is proving the Laffer curve in real time

Widespread falls in hiring and increases in redundancies are a textbook demonstration of how tax can destroy economic activity. Labour’s National...

19.02.2025 2

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Matthew Kilcoyne

Budget policies coming home to roost

Budget policies coming home to roost

(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) With each passing day, the government’s insistence that economic growth is its “number one priority” sounds more...

18.02.2025 10

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Christian May

America first means Britain needs a customs union with Europe

America first means Britain needs a customs union with Europe

The Trade and Co-operation Agreement, the basis for the UK-EU relationship after Brexit, will be subject to renewal talks in 2025. Whatever one...

18.02.2025 10

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Will Cooling

Working from home is not to blame for ‘hollowing out’ London

Working from home is not to blame for ‘hollowing out’ London

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 25: Sadiq Khan, Mayor, City of London speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York...

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Tom Jones

Google reviews have done more for public services than Whitehall

Google reviews have done more for public services than Whitehall

Public reviews for restaurants are a masterclass in accountability (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) Google Maps reviews have done more for...

18.02.2025 1

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Michael Martins

Where AI in law is actually heading

Where AI in law is actually heading

It’s not quite lawyer robots, but AI is already profoundly reshaping the way the courtroom works. Paul Armstrong tells us how AI is already...

18.02.2025 1

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Paul Armstrong