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Universities are failing to train young people for the jobs of tomorrow

Universities are failing to train young people for the jobs of tomorrow

HILLINGDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 12: Concrete pieces are stacked as work continues on the Colne Valley Viaduct on December 12, 2022 in Hillingdon,...

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Jamila Robertson

European tech rocketships are taking off, but London is being left behind

European tech rocketships are taking off, but London is being left behind

A new generation of tech ‘rocketship’ companies are giving Europe its mojo back, but London is lagging, writes Christoph Klink The European tech...

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Christoph Klink

New minister must not kowtow to the social housing mafia like Angela Rayner

New minister must not kowtow to the social housing mafia like Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner’s tax affairs have become a major headache for the Prime Minister Steve Reed must choose: will he side with reformers who understand...

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Simon Clarke

Labour should be honest about the tax rises to come

Labour should be honest about the tax rises to come

If they want to find billions, they’ll need to look again at their manifesto promises Trying to raise tens of billions of pounds in revenue...

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Christian May

Britain’s Milei revolution starts here

Britain’s Milei revolution starts here

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – NOVEMBER 06: Javier Milei deputy candidate of La Libertad Avanza reacts as he gives a speech to supporters during an...

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Steve Baker

Tube strikes driving you to drink? Good luck finding a pub that’s still open

Tube strikes driving you to drink? Good luck finding a pub that’s still open

It’s not just frazzled commuters who’re suffering during the tube strike. London’s pubs – already under intolerable pressure from crushing business...

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Emma Mcclarkin

Enough slogans, Labour must walk the walk on growth

Enough slogans, Labour must walk the walk on growth

The government’s promises of economic growth will fail unless it moves beyond slogans and reshuffles to implement substantive structural reforms in...

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John Caudwell

The Debate: Is it time for driverless trains on the Tube?

The Debate: Is it time for driverless trains on the Tube?

As London is crippled once again by Tube strikes, we ask whether driverless trains are really the answer in this week’s Debate YES: Automated...

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Anna Moloney

Candyfloss and pink teddy bears: How the City of London became a playground

Candyfloss and pink teddy bears: How the City of London became a playground

As fairground bar Fairgame lands in the City of London, Anna Moloney looks at the divisive rise of forced fun at work Yesterday, City AM columnist...

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Impact A.m

What happened to Sadiq Khan’s promise to end Tube strikes?

What happened to Sadiq Khan’s promise to end Tube strikes?

Sadiq Khan promised there would be no Tube strikes under his mayoralty. So where is he now? Asks James Ford Do you remember when Sadiq Khan...

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Competition is key to turning British scale-ups into global firms

Competition is key to turning British scale-ups into global firms

As other countries reap the benefits of home-grown UK talent, the CMA is committed to cracking the UK’s scale-up challenge, writes Sarah Cardell...

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Sarah Cardell

McKinsey isn’t dead, but the glamour of being a professional is

McKinsey isn’t dead, but the glamour of being a professional is

AI-generated image The reports of McKinsey’s death are greatly exaggerated, despite what The Economist might say. McKinsey isn’t dead. What’s...

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Lewis Z Liu

New business secretary should put deregulation top of his agenda

New business secretary should put deregulation top of his agenda

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 3: Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Peter Kyle, arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing...

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Joe Hill

The public won’t reward government overspending – just as Ed Miliband

The public won’t reward government overspending – just as Ed Miliband

BEDFORD, ENGLAND – MAY 05: Labour leader Ed Miliband speaks to party supporters during a rally at the Addison Centre in Kempston on May 5, 2015 in...

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John O’Connell

Eurosummer lives on as retail investors flock to the continent

Eurosummer lives on as retail investors flock to the continent

Turbulence created by US tariffs is continuing to be a boon for European investment, with retail investors flocking to the continent, writes...

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Susannah Streeter

What makes a great entrepreneur?

What makes a great entrepreneur?

You can tell a real entrepreneur as soon as you meet one. They share certain traits and characteristics. They have this can-do aura about them,...

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Impact A.m

Hard truths from Lord Rose and Badenoch the thorn

Hard truths from Lord Rose and Badenoch the thorn

Kemi Badenoch’s speech in the City followed Lord Rose’s broadside on Times Radio Yesterday was a day for hard truths and straight talking. It...

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Christian May

Week in Business: Businesses flee high-tax Britain

Week in Business: Businesses flee high-tax Britain

Play Video Yesterday morning, the Chancellor told a gathering of private equity chiefs that “you’re only going to get growth if you get...

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Mandelson scandal is sickening, but it’s the economy that’s fatal for Starmer

Mandelson scandal is sickening, but it’s the economy that’s fatal for Starmer

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 26: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (R) talks with Britain’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson during a...

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Reeves, beware the bond vigilantes: the dark knights of the City

Reeves, beware the bond vigilantes: the dark knights of the City

(AI-generated image) As UK 30-year gilt yields surge to record levels, Tim Focus warns Chancellor Reeves of the threat of bond vigilantes, the...

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BGC boss Sean Windeatt: We’ve created something positive from the memory of 9/11

BGC boss Sean Windeatt: We’ve created something positive from the memory of 9/11

BGC boss Sean Windeatt was in the firm’s London office when 9/11 unfolded, killing 658 of the firm’s employees in New York. Today, he tells us...

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This is what quoted companies need to grow

This is what quoted companies need to grow

The London Stock Exchange is set to be hit by two more delisting blows. Despite Tube strikes, the QCA Annual Dinner celebrates UK small and midcap...

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Tube strikes: With union ingratitude on full display, will Labour finally change course?

Tube strikes: With union ingratitude on full display, will Labour finally change course?

As Tube strikes bring London to a halt, Labour must realise its pushover relations with trade unions have been to no avail, writes Paul Ormerod...

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Paul Ormerod

Reeves must stop punishing SMEs to save lifeless jobs market

Reeves must stop punishing SMEs to save lifeless jobs market

Amid record redundancies and a stagnant jobs market, Budget decisions must stop punishing SMEs, writes Kevin Fitzgerald The Budget delivered by...

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Kevin Fitzgerald

The last harvest? How tax changes are impacting British farming

The last harvest? How tax changes are impacting British farming

Britain’s food security hangs in the balance as agricultural land is lost to pay inheritance tax bills, writes Sarah Jordan A recent survey carried...

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Sarah Jordan

Meet the new City minister

Meet the new City minister

Lucy Rigby KC MP takes over responsibility for financial services policy but who is the ex Slaughter & May minister? Who is the new City Minister?...

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Omar Salem

How the City can help fight back against emerging threats

How the City can help fight back against emerging threats

The ransomware ban, whilst hailed as a decisive step, experts caution that without parallel investment in resilience, hospitals, councils, and...

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Mark Wheatley

Will Trump trip up Nigel Farage?

Will Trump trip up Nigel Farage?

GOODYEAR, ARIZONA – OCTOBER 28: British politician Nigel Farage (R) praises U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at Phoenix Goodyear...

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Eliot Wilson

UK should be the destination of choice for Asia-based investors

UK should be the destination of choice for Asia-based investors

A new sun is rising in our relationship with our Asian partners. My message to them is clear: whatever you want to do, London can help you do it,...

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Alastair King

If Pat McFadden wants to get Britain back to work, business has the answers

If Pat McFadden wants to get Britain back to work, business has the answers

Pat McFadden Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) The new work and pensions secretary, Pat McFadden, should look to the City for ideas on getting 9m...

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Sport Business

Does Reform have any policies?

Does Reform have any policies?

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 06: Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage addresses delegates on day two of the Reform UK party conference at National...

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Emma Revell

Budget: More than sport at stake when it comes to betting tax hikes

Budget: More than sport at stake when it comes to betting tax hikes

Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council Grainne Hurst discusses the dangers of betting tax hikes in the Budget. Today marks my first...

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Sport Business

Even with world-class parks, Londoners don’t have enough green space

Even with world-class parks, Londoners don’t have enough green space

Even with our world-class parks aside, Londoners need more green space – here’s our plan to change it, writes Hilary McGrady in today’s Notebook...

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Sport Business

Housing ladder? What about those who can’t get on the credit ladder

Housing ladder? What about those who can’t get on the credit ladder

There are plenty of column inches dedicated to getting more Brits on the housing ladder, but what about the credit ladder, asks Jono Gillespie The...

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Sport Business

On this day in 1888: The Football League kicks off

On this day in 1888: The Football League kicks off

Circa 1680, an early version of football (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Today in 1888, Aston Villa came to an anticlimactic 1-1 draw...

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Eliot Wilson