Chairman of Ocado STUART ROSE: Stop scaring us into an economic abyss

Bedlam. Shortly after 10pm on Thursday, I wandered outside after a business dinner in Central London and tried to get home. The streets were packed with people and cars. No one was going anywhere fast. The buses were full. The nearest Underground station was backed up with a long queue. Everywhere pedestrians were packed together … Read more

Chairman of Ocado STUART ROSE: Stop scaring us into an economic abyss

Bedlam. Shortly after 10pm on Thursday, I wandered outside after a business dinner in Central London and tried to get home. The streets were packed with people and cars. No one was going anywhere fast. The buses were full. The nearest Underground station was backed up with a long queue. Everywhere pedestrians were packed together … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Britain stares into the financial abyss under lockdown

Damage done to Britain’s prosperity by the severity of the lockdown is terrifying. It has not been made any easier by the wilful destruction of the country’s smaller enterprises, which are the backbone of the economy, by the pathetically slow efforts of banks to get emergency loans out of the door and support output. Just … Read more