RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus gives us the chance to be radical in pursuit of a more productive, less divisive economy – this time we must grasp the opportunity By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 5 July 2020 One of my big hopes is that the … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: A welcome revamp but Hargreaves Lansdown’s ‘shortlist’ still has faults By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:50 BST, 4 July 2020 Love or hate them, best buy investment fund lists are here to stay. Based on past mutterings, the regulator supports them and … Read more
We went halfway round the world to uncover the truth on Wirecard, says MARK HILEY By Mark Hiley For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:57 BST, 4 July 2020 Mark Hiley is the founder and managing partner of The Analyst. I never met Markus Braun, the reclusive ex-chief … Read more
If Rishi Sunak does not pitch the next stage of his rescue operation right, then when the job furlough scheme ends in October, the outlook could be grim indeed.
ALEX BRUMMER: Forget the snarling from the Left, bringing the economy back is a priority not being shirked The Bank of England’s Andy Haldane has underlined his faith in a ‘V’ shaped recovery The Chancellor is under some pressure to cut VAT By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 3 July 2020 … Read more
After the 2008 financial crisis, the strength of Britain’s jobs market consistently confounded the forecasters. In spite of below-trend output, employment climbed and the jobless rate dropped below 4 per cent. Covid-19 looks to have changed that. Each day the country wakes to a long list of companies shedding staff. John Lewis and Harrods are … Read more
BEN WILKINSON: Why aren’t more parents taking advantage of the tax-free gains available with Junior Isas? By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 30 June 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 30 June 2020 We all want what is best for our children. So why do so few of us take advantage of … Read more
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to open blue water between his Tory government and those that came before. No austerity and ‘we are not going to cheese-pare’ our way out of trouble, is his recipe for the coronavirus economic response. In terms of firing up output, there is much less on offer than the rhetoric. … Read more
The heroics of the supermarkets, whose regiments of staff have kept us fed, watered and toilet papered in lockdown, deserves great applause. Less appetising has been grasping behaviour at board level. On Thursday, directors of Sainsbury’s will face questions at its annual meeting over the pay and bonus package for its incoming chief executive Simon … Read more
The pedlars of crackpot Covid conspiracy theories missed a trick. Forget 5G: a more believable ruse would have been that the US tech giants set off the coronavirus pandemic. Such has been the impact on the FAANG stocks that the idea, fanciful of course, might have gained some traction. Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google/Alphabet, … Read more