ALEX BRUMMER: Don’t under-estimate the capacity of the UK’s supple economy to bounce back By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 22:05 GMT, 20 November 2020 Much has been learned about Covid-19 since the pandemic erupted in March and it is amazing that in such a relatively … Read more
In the red: Rishi Sunak has to service a £2trillion national debt The Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not live in never-never land. As a Tory with a strong City background, he knows that the ‘magic money tree’ is a myth and that as the pandemic retreats, he will have to take an axe to annual … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Enforcer shows its bite with Compare the Market and Brexit will bring more action from the competition watchdog By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 19 November 2020 A classic mistake for British companies is to underestimate regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority … Read more
Pregnant Charlotte Dawson slams troll who ‘wished her a stillbirth’ in vile Instagram comment after sharing photos of her baby bump By Eve Buckland For Mailonline Published: 12:39 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 12:39 GMT, 19 November 2020 Charlotte Dawson slammed a vile troll who ‘wished her a stillbirth’ on Wednesday, after she posted … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: RSA takeover makes mockery of Chancellor’s drive for UK to become ‘world’s pre-eminent financial centre’ By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 18 November 2020 Just a week ago the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, was wittering on in the Commons about renewing Britain’s position … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Shut the door on the broadband sharks and complain to the big providers who hire them By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 17 November 2020 There is a good reason most major energy suppliers ditched doorstep selling nearly a decade ago. And … Read more
As we know from Carillion, Arcadia-Top Shop owner Taveta and other recent corporate imbroglios, a line-up of seemingly robust independent directors does not stop businesses going wrong. Powerful executives at Carillion published misleading financial reports before it headed into insolvency. Sir Philip Green, who decorated his board with respected business and legal figures, still sold … Read more
Vaccine sceptics and big pharma critics may need to adjust their thinking now that the Moderna Covid-19 jab has come through trials even more fighting fit than rival Pfizer.
MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Playground scuffles must end. And firm leadership begin By Mail on Sunday Comment for the Daily Mail Published: 01:29 GMT, 15 November 2020 | Updated: 01:32 GMT, 15 November 2020 With all the grace and decorum of a playground scuffle over lunch money, several of the unelected men and women who … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: The British economy needs a shot in the arm to recover from coronavirus, not tax rises By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 23:16 GMT, 14 November 2020 As pandemic’ weeks go – and boy have I had enough of them to last me … Read more