RUTH SUNDERLAND: When the Berlin Wall fell, many assumed western liberal democracy had beaten communism – they reckoned without the rise of China By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 April 2020 The Chinese economy is suffering badly from coronavirus and a draconian lockdown, … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum – it’s the banking equivalent of R2-D2 on steroids By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 18 April 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland – owner of NatWest – may have won some plaudits … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: We may not have coped with the coronavirus downturn very well, so now we have to manage the upturn better By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 18 April 2020 We may not have coped with the downturn very well, so now we … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump may be crazy but efforts of his business and financial team put those of Rishi Sunak and our own banking pygmies in shade By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 April 2020 One of the great hobbies of the British … Read more
The last few weeks have thrown financial markets into disarray and left investors deeply concerned about what their future returns might look like. This is Money has examined why investors should consider revising minimum planned investment terms from five to at least 10 years. Here, AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould reveals in detail how … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: IMF boss Kristalina Georgieva revisiting Brexit during coronavirus crisis suggests she hasn’t quite washed away her EU past By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:37 BST, 16 April 2020 The International Monetary Fund deserves credit for not holding back on highlighting the stunning £7 … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Royal Mail boss Rico Back displaying a sad derogation of leadership by working from home in Switzerland By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 22:36 BST, 15 April 2020 Royal Mail employees have courageously kept letter and parcel services operating in the midst of a … Read more
Britain’s world class big pharma companies were always going to be a huge asset in the fight against Covid-19 and in finding solutions, not just to this pandemic, but to future similar events. We have now been offered insights into their thinking. Glaxosmithkline, where Emma Walmsley’s first years as chief executive were marked by some … Read more
HALLELUJAH! After temporarily shutting, our favourite Italian restaurant in South London, Lo Paste Tradizionali, has reopened for collections and deliveries on Friday to Sunday. The place only launched last July, but we now can’t imagine our neighbourhood without it. What better way to show our support than by ordering mountains of homemade bavette al pesto … Read more
Many people are worried that the economic impact of the coronavirus will drag Britain into recession. As anyone who lived through the country’s last recession will remember, it triggered a rise in unemployment, personal debt and a major crunch on earnings. Once the last recession died down, it took five years for the economy to get … Read more