Category: Opinion

A growing number of British professionals and entrepreneurs are preparing to leave the UK to escape what has been branded Labour’s “stealth tax bombshell”, according to deVere Group, one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory firms.

The thing about Rachel Reeves—apart from the ironed hair, the thousand-yard stare and the curious knack for speaking in spreadsheets—is that for someone who claims to be building economic stability, she’s remarkably good at causing chaos.

In my career, I have worked with many companies from various domains. They all had different approaches to doing business. But what they had in common was their desire to grow without increasing their costs and complicating their processes. 

Blick Rothenberg says the new UK-US trade deal fails to create new opportunities for the British automotive sector, merely limiting damage from Trump’s tariff regime.

Mark Carney’s re-election is expected to strengthen UK-Canada FinTech ties, supporting innovation, investment and trade through regulatory cooperation and partnership programmes.

Richard Alvin argues that Aaron Sorkin is our generation’s Shakespeare – swapping swords for Senate hearings, and soliloquies for Senate smacks. And yes, he can handle the truth.

In this opinion piece for Business Matters, Richard Alvin reflects on George Clooney’s Broadway revival Good Night, and Good Luck, and argues that British journalism has lost its edge.

The government’s move to save British Steel echoes the 1971 nationalisation of Rolls-Royce. History shows that with the right structure and support, state intervention can work.