There is a terrific scene at the movie The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’s brilliant book on the financial crisis, where the director Adam McKay imagines a different ending. Instead of the Wall Street bankers who caused the crash escaping to their luxury Florida villas and yachts, the FBI arrives on the trading floors … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: The High Street may have taken a battering over the past 12 months but it is far from down and out By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 30 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 30 December 2019 The shrieks of agony from the High Street over the past 12 … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Digital giants like Amazon and Facebook are are natural monopolists which seek to wipe out competition By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 29 December 2019 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 29 December 2019 Britain’s regulators don’t have a great reputation. If utility enforcers had done a better job of getting … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: Despite some troubles, we’ve had a great ten years. A further decade of opportunity looms By Hamish Mcrae For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:00 GMT, 28 December 2019 | Updated: 23:22 GMT, 28 December 2019 It has been an extraordinary year for all the obvious reasons, but it has also been an … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Raising money for charity Jeff Prestridge is planning to do the Royal Parks half-marathon on behalf of Prostate Cancer UK in 2020. He was diagnosed with the cancer earlier this year I have been quite impressed with myself this year on the raising money for charity front (my New Year’s resolution for 2019). … Read more
Woodford debacle shows the Financial Conduct Authority is STILL failing By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:01 GMT, 28 December 2019 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 28 December 2019 Over the years, I’ve learnt to look forwards, not backwards. To try to not regret personal mistakes made – and by Jove I’ve made … Read more
The key to running a business according to Intel’s former boss: great management and a little paranoia The book High Output Performance has legendary status in Silicon Valley Big cities, such as Sunderland, are less well-off than comparable cities in Europe There are also plans to maximise links between the military services and industry By … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: The Cobham debacle shows the bizarre incentives for boards to ignore the national interest and sell Britain down the river By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 23 December 2019 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 23 December 2019 The cups of Cobham chairman Jamie Pike and chief executive David Lockwood runneth … Read more
This Christmas, we have a golden opportunity to re-invent our political culture and our economy The One Nation Tory that Boris Johnson has cast himself as has to deliver Finance must serve those nearer the bottom of the pile to address inequality Some rapacious models of capitalism that we’ve suffered under really won’t do By … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: After the election and the naming of a new bank chief, the tide is turning for the better The biggest change in the future will be the UK ceasing to be unfashionable Boris Johnson’s appointment of Andrew Bailey as BoE governor is not political The FTSE 100 index is up 18 per cent … Read more
Our experts reveal how they scored on discounts, savings and tax relief: THE VICTORIES JEFF PRESTRIDGE – Cheaper travel and entertainment Turning 60 can feel like joining the approach road to the pearly gates. There might still be a lot of road ahead, but any intimation of immortality vanishes for good. Yet hitting three score … Read more
Mother is not impressed. Not one little bit. Halifax beware, she is on the warpath. A few days ago, while I was still marvelling at Rod Stewart hurling himself around the O2 Arena in South London like a 21-year-old, she rang. I knew there was trouble brewing as soon as I answered. ‘What is Halifax … Read more
Among the puzzles at Sajid Javid’s unveiling of Andrew Bailey as the next governor of the Bank of England was the choice of HMRC for the announcement. Was the Chancellor going to join the Corbyn tendency and announce swingeing taxes on billionaires? No: it was meant to be a moment of immense symbolism. Treasury officials … Read more