Tesco’s dominance is not over yet
Three recent statistical releases have suggested things are changing. Readers could be forgiven for thinking that Tesco is in difficulties, manufacturing is reviving and the London housing bubble is...
View ArticleA plain and simple step: England’s proposed cigarette packaging laws
Today public health minister Jane Ellison announced that a new law imposing plain unbranded cigarette packaging in England (first proposed in 2010) will be voted on before the next general election, if...
View ArticlePlain packaging for English cigarettes: the right decision
If we are to save the NHS, simply restructuring and improving its services will not suffice, we must reduce the demand for those services in the first place. This is why the promotion of preventative...
View ArticleLabour is pledging to change one share one vote
Labour under Ed Miliband has been accused of misunderstanding business, of attacking wealth creation and attempting to create public hostility toward big business – particularly the early ‘predators...
View ArticleBritish executive pay culture contributed to Tesco’s troubles
Tesco has posted the worst performance in its almost century-long history this morning. Indeed, its fall from pre-tax profits of £2.26bn last year to a loss of £6.8bn this year is one of the biggest in...
View ArticleEurosceptics must consider Obama’s Trans-Pacific Partnership
As we begin to consider the EU referendum in earnest, the international context of trade and sovereignty must not be forgotten. This has been highlighted in US media by President Barack Obama’s battle...
View ArticleFinding better ways for businesses to make a social contribution
International tax avoidance and tax planning, where companies lower their tax base by changing domicile, is a vexing issue. Multinationals like Amazon, Starbucks, Google, and Apple have all been...
View ArticleThe responsibility of civil society and corporations for public health
It is widely agreed that the NHS must change from an organisation that largely treats disease, to one which strives to prevent it. It is further agreed that prevention can best be facilitated in the...
View ArticleBritain is in danger of selling its tech future short
London is widely regarded as the tech capital of Europe with very good reason. It has seen a phenomenal boom of activity over the past decade. According to Douglas McWilliam’s book, The Flat White...
View ArticleBoosting Britain’s woeful productivity is the Chancellor’s greatest challenge
British productivity has flat-lined since 2010 in a manner unprecedented in the post-war era. A worker in France will complete in four days what it takes a British worker to complete in five. We are...
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