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Britain’s startups need young Europeans

Our start-ups desperately need fresh talent, and much of it can come from abroad – if we make our visa system easier. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty...

yesterday 9

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Bella Rhodes

The business case for creativity

A tale in marketing folklore about a toothpaste company that increased sales by making the hole bigger demonstrates the value of creative thinking...

yesterday 8

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David Ohearns

It’s time to revisit Bank of England independence

Analysts expect the headline rate of inflation for March to ease to 3.2 per cent from 3.4 per cent, when new figures are published this week....

previous day 8

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Damian Pudner

If Labour really want to win, they must keep Liz Truss in the news

Truss used a talk at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in the US to claim her efforts to cut taxes were “sabotaged” by the...

thursday 10

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Will Cooling

If Hustle was on TV today, the first mark would be Boris Johnson

Hustle, the noughties show which saw corrupt bankers get their comeuppance, became a huge hit in the wake of the financial crash. Today’s...

thursday 1

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Katharine Swindells

Square Mile and Me: Workspace CEO Graham Clemett looks back at his career

Each week we ask a City figure to take a trip down memory lane. Today, Graham Clemett, CEO of Workspace Group, takes us through his career ahead of...

thursday 2

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Square Mile And Me

Worst corporate jargon of the week: Mission

Offender: Mission  Every one of us has been an email chain which is borderline unintelligible for the amount of corporate lingo thrown in there....

thursday 10

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Corporate Jargon

Chickens: The latest victims of Bureaucracy Britain

Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, it’s Neil Bennett, co-CEO of H/Advisors and proud chicken owner, with the Notebook pen...

thursday 20

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The Notebook

Is your online therapist exploiting you? Are they even qualified?

In The Sopranos, gangster Tony sees Dr Melfi twice weekly for 50 minutes of psychotherapy surrounding his trauma-induced panic attacks A...

thursday 8

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Lucy Kenningham

London was voted best place to work – but play matters too 

This time next week, London will be voting for its Mayor. It has not been a vintage campaign but perhaps the negativity apparent across the...

thursday 1

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City View

Will it work? Labour’s plan to reconceptualise the high street

Both main parties are guilty of proposing ideas which seem more designed to catch headlines than genuinely address public policy challenges. In...

thursday 6

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Sam Fowles

What would radically cutting immigration really mean for businesses?

By mid-2035, the projections suggest there will be more deaths than births meaning the UK’s population would be declining without external...

24.04.2024 10

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James Price

Have we passed peak electric car?

Labour has unveiled its plans for the car industry which it says could create 80,000 jobs. Electric cars have not become better or cheaper fast...

24.04.2024 10

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Paul Ormerod

The Notebook: Bloomberg chair Constantin Cotzias on how the next mayor can keep the City thriving

Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Constantin Cotzias, chair of Bloomberg London, takes the pen The City’s best days are...

24.04.2024 3

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The Notebook

The Debate: Is Shakespeare elitist?

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day: 23 April, coincidentally also St George’s Day City A.M.’s weekly feature takes the...

24.04.2024 7

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The Debate

Our helpful advice to the Bank’s ratesetters: please, stop with the speeches

At the Bank of England, it is now de rigeur for the nine members of the monetary policy committee to contradict each other on the speech circuit....

24.04.2024 6

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City View

Even Conservatives admit that cuts to council funding have gone too far

With a quarter of Conservative councillors now admitting their local authority is struggling to provide the basics, change is clearly needed,...

24.04.2024 5

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Christabel Cooper

Reduced notice periods for renters are an open door for party flats

LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 26: Letting signs are seen outside properties in Maida Vale on October 26, 2020 in London, England. As many young...

24.04.2024 2

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Rick De Blaby

Sadiq Khan is right, every child in London deserves a free school meal

Sadiq Khan has pledged to create 150,000 new jobs in key growth sectors including artificial intelligence (AI), financial and climate technology,...

24.04.2024 2

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Joanne Mccartney

Explainer: Wherefore art thou, English nationalism?

Circa 300 AD, St George, patron saint of England and Portugal, slaying the dragon There may be more effective ways to bring the nation together...

23.04.2024 5

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Lucy Kenningham

If our politicians can’t fix Hammersmith Bridge how will they ever fix the country?

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 17: A cyclist negotiates the closed paths and alleyways around Hammersmith Bridge which has now been closed for nearly...

23.04.2024 9

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Adam Hawksbee

The Notebook: How life in plastic can be fantastic

Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, James Gibson, CEO of Void Technologies, takes the pen to talk entrepreneurialism,...

23.04.2024 5

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The Notebook

Dear next government, this is what the real estate sector needs to solve the housing crisis

Short-term fixes won’t get us out of the housing crisis, Daniel Austin writes a letter to the government to explain what will Dear next...

23.04.2024 3

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Daniel Austin

Whoever wins the election, the London Mayor needs real power

Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall, have largely run campaigns centred around not being the other one. In the annals of political history, so often the...

23.04.2024 7

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City View

Dyslexia and ADHD diagnoses should not just be reserved for the wealthy

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 21: Matt Hancock during the 2024 TCS London Marathon on April 21, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty...

23.04.2024 3

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Matt Hancock

As mayor, I will make London the best place in the world to live, work and run a business

Susan Hall has unveiled her manifesto for the London mayoral election with a pledge to “stop the war on motorists”. Photo: Susan Hall Sadiq khan...

23.04.2024 7

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Susan Hall

Rwanda plan: Why can’t the government devote legislative time to anything else?

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan finally passed late last night, two-and-a-bit torturous years after the idea was first floated. Pictured, Sunak with...

23.04.2024 10

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