Martin Vander Weyer

Martin Vander Weyer is business editor of The Spectator. He writes the weekly Any Other Business column.

Have we sacrificed a quarter’s growth to answer the European question?

12 May 2016 1:00 pm

Has the shadow of Brexit already cost us a slice of GDP — and if so, is it a blip…

Scrapping RBS’s brand is a start. Now break it up

7 May 2016 9:00 am

Royal Bank of Scotland is at last about to dump the ‘RBS’ logotype promoted by its fallen chieftain Fred Goodwin,…

Scrapping RBS’s toxic brand should be a step towards a final break-up

5 May 2016 1:00 pm

Royal Bank of Scotland is at last about to dump the ‘RBS’ logotype promoted by its fallen chieftain Fred Goodwin,…

The death of investment banking as we know it? Bring it on

30 April 2016 9:00 am

Oh woe. Investment bank profits are evaporating after a disastrous contraction of trading revenues reflecting zero-to-negative interest rates, weak commodity…

The death of investment banking will lead to the rebirth of something better

28 April 2016 1:00 pm

Oh woe. Investment bank profits are evaporating after a disastrous contraction of trading revenues reflecting zero-to-negative interest rates, weak commodity…

Warning: the FTSE100 isn’t out of the woods just yet

23 April 2016 9:00 am

When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…

If you’re riding the FTSE rebound you might still want to sell in May

21 April 2016 1:00 pm

When the FTSE100 fell close to 5,500 in February, we all said ‘Mr Bear is back’. On Tuesday the index…

Stop chasing the PM’s taxes: focus on the bad stuff that really matters

16 April 2016 9:00 am

There were moments last week when I was ready to give up journalism and retrain in a less unsavoury profession…

Let’s refocus the Panama story on the bad stuff that really matters

14 April 2016 1:00 pm

There were moments last week when I was ready to give up journalism and retrain in a less unsavoury profession…

Why Ratan Tata is still Britain’s greatest inward investor

9 April 2016 9:00 am

If asked to pick the UK’s inward investor of the century so far I would, without hesitation, name Ratan Tata,…

Credit where it’s due to Tata, our greatest inward investor

7 April 2016 1:00 pm

If asked to pick the UK’s inward investor of the century so far I would, without hesitation, name Ratan Tata,…

George Osborne still deserves praise for his Living Wage

2 April 2016 9:00 am

It was unfashionable of me to write in praise of George Osborne on Budget day. I did so, you may…

Osborne’s on the back foot but his Living Wage deserves praise

31 March 2016 2:00 pm

It was unfashionable of me to write in praise of George Osborne on Budget day. I did so, you may…

Among people I meet, the ‘remain’ campaign is edging the Brexit debate

26 March 2016 9:00 am

In every gathering, someone — often me — calls for a show of hands on Brexit. And I have to…

My straw polls say the ‘leave’ campaign is failing to make a clear economic case

23 March 2016 3:00 pm

In every gathering, someone — often me — calls for a show of hands on Brexit. And I have to…

How George Osborne’s budget bolsters the case for leaving Europe

19 March 2016 9:00 am

Give thanks for George Osborne — and I don’t say that because I happen to be writing this column on…

Why Osborne’s Budget bolsters the case for leaving Europe

17 March 2016 3:00 pm

Give thanks for George Osborne — and I don’t say that because I happen to be writing this column on…

Don’t believe the recession hype – or this commodities boom

12 March 2016 9:00 am

All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…

This great commodity rally doesn’t mean that spring has arrived

10 March 2016 3:00 pm

All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…

Sell the London Stock Exchange if you must. But not to Frankfurt!

5 March 2016 9:00 am

The London Stock Exchange is no longer the red-hot crucible it once was, given the multifarious ways by which shares,…

Better that the Americans take over the London Stock Exchange

3 March 2016 3:00 pm

The London Stock Exchange is no longer the red-hot crucible it once was, given the multifarious ways by which shares,…

The City’s real players may be voting ‘out’ in the EU referendum

27 February 2016 9:00 am

‘The City is in no doubt that staying in Europe is the only way ahead,’ declared Mark Boleat for the…

The City says it’s for staying in but I wonder what the big beasts think

25 February 2016 3:00 pm

‘The City is in no doubt that staying in Europe is the only way ahead,’ declared Mark Boleat for the…

If there’s a crash now, the markets will have done it to themselves

20 February 2016 9:00 am

All this talk of a new financial apocalypse, so soon after the last one, is starting to annoy me. Partly…

Apocalypse now? Markets seem set on a self-fulfilling prophecy

18 February 2016 3:00 pm

All this talk of a new financial apocalypse, so soon after the last one, is starting to annoy me. Partly…