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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…

Sorry, George: Britain’s economy is still a tale of two nations

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Upbeat or downbeat? I asked last month whether the mood where you live is energised by enterprise or demoralised by…

How is it where you live? A tale of two nations and a message for George

11 February 2016 3:00 pm

Upbeat or downbeat? I asked last month whether the mood where you live is energised by enterprise or demoralised by…

France can’t build its own new nuclear power stations, let alone ours

6 February 2016 9:00 am

Amid all the turmoil in global energy markets, we should not lose sight of the UK power programme that we’re…

I told you so: the UK electricity gap looms wider than ever

4 February 2016 3:00 pm

Amid all the turmoil in global energy markets, we should not lose sight of the UK power programme that we’re…

Don’t expect Mr Bear to go back into hibernation anytime soon

The bears are here to stay – but we’ll survive

30 January 2016 9:00 am

Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks…

Don’t expect Mr Bear to go back into hibernation anytime soon

Mr Bear is back: sit tight because he may be with us for a while

28 January 2016 3:00 pm

Like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, we’ve just been savaged by a bear but we’ll probably survive. Leading UK-listed stocks…

Come back Robert Peston, all is forgiven: and tell us who’s to blame this time

23 January 2016 9:00 am

‘Who’s to blame for financial crisis’ is a poem I wrote in 2012, rhyming ‘speculators, spivs and traders’ with ‘rich,…

Come back Pesto, all is forgiven: and tell us who’s to blame this time

21 January 2016 3:00 pm

‘Who’s to blame for financial crisis’ is a poem I wrote in 2012, rhyming ‘speculators, spivs and traders’ with ‘rich,…

RBS’s note from a crashing plane: wild headline grabbing or wise advice?

16 January 2016 9:00 am

Should anyone take investment advice from Royal Bank of Scotland, the institution which so misread markets before the crash that…

RBS’s note from a crashing plane: wild headline-grabbing or wise advice?

14 January 2016 3:00 pm

Should anyone take investment advice from Royal Bank of Scotland, the institution which so misread markets before the crash that…

We don’t need research to change banking culture. We need jail sentences

9 January 2016 9:00 am

Was the Financial Conduct Authority leaned on by the Chancellor to scrap its ‘review of banking culture’? Or did it…

Another banking review is pointless: just carry on naming, shaming and jailing

7 January 2016 3:00 pm

Was the Financial Conduct Authority leaned on by the Chancellor to scrap its ‘review of banking culture’? Or did it…

Any Other Business

2 January 2016 9:00 am

Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…

The human element: highs, lows and loose ends of 2015

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…

A Christmas parable from the Spectator’s business editor

12 December 2015 9:00 am

  I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…

Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

  I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…

After the Black Friday flop, shops can get back to what they do best

5 December 2015 9:00 am

The high street flopperoo that was ‘Black Friday’ may have something to do with terrorism fears, or even the downturn…

After the Black Friday flop, shops can get back to what they do best

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

The high street flopperoo that was ‘Black Friday’ may have something to do with terrorism fears, or even the downturn…

David Cameron leaves the headquarters of the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2008 (Photo: Getty)

We must play the blame game over HBOS. How else will bankers learn?

28 November 2015 9:00 am

‘Everyone remembers the names of Applegarth of Northern Rock and Goodwin of RBS, but history may judge the HBOS men…

David Cameron leaves the headquarters of the Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS) in 2008 (Photo: Getty)

We must play the blame game over HBOS. How else will bankers learn?

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

‘Everyone remembers the names of Applegarth of Northern Rock and Goodwin of RBS, but history may judge the HBOS men…

The micro-businesses that give me hope for Belfast

21 November 2015 9:00 am

At Stormont on Saturday, we observed a minute’s silence for the dead of Paris. Our conference group of Brits and…

The view from my Belfast bus: tribalism as the enemy of prosperity

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

At Stormont on Saturday, we observed a minute’s silence for the dead of Paris. Our conference group of Brits and…