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On business, politics, communities, markets and media
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On business, politics, communities, markets and media

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Reflections on life in lockdown
By Vanessa Chance With today marking the one year anniversary of the UK going into lockdown, many are looking back and reflecting on one of the...
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Will we ever go back to wearing suits?
By Gareth Jones Last week one of my colleagues did something shocking, almost subversive on one of our regular team calls – he wore a suit and tie...
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One year on and a lot of lessons learnt
By Emma Kane On 20 March 2020 in a note to our team I wrote, “there is no doubt that this is a marathon not a sprint; and, as someone who has done a...
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When the chips are down
By Simon Gentry The Prime Minister is spending time this week speaking to leaders on the Continent in an effort to persuade them not to seize UK-bound...
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Magic beans or digital gold dust? The explosion of Non-Fungible Tokens
By Matt Redley In 2018, Picasso’s 1937 painting of his “Golden Muse” sold for $69.2m at Sotheby’s in London. It was the highest price for any painting...
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Letter from... Berlin
By Leo Keutner The mood in Germany is tense. After signs of an improvement in recent weeks, fears of a third wave are now spreading: This will...
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Government proposes major corporate governance reforms to prevent the next Carillion or BHS scandal
By Gareth Jones The government has today published proposed reforms to the UK’s corporate governance regime and new rules on how firms are audited, as...
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Italy’s groundhog day
By Maurizio Maione And here we are again, back to where we escaped from in May. Italy is, once again, ‘almost’ in lockdown mode. Many say it is...
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