30 March 2017 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY NOTHING HELPS: When it was first announced, the proposed Tesco purchase of Booker was hailed as the final mark of the supermarket giant’s recovery from the accounting scandal and poor performance which have damaged its reputation over the previous four years and seemed to confirm… Continue reading Issue98:2017 03 30:Week in Brief Financial
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Issue84:2016 12 15 :Week in Brief Financial
15 December 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS (SOUTH): This week the Office for National Statistics issued the results of its rolling survey of house prices. That showed that the long period of increasing prices seems to have come to an end – with static prices in some areas and a… Continue reading Issue84:2016 12 15 :Week in Brief Financial
Issue64:2016 07 28:Electric Hero (J.R.Thomas)
28 July 2016 Electric Hero Is Musk the new Victorian? by J.R.Thomas The streets and squares of central London show that our Victorian forbears were pretty careful in their choice of heroes. Statues abound, many of great size and of majestic proportions, and most of military, naval, and scientific figures. A few politicians and royals,… Continue reading Issue64:2016 07 28:Electric Hero (J.R.Thomas)