Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week

02 November 2017 A lens on the week UK SEX AND THE COMMONS: Political leaders are falling over each other to call for new standards in the Commons and for an end to sexual harassment.  May, Corbyn, Harman, Leadsom and even the Speaker himself, line up to condemn predatory practices – and of course they… Continue reading Issue 127:2017 11 02: A lens on the week

Issue 106: 2017 05 25: Week in Brief: UK

25 May 2017 Week in Brief: UK Terrorism EXPLOSION IN MANCHESTER: 22 people were killed and 59 others injured in a terrorist attack on a pop concert at the Manchester Arena.  The blast occurred just after a performance by the American singer Ariana Grande and many of the victims were teenage fans.  It is understood… Continue reading Issue 106: 2017 05 25: Week in Brief: UK

Issue58:2016 06 16: Week in Brief Financial

16 June 2016 Week in Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY   ASDA PRICE: The sack, it seems, is the ASDA price for its UK chief executive Andy Clarke.  Walmart, who owns the UK big four grocer and supermarket chain, announced the change early this week, a shock apparently for Mr Clarke, an ASDA long-termer.  Just… Continue reading Issue58:2016 06 16: Week in Brief Financial

Issue 50: 2017 04 21: Week in Brief Financial

21 April 2016 Week In Brief: BUSINESS AND THE CITY MOVES ON THE HIGH STREET:   Your friendly local estate agency is changing fast.  It may be still trading from that branch in the high street, but generally the future is on-line and that increasingly means that the agents need to get their properties onto one… Continue reading Issue 50: 2017 04 21: Week in Brief Financial

issue 47:2016 03 31: The End of the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)

31 March 2016 The End of the Beginning More twists and turns from the US Primaries by J.R.Thomas Prediction is a foolish sport at the best of times; in these astonishing American Presidential primary elections it seems more and more an act of madness to even try to suggest any possible outcome.  Just when everything… Continue reading issue 47:2016 03 31: The End of the Beginning (J.R.Thomas)

Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City

23 July 2014 Week in Brief: BUSINESS & THE CITY GREEK BANKS: Greek financial affairs have suddenly been relegated from the headlines, following the rescue package agreed last week which has led to their banks reopening on Monday, and enabling the central bank to make the delinquent IMF payments to take the country back out… Continue reading Issue 12: 2015 07 23: Week in Brief: Business & the City

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