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A New Year. A new beginning. Time to look ahead to the future. A Brexit deal was finally done on Christmas Eve.  A negotiated settlement based on zero tariffs, which I suspect is the preferred outcome for the majority of businesses on both sides of the Channel. It is certainly my preferred outcome. Some bumpy … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: A nimble economy with creative and scientific advantage, the UK holds many aces – it must now be careful not to gamble them away Being part of the EU has distorted the vision of corporate Britain and government As latecomers to the EU project, Britain has been a proselyte  Both firms and government … Read more

As a result of an administrative error, when the newly-knighted Dave Lewis (pictured) was chief executive, some 78,000 Tesco staff were paid below the minimum wage for part of 2017.

David Buik is a financial commentator and a consultant for Aquis Exchange In September 2019, disturbing rumours started to permeate out of a city little-known outside of China, Wuhan.  It was purported that Wuhan was being savaged by an unknown virus, eventually to be known as Covid-19. The world just watched out of interest. Little … Read more

No one should expect new, tougher scrutiny of the Silicon Valley behemoths by competition watchdogs in the UK or EU to progress without a fight. The digital giants have led a charmed regulatory life due to successful lobbying in Washington and state capitals in the US.  It is only in the last few months that … Read more

It’s time for payback: Government didn’t do enough to allow all women to collect their rightful pensions, says BEN WILKINSON By Ben Wilkinson for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 29 December 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 29 December 2020 You don’t get anything for free nowadays. You have to fight for it. Back in … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Eye-popping national debt is fine while interest rates remain low, but living on never-never is only sustainable short term In the UK, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak is projected to spend £280billion on the pandemic  Donald Trump has finally put his signature to a bailout package which will pump a further £1.7trillion into the … Read more

MAGGIE PAGANO: Brexit negotiator David Frost believes deal with European Union marks beginning of a moment of ‘national renewal’ for UK By Maggie Pagano For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 27 December 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 27 December 2020 When David Frost was appointed Brexit sherpa and National Security Adviser last July, there … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Save and save some more Lockdown caused me to reset my savings dial. Unable to go out and do the things I love – listen to live music, go to the cinema and travel the country watching West Bromwich Albion Football Club – I went into squirrel mode and saved. It is a habit … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: A Brexit deal at last… now let’s focus on the UK’s growth By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 At last, after four and a half years of brinkmanship and tortuous negotiations, we have a post-Brexit trade deal – … Read more