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ALEX BRUMMER: Big pharma has suffered a bad image and doubtless will face abuse from anti-vaxxers – but its heroism in crisis deserves recognition By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 | Updated: 22:07 GMT, 23 November 2020 The Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has finally reached the finish line. … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Investing in the regions will see us through the current crisis – but the money is languishing unproductively in our pensions Chancellor Rishi Sunak plans to plough billions over five years into transport, digital, housing, energy and green projects Final salary pension funds sit on around £2trillion of assets  By Ruth Sunderland for the … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Consumer groups must impress upon Government the importance of ensuring people can always access cash on local high street By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 21 November 2020 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, 21 November 2020 Wednesday is the deadline for submissions to be made to the Treasury on … Read more

The new adventure begins. If you wanted to choose a moment when the UK starts to direct its economy away from Europe and towards the rest of the world, this is as good as any.  On Wednesday we get Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review, setting out the Government’s plans to direct the 40 per cent plus … Read more

Much has been learned about Covid-19 since the pandemic erupted in March and it is amazing that in such a relatively short period at least three vaccines are in sight. We also have learned a great deal about the British economy. Its reliance on services has meant that restrictions and lockdowns damaged it more than … Read more

In the red: Rishi Sunak has to service a £2trillion national debt The Chancellor Rishi Sunak does not live in never-never land. As a Tory with a strong City background, he knows that the ‘magic money tree’ is a myth and that as the pandemic retreats, he will have to take an axe to annual … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Enforcer shows its bite with Compare the Market and Brexit will bring more action from the competition watchdog By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 19 November 2020 A classic mistake for British companies is to underestimate regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: RSA takeover makes mockery of Chancellor’s drive for UK to become ‘world’s pre-eminent financial centre’ By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 18 November 2020 Just a week ago the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, was wittering on in the Commons about renewing Britain’s position … Read more

As we know from Carillion, Arcadia-Top Shop owner Taveta and other recent corporate imbroglios, a line-up of seemingly robust independent directors does not stop businesses going wrong. Powerful executives at Carillion published misleading financial reports before it headed into insolvency. Sir Philip Green, who decorated his board with respected business and legal figures, still sold … Read more

VICTORIA BISCHOFF: Shut the door on the broadband sharks and complain to the big providers who hire them By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 17 November 2020 There is a good reason most major energy suppliers ditched doorstep selling nearly a decade ago. And … Read more