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  • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
    Entain PLC
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    Record £17mn fine raises questions about ability of industry to change and efficacy of current regulation

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    Companies need long-term clarity on policy to make investment plans

  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    UK financial regulation
    This political veto on City regulation can only end in trouble

    Politicians are generally acknowledged to be quite bad at weighing short-term gain against longer-term risk

  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
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    Large-scale cancellations by Avanti owe more to a dysfunctional model than ‘unofficial strike action’

  • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
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  • Friday, 22 July, 2022
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  • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
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    Cooling on net zero isn’t good for business

    Detailed strategies and policy certainty would do more for companies than a slowdown on emissions goals

  • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
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    There are no easy ways for either side to extract quick wins from the current landscape

  • Friday, 15 July, 2022
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  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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    Pre-emption changes should force modernisation for London

    Aims of capital market review rely on a more fundamental overhaul and digitisation of market infrastructure

  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
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    Covid-19 and the rental bust-up that never came

    An arbitration scheme to handle pandemic rental arrears is currently virtually unused

  • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
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    The supermarket’s generally laudable position on ‘colleague’ pay glosses over the lowest-paid workers

  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Gambling industry
    In gambling regulation, the house shouldn’t win

    A tidying-up exercise by UK ministers isn’t enough for an industry transformed by a wave of innovation

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    UK energy
    Talking tough on energy markets is no way to woo investors

    Conflating complicated long-term market reform with flip-flopping over windfall taxes is odd and unhelpful

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
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    Are we protecting airlines from their own shortcomings?

    Allowing carriers to curb summer schedules may be a necessary evil but underlines issues with take-off and landing slots

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
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    Steel yourself: UK trade policy is suffering post-Brexit drift

    The government’s approach is being reimagined for political reasons on the hoof

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
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    Using national security powers to make chip designer list in London shows drift from stated aims of new rules

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
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    Private equity’s sell-to-yourself bandwagon is a wild ride

    One issue is asymmetry of information and experience, another the recutting of terms

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    ESG investing
    Does the consumer world need to tone down the green talk, for its own good?

    There is a risk that, even as regulators crack down on greenwashing, consumers become more cynical

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
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    London market’s efforts at reinvigoration are flagging

    Latest proposals to overhaul UK listing regime are confused and may achieve very little

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
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    Business hopes for UK government action are at rock bottom

    Endless consultations leave the CBI having to plead for even modest policy changes from Downing Street

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    Illegal money lending appears to be rising as higher energy and food bills push those in need towards loan sharks

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    London Metal Exchange Ltd
    Elliott’s lawsuit could give the City’s metal trading scandal a proper airing

    US hedge fund is claiming $456mn over cancellation of nickel trades on London Metal Exchange

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Corporate governance
    Why banning directors is a feeble fallback, even at P&O

    Cases are hard to prove, penalties lacking and enforcement questionable

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