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Helen Thomas

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Helen Thomas writes about British business and finance for the FT. She has previously written for the Lex column, for FT Alphaville as well as covering M&A and the mining sector. From 2013, she worked at the Wall Street Journal and at BBC Newsnight before rejoining the FT in 2021.
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  • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
    Climate change
    Don’t let America’s ‘war on woke’ kill off climate collaboration

    The disintegration of the insurance sector alliance under Gfanz emphasises such coalitions will need to adapt

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Philip Morris International Inc
    PMI should forget wellness and focus on smokers who want to quit

    The tobacco company can justifiably claim expertise in developing alternative products that smokers will actually try

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Pharmaceuticals sector
    Ailing UK life sciences sector will need further treatment

    Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Corporate governance
    Business should stop griping about ‘comply or explain’

    The UK’s trademark self regulatory approach to governance has been aped around the world

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Don’t treat crypto like gambling — even if it is largely pointless

    Governments are struggling with the question of how to regulate the sector to protect investors

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Food Prices
    Don’t make UK supermarkets the ‘greedflation’ bogeymen

    UK cannot decide whether food prices are egregiously high or problematically low

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Electric vehicles
    Stellantis shows future of UK car sector hangs on more than a Brexit overhaul

    Even if a deal on rules of origin is agreed, carmakers will suffer from the lack of a long-term industrial strategy

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Electric vehicles
    Carmakers’ latest Brexit angst highlights risk of UK falling behind EV battery race

    There is no planning in UK around sector, but US and EU are throwing money at attracting supply chains including securing critical minerals

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Technology sector
    Closed for business? Sizing up Big Tech’s UK temper tantrum

    Microsoft and Activision’s fury over blocking of merger by regulator has rightly provoked little angst

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Melrose Industries PLC
    Waning of the Melrose model is the end of an era for London

    As buyout group moves on to focus on aerospace, investors ponder whether business model can be replicated in ever-shrinking UK equity market

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Executive Pay
    What could usefully happen in the UK’s ‘big tent’ conversation on pay

    LSE chief executive deserves plaudits for taking on a high-profile, contentious subject with no easy answers

  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    London fights for its future
    Listings overhaul must stop London’s sucking sound getting louder

    Review ditches gold standard of governance but has yet to work out what comes next for the City

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    UK companies
    The whistleblowing lessons from the CBI scandal

    Companies should consider not just their policies but how they are being promoted and used

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    Telecoms
    Threats to undersea cables should worry business as well as government

    Companies that rely on these networks have little understanding of the system’s resilience to attack

  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Pensions industry
    What the UK should learn from Australia on pensions

    Political edicts on investment strategy are not the right way to emulate the country’s success

  • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
    Cyber Security
    The UK will need more than words in this cyber war

    With business inaction threatening critical infrastructure, a mandated level of protection may be required

  • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
    UK business & economy
    We need to do something about bunged-up Britain

    Businesses across the economy share the same complaint of process-heavy regulation preventing them from moving fast

  • Friday, 14 April, 2023
    Glencore
    Glencore’s pursuit of Teck sends its careful coal message up in smoke

    Miner wants to spin off the business despite previously arguing holding on to it was better

  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Rebuild the CBI, do not bury it

    Cultural reckoning following sexual misconduct claims should be followed by a strategic one

  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    InterviewUK business & economy
    UK pledges greater transparency of how it scrutinises deals

    Minister responds to business concerns about government reviews based on national security

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    UK energy
    Is the UK being held to ransom in the power market?

    Traders have upper hand when demand is high and there isn’t enough renewable capacity

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    How to spark up a Green Day revolution with no cash

    UK’s best option may be as an aggressive regulator — something the government needs to come to terms with

  • Monday, 20 March, 2023
    Banks
    How ‘competitive’ would you like your bank regulation now? 

    Unravelling of Credit Suisse and Silicon Valley Bank gives whip hand to those in favour of tough oversight

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Endless innovating when it comes to R&D policy can only be unhelpful

    With the latest credit for research intensive businesses, the government is picking winners by the back door

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK banks
    Why crummy bank IT is a looming regulatory risk

    Lenders will not get a pass on the digital challenges around new consumer protection rules

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