Maritime ties pave the way for an even closer US-UK trading relationship
20th November 2018
The United States and the United Kingdom are, and long have been, two countries divided by sea but united politically, culturally, economically and... Read More >
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King dollar, currency pegs and the Arabian money souks
20th November 2018
The post Lehman decade was defined by the Federal Reserve’s “lender of the last resort” strategy to stabilize the global banking system. The American... Read More >
Fighting poverty is less complicated than Oxfam thinks
19th November 2018
Oxfam thinks that Singapore is an unsuccessful economy – ranking it 149th out of 157 countries – because it has inequality. Singapore thinks that... Read More >
DIGITISING THE NHS: OPPORTUNITY OR LIABILITY?
19th November 2018
Back in May, apparently in an effort to look like ‘real people’ on social media, Conservative MPs received some much-needed, if slightly elementary, top... Read More >
Will lab-grown meat really change the future of food?
18th November 2018
We gluttonous Westerners are being told to dramatically cut our meat consumption to reduce our carbon footprint, but it could well be that a pioneering new... Read More >
Strangely, building more homes does reduce a housing shortage
17th November 2018
Why can’t you afford a home?
UCL researcher Josh Ryan-Collins says it is due to inevitable landowner profits from land, to a majority of homeowners... Read More >
How smartphones are helping to save the planet
16th November 2018
Some people are dumping their smartphones and returning to old-fashioned hand-held devices. Eddie Redmayne did so in 2016, stating, “It was a reaction... Read More >
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THE STIRLING PRIZE
16th November 2018
The RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Stirling Prize, named after the renowned architect James Stirling, was introduced in 1996 and is presented... Read More >
A US-UK trade deal built on trust would set an example to the world
15th November 2018
It’s official. We are most definitely not at the ‘back of the queue’ when it comes to a trade deal with the United States.
Actually, we’re at the... Read More >
Demand For Data Fuelling Communications-Based REITs
15th November 2018
Recently I was reading an article by LBX Investments explaining that “autonomous vehicles are expected to eventually have a transformative impact on our... Read More >
What next for the BREXIT deal?
15th November 2018
Few MPs disagree with Jo Johnson’s assessment that Mrs May’s Brexit Deal is a failure of British statecraft on a scale not seen since Suez. What divides... Read More >
BACK TO BASICS ON SAFE SPACES
15th November 2018
In October, on International Day of the Girl, women’s and children’s charities took to the media and social media channels to highlight the ongoing... Read More >
GROWTH IS A BETTER STORY THAN VALUE
14th November 2018
About a dozen times a year, Halkin Services holds a speaker event in London. The interests of our group of mainly financial professions are vast and wide,... Read More >
What next for global markets after October’s risk spasm?
14th November 2018
The swift 10% correction in the S&P 500 index in October is a mild echo of the 25 – 35% bear markets emerging markets, led by the financial panics in... Read More >
Does the patent system need fixing?
13th November 2018
Patents are a rather controversial topic among pro-market thinkers. Some are very much in favour of them, seeing intellectual property as just another kind... Read More >
THE FUTURE OF THE PROFESSIONS
13th November 2018
It has become almost a commonplace to suggest that the professions are at a watershed - or even under siege. That, with the new culture of accountability in... Read More >
