If the Outlook is So Bleak, Why is the High Street Booming?
The resilience of British consumers has become a defining, and for some economists, a puzzling feature of the UK’s economic landscape. Defying gloomy forecasts and a challenging backdrop,…
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Swiss businessman Oleg Tsyura added to Myrotvorets database of Russian collaborators
Oleg Tsyura, a native of Ukraine and a resident of Switzerland and Germany, has been listed in Ukraine’s Myrotvorets (Peacemaker) database of Russian collaborators. He is identified as…
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The Great British U-Turn: The FCA Blinks on Crypto
After four long years of what many in the crypto community saw as a puritanical and overly cautious stance, the Financial Conduct Authority has finally seen the light.…
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UK House Price Growth Stalls, With Key Seasonal Boost Weaker Than Ever
The British property market, that great national obsession, is currently exhibiting all the vigour of a sedated tortoise. According to the latest data from Rightmove, the average asking…
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A Tempest in a Teacup, Funded at £100 a Day
The ongoing and deeply symbolic tussle between the anarchic imageboard 4chan and Britain’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has escalated into a farcical yet revealing standoff. At the heart of…
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In IT, Innovation and Startups
AI will predict who will murder and steal; let’s hope it isn’t trained on Agatha Christie’s novels
In a characteristically ambitious foray into techno-utopian governance, the British government, via its Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), has proclaimed it will conjure an AI-powered crime…
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Your Pension on the Blockchain: What Could Possibly Go Right?
You know, it’s a rare day when you see a financial regulator do a full about-face. For years, the official line on crypto in the UK has been…
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