The Vanilla Vigilante is suing capitalism, one product at a time
The lawyer Spencer Sheehan has filed hundreds of cases against companies that, he says, misrepresent their products.
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Sewage, shortages and spills: how UK water companies have failed
Is this a moment of reckoning for the UK's water industry?
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Putin’s secret navy
A small group of Western businesses holds back EU sanctions, and keeps money flowing into Russia’s war machine.
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The algorithms quietly stoking inflation
The prices of most goods are not set by humans, but by automatic processes set to maximise their owners’ gains.
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Who killed Thames Water?
Britain’s biggest water company is at risk of insolvency, and there is plenty of blame to go around.
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CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?
If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.
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Interest rates are fuelling a great banking rip-off
As the Bank of England tries to fight inflation, commercial banks are enjoying bumper profits.
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Why the collapse of the CBI could be a gift to the Conservatives
The Tories and their associates are busy preparing right-leaning alternatives to Britain’s biggest business group.
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Elon Musk is building an Internet of Losers
The decision to remove “legacy” blue ticks misses the point of Twitter’s Verified system – while failing to stick it…
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Britain’s rising inflation has a hidden cause: corporate greed
Inflation has risen to 10.4 per cent, driven in part by corporate profit-seeking.
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Inside the Silicon Valley Bank UK crisis
The collapse of SVB UK would have been an “extinction-level event” for his business, one entrepreneur says.
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Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros
They push for small government – until their companies are under threat.
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Where have BP’s Russian profits gone?
The oil giant no longer reports income from its stake in Rosneft, but is yet to sell it. Where is…
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The fall of fast fashion
Asos has posted disappointing results. For high streets, that can only be good news.
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Ping pong bars and tipsy shuffleboard: how pubs became playgrounds
Can the beer-and-peanuts pub survive in the age of gamification?
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Most UK businesses see no benefit in post-Brexit deregulation
The government’s plan to remove all remaining EU regulation could do even more damage to the UK’s weakened economy, say…
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Businesses are at a “cliff edge” – and the Autumn Statement hasn’t helped
The British Chambers of Commerce director-general says Hunt has ignored the private sector’s biggest concerns.
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Behind the collapse of Made.com
The furniture retailer was seduced by post-pandemic optimism. Other companies should take note.
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How long does Facebook have left?
The departure of senior executives and a major round of redundancies raise questions about the company's future.
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Kwarteng hands FTSE bosses a £34m tax break
Britain’s richest CEOs will take home an extra £148,273 from next April.
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