William Richardson
Warning issued over record debt levels
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast strong and broad-based growth for 2018 in its’ biannual World Economic Outlook report. However, beyond the near-term...
Trump’s tariffs hit steel production
On 1 March, US President Donald Trump announced that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to protect domestic producers. This decision...
Controversy over BBC gender pay gap
A PwC report found “no evidence” of systematic gender bias in the pay of the BBC’s 824 on-air presenters, but offered several key recommendations...
Housing stock rises to £7.14tn
UK housing wealth exceeds £7 trillion for the first time.
Increasing in value by over a third in a decade, the value of all UK...
Collapse of Carillion
Institutional investors, auditors, government officials and Carillion executives all have big questions to answer following the construction giants collapse on Monday 15 January.
Carillion was...
Aviva’s step forward for gender equality
In a landmark step towards gender equality in the workplace, insurance firm Aviva has become the first UK firm of its kind to offer...