Chris Blackhurst
Articles
Defence stocks lined up to offer lifeline to ESG as investors fade away
Investment category based on ethical concerns has been buffeted by retreats like that of BP from net-zero goals
Looming tax rises threatens UK's £30bn investment summit
Labour clobbering companies with higher taxes will not be a good look for Keir Starmer at the UK's mini-Davos
UK in crosshairs of net zero targets with an electric dilemma to solve
Move towards net zero could start to be viewed as a cost rather than a positive step forward
British government in a quandary over the sinking ship of Harland & Wolff
Keir Starmer's team must decide if they are to step in with a loan to keep the Belfast shipyard afloat
Boris Johnson caught between chasing money and politics
Britain's party political conference season is well under way but ex-prime minister is far from the fray
The Spectator fulfils its promise, sold as one-of-a-kind trophy asset
A digital future means the capacity exists for all manner of spin-offs under the magazine's historic banner
Keir Starmer's tax rises and drumroll makes relocation a temptation for executives
Trust won before Labour's general election victory has all but perished
Who is Waheed Alli, the Labour donor in Starmer cronyism row?
TV executive and life peer held no formal job in government but was given unrestricted access
Starmer's fragile honeymoon threatened as Labour bows to unions
Britain faces 1970s-style tumult if it fails to rein in unruly public sector unions
Blunt call for change at the top exposes struggles at stumbling giant Asda
Chairman Stuart Rose has been publicly critical of performance and suggested co-owner Mohsin Issa step aside from its daily running
Keir Starmer must bring far-right agitators to heel over race riots
Authorities have been slow to react to the riots but must now galvanise to defeat mindless hatred
Captivating Olympic Games a success for masterful branding
Global event unites the world every four years in a way that other occasions simply cannot match
Markets ripple for Trump vs Harris race as Joe Biden leaves the stage
As Joe Biden leaves the stage, prepare for a much closer, very likely nastier, fight – one that tilts in one direction then another
Labour’s Europe reset prioritises security over business
There’s been too much bad blood, mostly emanating from the UK side, for full-scale rapprochement
Is seeking health and wealth enough to reinvent the UK economy?
Unless Reeves and Streeting make good progress on the NHS and grow the economy, the political tide could turn