Blog and updates
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16 Feb 2021
Leveraged buy-outs - How to buy a £6.8bn supermarket for £780m
This BBC article dissects the leveraged buy out that has been used by the Issa Brothers to make an agreed bid to Walmart to buy Asda.
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16 Feb 2021
Jaguar cars to go fully electric by 2025
Jaguar Land Rover, the biggest manufacturer of cars in the UK, today announced that all of its Jaguar models will be fully electric by 2025.
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15 Feb 2021
Deliveroo gears up for a Spring 2021 Stockmarket floatation
Deliveroo - the food delivery business - is planning a floatation later this year in a listing that could value the business in excess of £7 billion.
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15 Feb 2021
WTO appoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as new Director General
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has become the first female and first African to lead the World Trade Organisation.
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15 Feb 2021
Japanese economy contracts by 4.8% in 2020
It seems that all developed economies have taken a significant Covid-related hit - some, notably the UK, more than others.
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12 Feb 2021
Trade Frictions Post Brexit - Can the UK and EU find a solution to its problems?
This BBC Newsnight clip looks at the problems associated with the Northern Ireland protocol, and the extra costs that this is imposing on Northern Irish businesses.
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12 Feb 2021
Sustainable Growth - News Update
Here is a raft of topical stories in the news relating to the economics of sustainable growth.
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12 Feb 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 12 Feb 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!
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11 Feb 2021
The 'Revolving Door' between politics and business
The appointment of Christopher Woolard, the former head of the Financial Conduct Authority, to EY's partnership illustrates that the 'Revolving Door' is still very much in action.
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11 Feb 2021
Structural Economic Change - The Electric Vehicle Charging Problem
I love these Wendover Production clips - just lots of good economics, In this case, they look at the market for electric cars.
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10 Feb 2021
Poverty and Inequality - Why are so many children living in poverty in the UK?
This Newsnight clip looks at the issue of child poverty in the UK - and it's depressing viewing.
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10 Feb 2021
Contestable Oligopoly - Sainsbury’s takes on Aldi in supermarket price war
Here is a fascinating change in tenor in the grocery retail sector with established brands Tesco and Sainsbury's both looking to take on the discounters with a price-match scheme focused on...
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10 Feb 2021
Protectionism - South African winemakers toast China demand boom
Protectionism often creates opportunities for countries outside the immediate realm of a trade dispute.
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10 Feb 2021
Environmental, Social & Governance Investing - The Next Financial Crisis?
Year 12 A-Level economics student Phil Repin-Millard provides this overview of some of the key risks surrounding the rapid growth of ESG investment.
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9 Feb 2021
Monetary policy: are negative interest rates on the horizon?
The Bank of England's move to instruct high street banks to prepare for the possibility of negative interest rates indicates that more expansionary monetary policy may be yet to come.
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8 Feb 2021
New online sales tax being considered as high street struggles
The accelerated shift from high street to online shopping has prompted the Treasury to consider introducing an online sales tax to slow the decline of brick-and-mortar stores.
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7 Feb 2021
Housing economics - turning 'generation rent' into 'generation buy'
Larry Elliott's column looks at the state of the UK housing market and notes that despite the state of the economy, house price growth remains strong.
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5 Feb 2021
Economics Weekly Quiz - 5 Feb 2021
Test your knowledge of the week's economic-related stories with the new Economics Weekly Quiz!
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4 Feb 2021
Botswana must curb diamond reliance
Here is a brief clip from Reuters, which highlights the danger of depending upon primary product exports.
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3 Feb 2021
UK Scotch whisky exports suffer due to US tariffs
This article in the Guardian explores how retaliatory import tariffs imposed by the US, as a result of EU support given to Airbus, has resulted in £500mn in lost Scotch whisky exports.
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