28 Dec 2007
Roll up roll up! Today's your last chance to enter MT's first ever end-of-year prize quiz on the business highlights of 2007...
26 Nov 2007
In the recent row over private equity and the potential rewards available to City whiz-kids, much was made of the growing gap between rich and poor in the UK – in fact some commentators were gloomily warning that this could lead to social unrest. But according to a new study, we’ve got a long way to...
16 Nov 2007
Our 60-second guide to the highlights of this week's business news – more gloom about the Rock, enterprise skills come under the microscope, and a plaintive cry from the health and safety profession...
07 Nov 2007
MT has always championed flexible working – if done right, it can lead to a happier, better-motivated and more productive workforce. But the government’s plans to extend this right, announced yesterday in the Queen’s Speech, will have expensive implications for British businesses – so however noble...
23 Oct 2007
The UK manufacturing sector looks to be holding up well despite the recent credit market turmoil – but that hasn’t stopped bosses getting gloomier.
17 Oct 2007
The government has published its first official study into the effects of the current record-breaking wave of migration. The results? Divisive to say the least. This should be no surprise – when it comes to political hot potatoes, immigration is one spud that’s had a couple of hours in the oven at gas...
10 Sep 2007
| by Stefan Stern
So: the media pack tells us that Gordon Brown 'fell flat' in Brighton. Yes and no. Sure, there was no standing ovation. But the TUC doesn't go in for that sort of thing.
14 Aug 2007
Is it just us, or do labour practices appear to be stepping back in time? First Philip Green hit the headlines in the Sunday Times for the alleged use of ‘slave labour’ in the manufacture of his Top Shop clothes. Now a Cornish gangmaster has had its licence revoked for leaving its Bulgarian workers...
10 Jul 2007
| by Howard Davies
Two striking sets of trade figures emerged this week. The UK deficit for May was £3.5bn, a little better than expected, if anything. UK exports held up reasonably well in spite of the rising pound. The Chinese figure was rather different - a surplus on the month of a record £13.4bn. There is absolutely...
25 Jun 2007
There's been a hodload of speculation over what Gordon Brown's imminent move to Number 10 will mean for the much-maligned Department of Trade and Industry. And it looks like MT 's columnist Richard Reeves is soon to be proven right - the department may well be about to break up.