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Danni Hewson
Retail: how a hybrid of online and physical stores is proving a success
Thursday 14 Oct 2021Retail has been at war with itself for at least the past decade as old-style bricks and mortar businesses tried to keep up with the new kids on the online block. Big names like BHS and Toys R Us vanished from high streets and retail parks, others like New Look underwent brutal CVAs, which is a way...
The energy crisis threatening a recovery power cut
Thursday 30 Sep 2021If September hasn’t already delivered the annual squabble about when is an acceptable moment for the heating to be flicked on, October certainly will and this year’s debate will come with an added frisson. Wholesale gas prices have skyrocketed. The energy price cap that helps keep a lid on things...
Time for another look at UK airline stocks
Thursday 16 Sep 2021Brits love their holidays; it might have rather a lot to do with our inclement climate but every conversation I’ve had over the last few weeks seems to have circled back to summer sun. Who managed to grab a few foreign rays and who didn’t? I confess my Scottish sojourn was memorable, but I still...
Has Covid changed the world of work forever?
Thursday 02 Sep 2021The start of the new school year is traditionally the time that offices, which languished half empty over the long summer holidays, are suddenly bustling with life. Lunch dates are made, career catch ups scheduled and goals recalibrated. Covid threw everything up in the air and everybody’s watching...
The consumer impact of climate warnings and the opportunities for investors
Thursday 19 Aug 2021A ‘Code Red’ for humanity. That’s how the UN phrased its stark warning on climate change and a quick glance at news websites highlight heatwave induced wildfires in California, Greece, and Italy; events that used to happen once a generation, now occurring more and more frequently. The blame is laid...