What’s next for Credit Suisse bank crisis?
Credit Suisse is borrowing nearly £45 billion from Switzerland’s central bank in the hope of calming nerves as its share value tumbled...and then bounced back.The bailout follows a week of jitters in ...
16 Mar 202311min
Budget: Winners, losers & ‘no recession’ this year
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Budget - how will it impact you? Analysis with Evening Standard deputy political editor David Bond and Antonia Jennings of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies.In th...
15 Mar 202310min
Budget: What's Jeremy Hunt's "back-to-work" plan?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s been teasing controversial plans to get more people on benefits, and also early retirees, back into the workplace.What else do we know about Jeremy Hunt’s first Budge...
14 Mar 202310min
HSBC buys collapsed Silicon Valley Bank for £1
HSBC has snapped up the British arm of Silicon Valley Bank for just £1 in a government and Bank of England-brokered private sale.Deal marks the most significant such bailout since the 2008 financial c...
13 Mar 202310min
Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Deborah Meaden)
We all know who Deborah Meaden is - entrepreneur, investor, long-serving Dragon in the den… and environmental campaigner. Deborah’s involvement with climate causes go back to her college days, and now...
11 Mar 202310min
Oscars special: All Quiet on the Western Front
Lesley Paterson, the Scottish producer and screenwriter of Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front shares the story of how after 16 long years, the film finally came to fruition. Lesley discusses how...
10 Mar 202311min
Should the police be allowed to strike?
The Police Federation of England and Wales is demanding a minimum 17% pay increase for officers - and suggest their salaries are negatively affected by restrictions on their right to strike.Police off...
9 Mar 202310min
The story of London’s Women of the World festival
To mark International Women’s Day, we’re going behind London’s Women of the World festival. Run by the WOW foundation, it all started off at London’s Southbank Centre back in 2010 and has since grown ...
8 Mar 202311min
