One could barely believe the reports when the May price for West Texas crude oil dipped into historic negative territory late on Monday. The immediate thought was: does this mean free petrol for my gas-guzzling car? And will all those friends who stealthily escaped to the country for lockdown, enjoy the munificence of free heating? … Read more
VICTORIA BISCHOFF: The internet has become a pandemic lifeline so we must be more vigilant than ever about online fraud By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 21 April 2020 For many of us feeling cut off from loved ones, tech-nology has proved to be … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Government must nurture Britain’s hi-tech start-ups for a future beyond pandemic and Brexit By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 20 April 2020 The latest public policy intervention to support R&D and start-ups through the worst of the Covid-19 crisis is the right … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum – it’s the banking equivalent of R2-D2 on steroids By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 13:31 BST, 20 April 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland – owner of NatWest – may have won some plaudits … Read more
RUTH SUNDERLAND: When the Berlin Wall fell, many assumed western liberal democracy had beaten communism – they reckoned without the rise of China By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 21:55 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 April 2020 The Chinese economy is suffering badly from coronavirus and a draconian lockdown, … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: We may not have coped with the coronavirus downturn very well, so now we have to manage the upturn better By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 17:06 BST, 19 April 2020 We may not have coped with the downturn very well, so now we … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Royal Mail boss Rico Back displaying a sad derogation of leadership by working from home in Switzerland By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:06 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 11:13 BST, 16 April 2020 Royal Mail employees have courageously kept letter and parcel services operating in the midst of a … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Fast broadband rules… but don’t assume Huawei is the solution to Britain’s connectivity needs By Alex Brummer City Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 22:40 BST, 13 April 2020 Among the most important pre-requisites of working from home is reliable, fast broadband. My son, an animator … Read more
BT chief executive Philip Jansen When I first began to assess the potential impact of Covid-19 on our customers, our colleagues and our business, this was a situation that I never imagined: that our engineers and our networks would be under attack from people who truly believe, somehow, that 5G and Covid-19 are linked. Our focus … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: I’ll remember Pussy Galore not as seductive Bond girl but as a fighter for Equitable justice well into her eighties By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 11 April 2020 | Updated: 09:32 BST, 12 April 2020 No one of a certain age can think of Honor Blackman without … Read more