Business Bites
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Dec- 2019 -19 December
Airbnb is the latest ‘big tech’ monolith to run rings around our outdated legal apparatus
It may seem tangential to those who do not work in real estate, but there is a court case on…
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18 December
Vera Lynn’s gin dispute is a window on a fascinating trademark problem
Everyone knows a bit of cockney rhyming slang, but what if your own name is the one being used, and…
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17 December
‘Jingle bots’ are artificially ramming online shopping baskets to use up stock
I have my reservations about this story because we spend a lot of time in our office poring over the…
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16 December
The latest business data is bad news, but the reasons given spell a good omen
This morning there was some bad news for business, but which definitely comes with a silver lining. So, the bad…
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13 December
The election is over – time for the Tories to deliver for small businesses
It now looks as though political stasis and all the damage that does to business will be lifted in 2020. Boris…
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12 December
Businesses are sitting on £115bn and waiting to splurge
Goldman Sachs thinks money will pour into UK stocks and shares after this election, but it’s at least partly because…
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11 December
Small business owners dip into personal wealth to survive? Of course they do
We are living through an era where there is much discussion about capitalism, taxes, executive pay and so on. Is…
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10 December
Want to know who will win the election? Watch the pound
In recent years there has been a lot of talk about how badly wrong pollsters can get it. Nobody thought…
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9 December
The Lib Dems want to abolish business rates, but don’t hold your breath
Over the weekend the leader of the Lib Dems, Jo Swinson, visited Hertforshire to discuss her party’s approach to SMEs.…
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