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Investments by Britain and India in each other’s economies have grown over the years, and there is great potential for collaboration and excitement about the opportunities ahead. Both countries have...

In addition to the column last week on the subject of gender equality — it keeps being stressed how blatantly the issue of the pay gap between men and women is ignored. The matter particularly...

The question keeps arising is there enough being done to give women opportunities in senior roles in companies, particularly in finance, on an equality basis with men. The first stage is to accept...

While Britain’s two major political parties lick their wounds after the humiliation in local elections, businesses continue to remain concerned about Brexit’s eventual outcome. A no-deal Brexit...

ANDY JALIL - andyjalil@aol.com - With property prices escalating and affordability a major problem, the number of tenants in every age group is surging each year. There are stories of hardships in...

Market uncertainty remains in the property sector as people continue to wait and see what unfolds next in the Brexit saga. The uncertainty has made housing affordability problem even worse as time has...

hile uncertainty surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union continues, the UK employment rate has soared to a new record high and unemployment fell to a fresh 44-year low as the labour...

One doesn’t know what would have happened to the UK economy if the 2016 referendum vote had been in favour of the Remain (in EU) side. But there are ways to estimate what would have happened, in...

With Brexit expected to have considerable affect on various sectors of industry, it is the struggling — with the slowdown in investment — financial services sector that needs a shot of confidence...

Brexit is the most momentous constitutional change Britain has faced in over four decades, putting a weakened Prime Minister Theresa May’s position in office under threat. With parliament getting...

An increasing number of companies are getting frustrated with the uncertainty of Brexit. Nearly a third of firms surveyed by a prominent business lobby may move parts of their operations abroad with...

With a little over a fortnight remaining before the UK exits the European Union, last minute efforts continue to reach an agreement on the terms of departure. In the UK members of parliament are being...

If, as has been argued, the UK referendum for leaving the European Union was the first case of a major democracy voting against the impact of globalisation, the question arises could Brexit spell the...

While the UK’s political parties are in a turmoil amid resignations and disagreements, Prime Minister Theresa May remains hopeful of negotiating necessary tweaks to the draft withdrawal agreement...

With time moving on fast to Brexit day on 29 March, the Irish border question continues to dominate debate and is holding up the ratification of the withdrawal agreement. The UK doesn’t want a hard...

A new survey carried out last week showed that confidence in the UK’s economic prospects among financial services professionals is at a record low. A poll of its members by trade body the Chartered...

While the hierarchy in the European Union is playing hardball with the UK’s Brexit negotiators, they ought to be more than a little concerned about the economic situation in the EU, bearing in mind...

ANDY JALIL -andyjalil@aol.com - The head of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani said recently that countries in the EU who refuse to host refugees could instead pay more for EU migration and...

ANDY JALIL -andyjalil@aol.com - Of the 27 remaining countries in the European Union after the UK’s departure, the one which is most likely to be affected by Brexit is Ireland with its close...

ANDY JALIL -andyjalil@aol.com - All indications are that the uncertainty, caused primarily by Brexit, will continue into this year and it will become pretty much global. On the political scene,...