Edition 321 – February 2025
The final “Time please”
By Business Money group editor Robert Lefroy
Enablers: Beyond the balance sheet
Kevin Barrett, managing director of private and commercial banking at Arbuthnot Latham, shares insights from a new report examining the emotional toll of UK business exits
UK ranked world’s most important market for investment after US
Senior partner Marco Amitrano presents key findings from PwC’s latest Global CEO Survey
Fairweather values
John Brehcist, founder of roundwindow Consultancy Services, casts a critical eye over US firms rushing to drop their DEI goals
Parallel universe
Martin Howe KC and Matthew Lesh on how ending parallel import restrictions would cut costs for British consumers
Workers favour flexibility over four-day week
Melanie Pizzey, CEO and founder of the Global Payroll Association, reveals the results of a UK-wide study commissioned by the organisation
Into the unknown
Chris Lee reflects
Another good year coming up?
Industry insight from Adam Tyler
Closing the global healthcare gap
By Penny Pinnock, business development manager at Siemens Financial Services
The exemption enigma
Sarah Cunningham, head of compliance at the NACFB, on navigating broker-led lending’s biggest regulatory ambiguity
Wet trade report – Business Outlook 2025
Analysis and forecasts for the year ahead from property advisor Christie & Co, presented by global managing director Darren Bond
Not all doom and gloom
International data from Atradius’ Construction Industry Outlook 2025/2026 report, presented by publications manager Christian Bürger
VC investment rose to $368bn in 2024
Conor Moore, global head of KPMG Private Enterprise, summarises the findings of the group’s latest quarterly Venture Pulse report
Consumer expectations reshaping e-commerce
Retail industry trends for 2025 as detailed in a new Metapack report, presented by Albert Ko, CEO of parent company Auctane
2024: the year of fraud-as-a-service
By Dan Yerushalmi, CEO of AU10TIX
Around the world in 30 cities
Victoria Garrett summarises the latest global prime market data from Savills
Counsel’s Opinion: Foreign exchange
Business Money talks to City barrister Professor Mark Watson-Gandy OBE about Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle and foreign judgements
Closing Thoughts: Wealth creators facing unfair mortgage rejection
Insight from Ryan Etchells, chief commercial officer at Together