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Andrew Clark's business comment

29 May 2011

  • Virgin Money bid for Lloyds branches northern rock dave simonds

    I'm not sure about Virgin Galactic, but the Bank of Branson might take off

    Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: The bearded entrepreneur doesn't always succeed. But, looking at our unrepentant banking sector, any serious competition would be profoundly welcome

22 May 2011

  • cbi calls for higher strike ballot turnouts dave simonds cartoon

    If the CBI wants tougher strike laws, it should raise its own standards

    Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: Bosses want higher turnouts at strike ballots, but seem happy that CBI surveys are based on tiny samples of members

15 May 2011

  • Executive pay dave simonds

    British bosses' pay rose by 45% last year. But don't ask the Institute of Directors for a rise

    Andrew Clark
    Brendan Barber of the TUC went before the bosses' organisation to plead for Britain's squeezed workers. It didn't go down well

8 May 2011

  • lloyds ppi payout dave simonds

    Banks' payment insurance protection was in fact a racket

    Andrew Clark
    Lloyds has put its hands up. Barclays, HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland need to follow, even if the final bill is £8bn

24 April 2011

  • Credit ratings agencies Dave Simonds

    Do you know the difference between Guernsey and Ireland? The ratings agencies didn't

    Andrew Clark
    Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch were all unable to taste investment arsenic, yet they still hypnotise the financial markets

17 April 2011

  • BP Annual General Meeting

    BP creates another fine mess as it bars Deepwater protesters

    Andrew Clark

    When the oil company refused to let five US activists into its annual meeting, it rubbed salt in the wounds of the Gulf of Mexico disaster

10 April 2011

  • David Simonds red tape 10.04.2011

    Before we cut more red tape, let's remember the banking crisis

    by Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: It may be a noble liberal goal to get government out of people's lives, but the runaway recklessness of one particular industry should remind us why regulation matters

3 April 2011

  • Dave Simonds corporate hospitality 03.04.2011

    Don't get hysterical – taking an extra biscuit won't get you arrested under the Bribery Act

    Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: The business community has overreacted in a genuinely spectacular fashion to the incoming anti-corruption legislation

27 March 2011

  • David Simonds on the budget

    Osborne's swipe at bankers and jet owners is diverting, but not much use

    Andrew Clark
    The chancellor's budget targets will receive scant sympathy from the public, which will be rather what he was hoping

13 March 2011

  • Oil price Dave Simonds

    Oil price surge leaves British economy teetering on brink of disaster

    Andrew Clark
    Middle Eastern unrest has fuelled a massive rise in fuel prices, coming at the worst possible time for a coalition that has just raised VAT

6 March 2011

  • financial crisis dave simonds

    Bankers played a leading role in the crisis, but they aren't criminals

    Andrew Clark

    Inside Job director Charles Ferguson caused a stir with his Oscar speech, but his suggestion that people should be jailed over the financial meltdown is simplistic

20 February 2011

  • Intercontinental hotels chinese brand plans

    InterContinental Hotels has room for manoeuvre in China

    Andrew Clark
    The unsung British firm, the world's biggest hotels group, is planning a Chinese brand that could be a winner

13 February 2011

  • Project Merlin bank bonus deal George Osborne Dave Simonds

    Bankers got carte blanche on pay and a free pass on lending. We got six pages of nothing

    Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: This was a chance to fundamentally restucture the banking industry. But all the Project Merlin talks produced was a vapid little pamphlet

6 February 2011

  • F&C foreign and colonial boardroom coup 2001 dave simonds

    F&C falls to a very American coup. Now what?

    Andrew Clark
    After a 'proxy battle', new chairman Edward Bramson admits he doesn't know what he's going to do with a Square Mile institution

30 January 2011

  • Davos 2011 Dave Simonds

    Davos is like being on a different planet. But bankers feel that way all the time

    Andrew Clark
    Andrew Clark: During the WEF, the upmarket Alpine resort lacks a sense of connection to the real world – and so do many of the delegates

23 January 2011

  • paternity leave Dave Simonds

    More maternity leave, fewer workers' rights – all thanks to the coalition's dysfunctional family

    Andrew Clark
    Nick Clegg is introducing a cuddly Lib Dem regime for families with babies – just ahead of a major assault on employment rights sponsored by the Tories

16 January 2011

  • Bob Diamond bankers bonuses dave simonds

    MPs fail to land a knockout punch on Diamond Bob

    Andrew Clark
    Barclays' boss parries Treasury select committee, but what do you expect when you question a banker's pursuit of riches?

9 January 2011

  • Starbucks coffee mug

    Starbucks joins Nike and Apple in the big league of no-name logos

    Andrew Clark
    The ubiquitous coffee chain has changed its branding – it's so big now it no longer needs to remind the world of its own name
  • Various

    Pub closure crisis will turn us all into lager-swilling losers

    Andrew Clark
    The rising price of a pint threatens to do irreversible damage to the pub trade
  • Steve Lewis

    Christmas chilled the high street, but the winners kept winning

    Andrew Clark
    While trade slumped for Mothercare and Clinton Cards, Next cashed in on online orders as Majestic Wine toasted solid sales
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