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Saturday, 14 February, 2026

Schroders PLC
Schroders is part of the City’s émigré alchemy
Along with SG Warburg, the asset manager played a pivotal role in London’s financial growth
Tuesday, 10 February, 2026

Business InsightSpace industry
Britain is falling behind in the European space race
The potential sale of the Scottish rocket start-up Orbex shows the gap between rhetoric and reality
Thursday, 5 February, 2026

Sony Corp
China has seized Sony’s television halo
The company’s planned joint venture with TCL marks a historic global shift
Tuesday, 3 February, 2026

Companies
Craft advertising lifts Lucky Saint’s non-alcoholic beer
The London brand has drawn on British marketing traditions for its irreverent image
Tuesday, 27 January, 2026

Business InsightNext PLC
Next’s coming challenge is life after Simon Wolfson
The UK clothing and furniture chain keeps outperforming rivals but its veteran chief executive must one day leave
Thursday, 22 January, 2026

British American Tobacco PLC
Big Tobacco is turning into Big Nicotine
British American Tobacco’s recovery shows that investors see an addictive future for pouches and vapes
Tuesday, 20 January, 2026

Business InsightUK property
The Cotswolds has become a global property brand
As historic rectories and manor houses attract Hollywood buyers, more agents compete for fees
Tuesday, 13 January, 2026

Business InsightBT Openreach
Openreach needs to make full fibre broadband work
BT’s infrastructure company cannot retreat on its plans for a national digital network
Thursday, 8 January, 2026

Investor activism
British business faces a rude activist awakening
Boaz Weinstein’s campaign against investment trusts is encouraging wider intervention by US funds
Tuesday, 30 December, 2025

UK economy
British business has an opportunity to defy the gloom
Entrepreneurs are more optimistic than the headlines about the UK’s economic potential
Tuesday, 23 December, 2025

Philanthropy
Venture philanthropy can transform small charities
Investment funds such as The Fore and Impetus bring financial innovation to worthy causes
Thursday, 18 December, 2025

Q&AAsk an Expert
What do UK companies need to be successful? You asked, John Gapper answered
The FT’s chief UK business columnist John Gapper replied to readers
Friday, 12 December, 2025

Warner Bros Entertainment Inc
The dangerous thrill of buying Warner Bros is not gone
Mergers involving the Hollywood studio are often disastrous, but Netflix and Paramount are trying once again
Thursday, 11 December, 2025

UK companies
Revolut’s kitesurfing leader is an asset to Britain
Nik Storonsky is demanding and disruptive but he is building a world-leading bank
Tuesday, 9 December, 2025

Nothing Technology Ltd
Nothing wants to make a dent in Apple’s universe
A London-based smartphone maker valued at $1.3bn is slowly building a global brand
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025

Business InsightRetail & Consumer industry
Adanola’s affordable leggings are chasing Lululemon
The gym-to-coffee shop womenswear brand from Manchester needs to stretch carefully
Friday, 28 November, 2025

Thames Water
Thames Water’s lenders are not offering enough
The water industry regulator should not let the utility’s bondholders take control too easily
Tuesday, 25 November, 2025

London Metal Exchange Ltd
The ring is a sideshow for the London Metal Exchange
Open outcry is not the biggest obstacle to the growth of the historic trading venue
Tuesday, 18 November, 2025

Premier Foods PLC
The great British revival of Mr Kipling cakes
A nostalgic brand invented by an advertising agency in the 1960s has led Premier Foods’ recovery
Wednesday, 12 November, 2025

Media
Running the BBC has become an impossible job
The broadcaster should rethink the role of director-general and reclaim editorial independence
Tuesday, 11 November, 2025

Collinson Group
The British company filling the world’s airport lounges
Priority Pass wants to reduce overcrowding and give millions of flyers a calmer experience
Tuesday, 4 November, 2025

Business InsightQuantum technologies
Britain’s quantum software start-ups might be giants
Companies such as Phasecraft and Riverlane will need to be brave to remain independent
Thursday, 30 October, 2025

UK employment
Tips are taking the place of restaurant wages
UK hospitality chains have increased service charges to offset the high cost of employment
Tuesday, 28 October, 2025

Business InsightTravel & leisure industry
The Topgolf twins bring AI to the pool table
Steve and Dave Jolliffe, UK pioneers of the competitive socialising industry, are back with the Poolhouse chain
Tuesday, 21 October, 2025

Business InsightOctopus Energy
Kraken’s software is swallowing Octopus Energy
The software platform behind the UK’s largest home energy supplier has passed its parent

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