With a UK-wide Lockdown in force, more and more people are working from home. Meetings will no longer take place in person but via Skype, Zoom or other communication packages. The slow drift to change has taken on a new life in times of crisis. Yet there is nothing new about home working. Almost a […]
Will coronavirus end the tyranny of the “office”? Necessity is often the mother of invention. From the wristwatch to the baguette, extreme events drive changes in technology and in personal habits. Yet the world of office working has broadly remained the same for over two centuries. Over that time we’ve seen the quill replaced by […]
No matter where you sit on the Brexit spectrum, the chances are you don’t think the process of Brexit is going well. One of the few things that the most ardent ‘Brexiteers’ and the staunchest ‘Remainiacs’ can agree on is that we have made a gargantuan hash of Brexit from the moment the referendum result […]
Barndoor Strategy, the public affairs and strategy consultancy fronted by former MRM Director and Financial Conduct Authority Senior Associate Havard Hughes and ex-Deputy Mayor of London Roger Evans have announced that David Spencer, a former aide to David Davis and experienced public affairs consultant, is joining the business as their new Managing Director. Spencer, who […]
There is a lot of talk about what type of Brexit the UK is heading for. In the last week you’ll have heard about a ‘blind’ Brexit a ‘hard’ Brexit a ‘clean’ Brexit or even no Brexit at all. However, what hasn’t been made clear by many of the commentators, is that hard wired […]
Barndoor Director Chris Alley sets out how free ports could revolutionise trade and manufacturing in the UK For thirty years Britain staggered on after the war. The “sick man of Europe” weighed down by militant unions, rampant inflation and obsolete business practices, Britain was locked into a spiral of decline. At its zenith the dead […]
Today has been a big day for many City firms as MiFID II, a controversial and long awaited directive comes into effect. UK firms have spent a small fortune to ensure that they comply with the rules. This important piece of financial services legislation aims to make the market in financial products more transparent and […]