Archive for April, 2010

The final countdown to tonight’s debate

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

At last the final TV debate between the leaders of Britain's three main political parties is almost upon us, starting on the BBC this evening  at 8.30pm. The subject matter this time is the economy, which should make it the most relevant of the three debates so far to the ...

Thoughts on yesterday’s TradeTech show & the Goldman case

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

I attended the TradeTech Europe 2010 show yesterday at the ExCel venue in L0ndon's Docklands and was struck by the uncertainty that seemed to permeate many of the attendees about the potential barrage of regulations that participants in the financial markets are now facing. The uncertainty is made worse of course by ...

Last night’s big debate

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Last night’s first debate among the party leaders shed more heat than light on the economic issues. Guest blogger, Steve Schifferes, Marjorie Dean Professor of Financial Journalism, at City University London, provides an analysis of the leaders’ performance. Gordon Brown didn’t wait long before going on the attack about potential ...

The big debate looms

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

It's been over a week now since the starting gun was fired on the 2010 general election and after much sparring over national insurance contributions, and a separate party manifesto launch each day this week, we can finally get down to the drama of the first ever UK leaders TV ...

FST Awards 2010 results

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

The tenth anniversary FST Awards 2010 winners can be seen HERE – http://www.fstech.co.uk/awards. Congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all those who took the time to enter and to attend the awards night. I trust you had a good evening! Best wishes, Neil Ainger, FST Editor  • For a full ...