Merryn Somerset Webb

Sustainable food is not just about where it’s grown and who grows it, but also what the final product does to the consumer.

Big Food should be ESG’s next target

HOW many Diet Cokes are too many Diet Cokes? And if you sell too many, should you get an environmental, social, governance...

In the wake of every crash — crypto, tech stocks or country houses during pandemics — we need to return to the basics.
WEALTH & INVESTING

Some books to restore financial common sense in 2023

After every bubble, we need to relearn the basics

A pedestrian walks past resdiential properties displayed for sale in the of an estate agents' in London on September 30, 2022. - The plan for top-to-bottom tax cuts, financed by a borrowing spree, have unnerved financial markets, alienated the International Monetary Fund and caused tensions with the Bank of England (BoE). Most immediately for UK voters, it is driving up costs including for home mortgages, as market interest rates surge in the middle of the worst cost-of-living crisis in generations. (Photo by ISABEL INFANTES / AFP)
COMMENTARY

UK housing market is getting desperate once again

IN 2008, if you wanted a new car, you could get one free – as long as you were prepared to ...