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 (ESG) rating downgrade, or have a health offset of some kind? A nutri-credit ...

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

British housebuilding company Persimmon recently noted that buyer cancellations are up and weekly sales per site  are down.
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 buy a house.