business

Storage units are the new hemline index

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the House & Home myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Renovations rarely, if ever, go smoothly. There are better chances of having a successful singing career after winning The Voice than a renovation running on time or within budget. When people get to the … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is the latest part of the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign Everyday Loans is getting a facelift. The subprime personal lending company that typically offers £3,000 loans last month rebranded as Evlo … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Globalisation hangs on a simple, alluring idea: make things where doing so is cheapest, then ship them to and fro. But it only works if the second half of that scenario remains viable. If there’s … Read more

The ‘dire wolf’ dilemma

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A common complaint from Wall Street bosses is that investors don’t give proper credit for the vast amounts of money that rolls in from flipping shares and bonds. Goldman Sachs’ windfall from equities trading shows … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world  The writer is an FT contributing editor, chief economist at American Compass and writes the Understanding America newsletter  No one doubts at this point President Donald Trump’s intention to tear down the international economic … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a senior lecturer in economic and social history at Glasgow university. His latest book is ‘Coal Country’ The future of the UK’s last blast furnaces at Scunthorpe steelworks hangs in the balance. … Read more

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Corporate whistleblowers are rarely celebrated. More often they are seen as the enemy within — marginalised or blacklisted after speaking out. Little wonder that there is a push in the UK to create an independent … Read more