Five ways Europe can boost growth — fast

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is group chief economist at BNP Paribas A compass is useful for a long walk in unfamiliar woods. Less so if you come across a bear and have to run for your life. … Read more

Who says Chilean wine is cheap and cheerful?

Chile is very, very good at exporting wine. It vies with Australia as the world’s fifth biggest wine producer after France, Italy, Spain and the US but is decisively the fourth biggest exporter, being much more successful than Australia. It firmly overtook Australia in the burgeoning Chinese wine market after negotiating a free trade agreement … Read more

John Lewis sends staff a glum message about UK retail

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some companies’ bonus schemes get attention because they’re so big. Global investment banks are an obvious example. Others are significant not for their absolute size, because of what they represent. That’s the case for John … Read more

Industrial strategy turns from green to battleship grey

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Sir Keir Starmer promised this week to “rebuild industry across this country” with public investment to “provide good, secure jobs and skills for the next generation”, he might have been talking of the drive … Read more