• The brave new world of cryptocurrencies
      Scott Robertson - 27 June 2019

      Eighteen months ago, you could barely open the finance section of a newspaper without seeing headlines about Bitcoin. 

    • Mark Carney: a tenure of inertia
      Scott Robertson - 17 May 2019

      The starting gun has been fired to seek out Mark Carney's successor as Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), but he will nevertheless remain in his post until January 2020. 

    • Are falling house prices actually a bad thing?
      Scott Robertson - 18 July 2018

      Britons' obsession with home ownership is somewhat unique, and it is fair to say that many of our friends on the Continent are left perplexed by the importance we attribute to making the step up onto the housing ladder.

    • The rise of Generation Rent - and Generation Landlord
      Scott Robertson - 21 February 2018

      There are a number of statistics which emphasise the growing generational wealth divide in the UK; such as the projection that so-called millennials will be the first in modern history to be poorer than their parents.

    Recent

    • Has the tax burden gone too far?
      Scott Robertson - 13 November 2019

      The barely-anticipated Autumn Budget, perhaps predictably, fell by the wayside last week, with the country now heading to the polls next month. 

    • The risks of negative interest rates
      Scott Robertson - 30 October 2019
      Summary of a post.
    • A health check on Britain’s jobs market
      Scott Robertson - 24 October 2019

      Last week we took stock of the labour market, with the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showing that the tide may be beginning to turn on Britain's so-called 'jobs miracle'. Unemployment ticked up to 3.9 per cent for June to August (an increase of 0.1 per cent), with the number of people in work falling by 56,000.

    • What next for stamp duty?
      Scott Robertson - 17 October 2019

      Whenever discussion turns to Britain’s misfiring property market, the words ‘stamp duty’ are seldom far away. Indeed, over the past two decades, it’s been something of a political football – one which has had a profound impact on both housing transactions, and the coffers at the Treasury.

    • Can economic growth be environmentally sustainable?
      Scott Robertson - 10 October 2019

      In recent months, it’s been interesting to observe the reception to Greta Thunberg, the 16-year old climate change activist who has been afforded some high-profile forums. The impassioned viewpoints she has shared have earned her legions of fans, albeit no shortage of detractors too. In particular, a speech at the United Nations climate change summit stirred fractious debate. 

    • Is capitalism under threat?
      Scott Robertson - 19 September 2019

      Last September marked 10 years since the demise of Lehman Brothers, which opened the floodgates for the financial crisis, and the deep worldwide recession that followed.