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Navigating volatility and dodging curve balls: 10 predictions for…
Long-time readers of our Weekend Edition will know that, each January, I write a column outlining my predictions for the year ahead. Given that “expecting the unexpected” is now the norm, it is with some trepidation...
An A to Z of 2023
It feels like these annual round-ups come around more and more quickly every year! At MBS, it’s become tradition for our final Weekend Edition of the year to be an A to Z of the last twelve months – a chance to...
Where will our future merchants come from?
Those who know me know that I’m passionate about the UK as a nation of shopkeepers. There’s nothing I love more than speaking to and learning from a true merchant – someone who deeply understands their customer...
Inclusive innovation in haircare: in conversation with Winnie Awa,…
Winnie Awa wants to change the lives of one billion people. Specifically, she wants to give one billion people their best hair ever. And by developing AI tools and applying them in the textured haircare market, she is...
The power and purpose of the Senior Independent Director
In the early 2000s, the UK saw two high-profile business failures. In 2001, the industrial giant Marconi broke records by generating an overall loss of £5bn, following a misguided strategy of acquisitions. Around the...
How should CFOs be thinking about AI in the…
At the beginning of this month, the UK hosted the first-ever AI Safety Summit. Held at Bletchley Park – the base for second world war codebreakers – the summit brought together world leaders, technology executives,...
Creating a jewel in the UK’s crown, and lessons…
Few chief executives spend more than a decade in any individual role: in the FTSE 100, the average tenure is six years, and CEOs in the S&P 500 rarely lead for longer than seven. Dame Cally Palmer, Chief Executive...
Good investment: in conversation with Ben Black, Co-Head of…
To most people, the chocolate and toilet paper categories have little in common. But to Ben Black, and to the team at Verlinvest, the areas are in fact closely linked – not by their product offering, but by the...
Growing a 1,000-year vision: how Global Generation is leaving…
If you have visited MBS’s offices in Primrose Mews, you may well have arrived at Chalk Farm tube station, crossed over the railway bridge, and walked up Regents Park Road towards the open green space of Primrose Hill....
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