Why Is the Pound Rising in March 2026? Iran Conflict, Oil Prices, and Bank of England Rate Cuts Explained
07/03/2026 by Tony Redondo Currency Exchange Rates Update In February, the Pound managed to rise against only 8% of the 50+ most traded currencies around the globe. The markets had priced in an 86% of a March interest rate cut by the BoE (Bank of England) with the expectation of another 2-3 cuts in 2026 […]
Beyond the Spring Statement: Why State Power and Regulation are Stifling UK Productivity
28/02/2026 by Tony Redondo Is It Me, Or Are the 1920s Calling? Mark Twain is reputed to have said that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” Right now, the echoes of the 1920s are growing louder and unless we change course, we could well repeat the complacency of the 1930s too. Consider the […]
Policy Volatility and the Pound: Does the UK Government Have a Long-Term Economic Vision?
21/02/2026 by Tony Redondo This week, Keir Starmer announced his government’s fifteenth major policy reversal in the 19 months since taking power in July 2024. The government has shelved plans to postpone local elections for 30 English councils originally scheduled for May. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government stated, “Providing […]
Is the UK a “Welfare State with a Bankrupt Country Attached”? 2026 Economic Analysis
14/02/2026 by Tony Redondo The UK’s economic landscape is currently defined by a precarious balance between a burgeoning welfare system and stagnant growth, leading the CSJ (Centre for Social Justice) to warn that the nation risks becoming a “welfare state with a bankrupt country attached.” Their analysis reveals a startling reality: over six million working […]
Make People Want to Work: A Systems Thinking Playbook for UK Productivity
04/02/2026by Stephen W Walker of Welcome, Motivation Matters Britain’s productivity problem is not a puzzle, nor is it a sudden crisis that appeared out of nowhere. It is the predictable outcome of systems that don’t flow, leadership habits that don’t scale, organisational rhythms that don’t reinforce performance, and management approaches that focus more on firefighting […]
Can Defence Spending Save the UK Economy? Andy Haldane’s Bold New Growth Strategy
31/01/2026 by Tony Redondo Andy Haldane, the former Chief Economist of the BoE (Bank of England) and current head of the BCC (British Chambers of Commerce), has issued a pointed critique regarding the Labour Party’s economic competence. In a recent interview with LBC, Haldane argued that the party suffers from a fundamental lack of private-sector […]
Davos 2026: Trump’s “Energy Realism” and the New Global Economic Order
24/01/2026 by Tony Redondo The 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos marked a historic shift, as President Trump transformed the traditional sanctuary of globalist ideals into a high stakes trading floor. Leveraging a record-breaking stock market and surging domestic energy production, Trump bypassed diplomatic niceties in favour of “energy realism” and transactional power. This forced […]
CRITICAL THINKING: The Superpower That Can Save Your Business From Disaster
17.01.2026by Adrian Rhodes of Marketing Consultants, Marketing Consultancy, Consulting Birmingham West Midlands One bad decision can kill a business – but more often it takes two or three. This guest blog just might help you avoid making them. I’m sometimes asked, in varying tones of perplexity, “Adrian, what does a management consultantactually do?” You can […]
The 2026 Hard Power Paradigm: How Resource Dominance in Venezuela and Greenland is Reshaping the World
10/01/2026 by Tony Redondo In 2026, the world has shifted toward a “might is right” paradigm where hard power dictates global standing. This was underscored by the recent US military raid to capture Nicolás Maduro, a tactical success that leaves the Trump administration responsible for a Venezuelan economy decimated by 500% inflation. The currency crisis […]
From Tariffs to Triumphs: How Global Markets Hit New Highs in 2025
03/01/2026 by Tony Redondo In 2025, Trump’s tariffs were supposed to tank markets and trigger a global recession. Instead, global Mergers & Acquisitions value reached $4.8 trillion, the second-highest total on record, trailing only the post-Covid “everything rally” of 2021 and up 36% on 2024. In London, the FTSE 100 stock market index hit 10,000 […]