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Helen Thomas

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Helen Thomas writes about British business and finance for the FT. She has previously written for the Lex column, for FT Alphaville as well as covering M&A and the mining sector. From 2013, she worked at the Wall Street Journal and at BBC Newsnight before rejoining the FT in 2021.
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  • Friday, 2 December, 2022
    UK financial regulation
    The false promises of a bank ringfencing boom

    Overhauling the regulatory regime introduced after the financial crisis has plenty of risks and few obvious benefits

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    Rail
    No way to run a railway: UK’s trains have veered off track

    Stalled reform and lack of strategic direction is holding back any chance of functioning system

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    Commercial property
    Commercial real estate faces similar reckoning to retail

    Structural change is biting and wishful thinking will not make UK remote workers return to their offices

  • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
    UK energy
    Why is this £6.5bn Bulb blowout still in the dark?

    The failed energy supplier’s bailout is still shrouded in secrecy and there must be a rethink about who bears risk

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Semiconductors
    Muddle over Welsh semiconductor company is a lesson in strategy

    Saga of Newport Wafer Fab is one of passing government interest and neglect

  • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
    Autumn Statement
    The Rishinomics growth plan is back — only worse

    Government serves up an underwhelming Autumn Statement for business

  • Wednesday, 16 November, 2022
    City of London
    Honey, I shrunk the Brexit dividend

    Rising rates have cut the promised bonanza from relaxing Solvency II

  • Tuesday, 15 November, 2022
    Healthcare
    A tussle over medicines pricing is looming in Britain

    Agreement to limit the size of the NHS drugs bill under strain

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Executive Pay
    Managing the polycrisis era for executive pay

    Now is the time to show if pandemic notions of solidarity and alignment were genuine

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto’s latest implosion shows the virtues of UK approach

    The FCA, either by accident or design, can feel vindicated about being cautious

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    Commodities
    Mining isn’t living up to its own hype

    The sector is crucial to providing the metals needed to reach net zero but it isn’t spending like it

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    UK business & economy
    The UK cannot declare victory on R&D

    Achieving the spending target after change in methodology should not provide cover for cuts

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    UK housebuilding
    Housebuilders need tough love — and fresh thinking

    The industry’s gripes about £4.5bn in estimated costs are flawed, but so is government policy

  • Tuesday, 1 November, 2022
    Brexit
    The rotten state of Brexit for the food industry

    A 24/7 supply chain from Europe was always going to be at the sharp end of leaving the EU

  • Friday, 21 October, 2022
    Rio Tinto PLC
    Rio Tinto seeks deals for growth

    New chair says baggage of past failures has led to missed M&A opportunities

  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    This is a terrible time to overhaul debt advice services

    Changing support for struggling people creates obvious risks in a cost of living crisis

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Brexit28 min
    The Brexit effect: how leaving the EU hit the UK

    What leaving the European Union really means for the UK economy and British business

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    UK energy
    Truss’s energy U-turn leaves market in chaos

    It is entirely unclear who will be supported, at what prices and in what way come spring

  • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
    Pensions crisis
    Are we doubling down on systemic risk in pensions?

    Government considering new rules that some fear could create future problems, as gilt market crisis rages on

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Liz Truss and business are at cross-purposes

    The UK prime minister is serving up an outdated version of what companies actually want

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Opinion
    Where climate change isn’t global: auditing

    Amount of information provided on climate risks in company accounts varies widely

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    Pensions
    UK pensions implosion could end with a deals boom

    Hidden risks revealed by crisis may prompt ‘buyout’ deals that shrink world of defined benefit schemes

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    City of London
    This pensions crisis adds to the City’s existential angst

    Defined benefit schemes already wary of risk allocate just 3% of assets to UK equities

  • Friday, 30 September, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK watchdogs hold crisis talks to avert gilts cliff-edge

    Pension sector regulators concerned about end of BoE support

  • Thursday, 29 September, 2022
    Financial & markets regulation
    Who was watching the time-bomb in the pensions industry?

    Government pushed funds into more of the investment that sparked the BoE’s crisis intervention

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