Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer

Cookies on FT Sites

We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping FT Sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our Sites are used.

Accept & continue
Manage cookies
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
myFT
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
    Most Read
    • US and Russia plan more Ukraine talks after Blinken-Lavrov meeting
    • Departing Hong Kong residents fly their pets out of city on private jets
    • Bill Gates warns of pandemics potentially far worse than Covid
    • Russia raises pressure by sending more troops to Ukraine border
    • Joe Biden hardens warning to Russia after Ukraine says no attack is ‘minor’
  • US
    Sections
    • US Home
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
    Most Read
    • Netflix warning on subscriber growth sends stock plummeting
    • Global stock markets record worst week in more than a year
    • US and Russia plan more Ukraine talks after Blinken-Lavrov meeting
    • Facebook owner Meta dives into NFT digital collectibles craze
    • Russia raises pressure by sending more troops to Ukraine border
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • Netflix warning on subscriber growth sends stock plummeting
    • António Horta-Osório attended Euros final during London Covid breach
    • Jack Ma’s Ant Group implicated in corruption scandal by Chinese state media
    • Unilever bid fiasco ramps up pressure on managers to deliver plan B
    • Qatar Airways escalates dispute with Airbus after jet maker scraps $6bn order
  • Tech
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
    Most Read
    • Global stock markets record worst week in more than a year
    • Live news from January 21: Global stocks notch worst week since 2020, US and Russia plan further Ukraine talks after Blinken-Lavrov meeting, BoE policymaker cautions on wage and price expectations
    • Rising number of blank-cheque companies call it quits before listing
    • Bund blip shows how fast the market mood is changing
    • Oil’s big surprise
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Britain needs a new era of serious leaders
    • Robert Gates: Putin has overplayed his hand on Ukraine
    • Debit cards, electric cars and ghosts of technology past
    • Before you scoff at crypto losses, what’s in your portfolio?
    • ‘The Aga’s not included’: tales from an overheated property market
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    Most Read
    • It is the workplace, not women’s confidence, that needs to be fixed
    • How a Japanese drinks group is navigating hybrid work
    • Chief executives have a climate crisis blind spot
    • Post-pandemic trade shows need to be smaller and targeted
    • Profit to purpose: Business schools find sustainability is hard to teach
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Before you scoff at crypto losses, what’s in your portfolio?
    • ‘The Aga’s not included’: tales from an overheated property market
    • Jamie Dornan’s guide to Belfast
    • ‘Shuggie Bain’ author Douglas Stuart: ‘I have a radar for the suffering soul’
    • My friend, the anti-vaxxer — by FT readers
  • How to Spend It
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • US
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • How to Spend It
Financial Times
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe

Make the most of 2022 Lead your own way in business and beyond with our unrivalled journalism.

Get limited time offer

Daniel Thomas

Chief UK Business Correspondent
Daniel Thomas is the chief UK business correspondent for the FT. He was previously executive news editor, deputy companies editor, telecoms correspondent and head of the Technology, Media and Telecoms team in London, property correspondent and FT Money reporter. He has worked for various over titles covering property, advertising, finance and media.
Email Daniel Thomas @DanielThomasLDN  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
Email Daniel Thomas @DanielThomasLDN  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)

Add to myFT Digest

Add this topic to your myFT Digest for news straight to your inbox

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Businesses hail lifting of most coronavirus restrictions in England

    Plan B measures such as mask wearing and vaccine passports for large venues will not be renewed after January 26

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    Brexit
    UK should fix Brexit red tape, says trade group

    British Chambers of Commerce warns border procedures and insufficient worker visas are disrupting business

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    UK business & economy
    Hospitality sector warns failure to deliver UK Covid grants could set it back further

    Business group says ‘only a trickle’ of government support has been paid

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Health sector
    Sensyne shares plummet after warning over cash

    Aim-listed health tech company says without a loan it is ‘unlikely’ to be able to trade beyond early next month

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Recruitment services
    Recruiters reap benefit of UK staff shortage crisis

    Industry reports record profits as battle for workers pushes up wages and fuels moves

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Robert Walters PLC
    UK recruiter warns of wage inflation during fierce battle for staff

    Robert Walters highlights shortages across technology, legal and financial services

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    Medical science
    Wellcome Trust in £16bn spending pledge as world prepares for endemic Covid

    Top UK medical charity to focus on next generation vaccines as it warns of complacency over future variants

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    Travel & leisure industry
    UK gyms exercise caution as Omicron dampens new year hopes

    Operators suffer steep declines in revenues since introduction of Plan B measures

  • Friday, 7 January, 2022
    News in-depthDC Thomson & Co Ltd
    Census publication shows DC Thomson pinning future on family pasts

    Media group and National Archives publish records from last century as interest in genealogy soars

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    FTSE 100
    John Parker urges FTSE 100 boards to hit diversity target before review ends

    Chair calls on big businesses to appoint one ethnic minority board member before final report is released

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    News in-depthBrexit
    Three small UK companies reflect on business in first year after Brexit

    Tea maker, haulier and manufacturer report continuous upheaval and practically no upsides

  • Monday, 20 December, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK seeks to reassure businesses over new national security act

    Business minister to tell investors that new powers will only be used to stop ‘small minority’ of acquisitions

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    City of London
    Sunak to consider financial help for Covid-hit UK pubs and restaurants

    Business leaders hopeful chancellor will go beyond limited support offered so far

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK live events hit by limited scope of state-backed Covid insurance

    Scheme has only been used by ‘minuscule’ number of shows despite extensive cancellations

  • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Sunak cuts short US trip to tackle Covid crisis in UK hospitality

    Pub and hotel bosses express frustration over chancellor missing online roundtable meeting with them

  • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
    Coronavirus economic impact
    UK companies warn about impact of Omicron staff shortages

    Executives fear a return to the summer ‘pingdemic’ as workers are forced to self-isolate

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson confronted by business backlash over new Covid rules

    On top of dissent among own MPs, PM accused of presiding over ‘lockdown by stealth’ as Omicron burden grows

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    US lobby group picks London’s Aim for IPO

    ‘Size and liquidity’ of Nasdaq made UK more attractive option for PPHC

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Corporate governance
    Women hold most non-executive director board seats in UK for first time

    But almost nine in 10 executive directors are male across the top 150 FTSE companies

  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    Working from home
    Telegraph and Future tell staff to continue working in their offices

    Memos to workers come after government guidance to work from home to contain Omicron coronavirus variant

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Ministers rule out further business support under new Covid restrictions

    English retail and hospitality groups braced for lost Christmas sales due to guidance including working from home

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    Minimum-Living wage
    Over 200 UK companies named and shamed for failing to pay minimum wage

    Businesses face nearly £2m in penalties after 12,000 workers were paid less than statutory entitlement

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    Q&ACoronavirus pandemic
    England’s new Covid restrictions: what are they and what is the reaction?

    Labour party set to support the measures but CBI warns of ‘big setback’ for hospitality sector

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK businesses warn of ‘body blow’ from new Covid curbs

    Vaccine passports and return to homeworking could be ‘devastating’ for hospitality, says sector

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    UK business & economy
    London First lobby group to be renamed to reflect UK ‘levelling up’ agenda

    Business organisation wants to show how the capital drives growth across the country

Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsGroup SubscriptionsRepublishingContracts & TendersExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on TwitterFT TransactSecondary Schools

Tools

PortfolioToday's Newspaper (ePaper)Alerts HubBusiness School RankingsEnterprise ToolsNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT CommunityFT LiveFT ForumsBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2022. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Financial Times

International Edition

  • Switch to UK Edition
  • Top sections
  • Home
  • World
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • Americas
    • Middle East and North Africa
  • US
    • US Economy
    • US Companies
    • US Politics & Policy
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Cryptocurrencies
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • How to Spend It
  • Special Reports
  • FT recommends
  • Lex
  • Alphaville
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • FTfm
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Community
    • FT Live
    • FT Forums
    • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • Today's Newspaper (ePaper)
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In